A Border Patrol center for migrants in Eagle Pass, Texas was evacuated after threats to burn it down were made by people who joined the ‘Take Back Our Border’ trucker convoy to protest the Biden administration’s border policies.
Up to 175 migrants were relocated to other holding centers in Texas on Thursday after law enforcement learned of the threats, sources confirmed to DailyMail.com.
The Border Patrol’s version of SWAT units, BORTAC, and a separate mobile response team were activated to provide additional security, the sources added.
‘As far as everyone knows, this is the first time something like this has happened,’ said one Border Patrol agent, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
‘Everyone keeps hearing they want to burn Firefly – that’s what the threat was, so that’s why they were moved,’ the agent said.
The US Border Patrol’s Firefly migrant center outside of Eagle Pass, Texas received threats from people wanting to burn the center down and kill migrants, sources tell the DailyMail.com
Less than 200 migrants were evacuated from the facility Thursday after the threats were made, federal sources tell DailyMail.com
Texas National Guard soldiers patrol the entrance to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. The land, owned by the City of Eagle Pass, was taken over by the state on Jan. 10 and federal agents were kicked out
Two migrants, carrying thermal blankets, struggle to cross Rio Grande River on the Mexico-US border in Eagle Pass, Texas, United States on January 30
The threat comes after a staggering 2.48 million migrants were detected crossing into the United States illegally over the past year. Many more have entered the country undetected.
Those who are intercepted by Border Patrol are usually released into the United States while awaiting their case being heard by a court.
Firefly is one of the facilities where migrants are taken after they’re arrested. Once there, a record of their illegal entry is made, a background check is done and biometrics are taken.
This is also where some migrants make asylum claims, triggering a legal process that forces Border Patrol to release them into the country so they can await their court dates.
The facility is a few miles outside of the city of Eagle Pass, home to 28,000 residents.
Border Patrol’s soft-sided facility, known as ‘Firefly’ is a series of tents, located miles outside of Eagle Pass, Texas, but easy to access since it’s just off the side of a public road
A view of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass during a historic surge of migrants in late December. The town of just 28,000 residents was overwhelmed with 23,000 migrants in just one week
Texas has remained defiant, refusing to give federal immigration officer access to the park where illegal immigrants used to cross into the country illegally
The city has been a point of entry of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in recent years.
On January 10, under the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, the state took over Shelby Park, a city owned park migrants where migrants were crossing into the country in droves.
The state ordered that the federal Border Patrol agents be kicked out of the park and the 2.5 mile stretch of land the state seized.
Abbott has accused the Biden Administration is not doing enough to secure the border.
A trucker convoy of people from all over the country called ‘Take Our Border Back’ announced it would be heading to three locations across the southern border of the US to rally in support of Texas – including Eagle Pass.
The convoy is expected to arrive in a ranch outside of Eagle Pass in a tiny town called Quemado on Friday afternoon.
An aerial view of the ‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy leaving Virginia on Jan. 29
The trucker convoy and other supporters who are arriving from across the country will be gathering outside of Eagle Pass at Cornerstone Children’s Ranch in Quemado, Texas
The ranch where the convoy will gather is a private ranch and participants are being asked to stay away from Eagle Pass and gather peacefully
On Thursday night, people who traveled on their own to Eagle Pass to rally with the convoy started trickling into town.
Many drove straight to Shelby Park to see ground zero for themselves – including some convoy supporters who drove in from Kerrville, Texas.
‘I’m sorry, but it’s time to start shooting – literally,’ one woman told DailyMail.com about illegal immigrants. ‘If they would come over legally, it would be fine, but not illegally.’
The woman refused to give her name because she believes that anyone associated with the convoy is being tracked by the FBI.
‘None of us are happy about it,’ she said of her town, which has seen a spike in migrants being smuggled across the border.
Kerrville residents had a meeting with the local sheriff about what to do if migrants were on their property.
Three Texans who live near the town of Kerrville, Texas drove in to support the convoy in Eagle Pass Thursday night. The woman to the right did not want to be identified as she believes the FBI could be tracking her.
Supporters of the ‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy started to trickle into Eagle Pass ahead of the group’s arrival on Friday. Thursday, trucks like the one pictured above could be seen driving around Shelby Park in Eagle Pass
Groups from across the country, including Moms for America, are arriving in Eagle Pass to join the convoy, however is the concern is that violent, extremist may mix in with peaceful protestors
‘All I can tell everybody is everybody in our area is gunned up and ready. They better not even think about it.’
Language like hers and the potential for violence is scaring locals, with many getting their shopping done before the convoy arrives.
‘I told my wife to get everything before Friday because I didn’t want her at Walmart or HEB while those people were here,’ one man told DailyMail.com.
Additionally, the non-profit that works with the state to bus migrants from Eagle Pass to sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago has shut down for the weekend.
Mission Border Hope also stopped taking migrants in for the days leading up to the convoy’s arrival and is closed as a security measure.
There was also visibly increased security at Shelby Park Friday.
A Border Patrol center for migrants in Eagle Pass, Texas was evacuated after threats to burn it down were made by people who joined the ‘Take Back Our Border’ trucker convoy to protest the Biden administration’s border policies.
Up to 175 migrants were relocated to other holding centers in Texas on Thursday after law enforcement learned of the threats, sources confirmed to DailyMail.com.
The Border Patrol’s version of SWAT units, BORTAC, and a separate mobile response team were activated to provide additional security, the sources added.
‘As far as everyone knows, this is the first time something like this has happened,’ said one Border Patrol agent, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
‘Everyone keeps hearing they want to burn Firefly – that’s what the threat was, so that’s why they were moved,’ the agent said.
The US Border Patrol’s Firefly migrant center outside of Eagle Pass, Texas received threats from people wanting to burn the center down and kill migrants, sources tell the DailyMail.com
Less than 200 migrants were evacuated from the facility Thursday after the threats were made, federal sources tell DailyMail.com
Texas National Guard soldiers patrol the entrance to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. The land, owned by the City of Eagle Pass, was taken over by the state on Jan. 10 and federal agents were kicked out
Two migrants, carrying thermal blankets, struggle to cross Rio Grande River on the Mexico-US border in Eagle Pass, Texas, United States on January 30
The threat comes after a staggering 2.48 million migrants were detected crossing into the United States illegally over the past year. Many more have entered the country undetected.
Those who are intercepted by Border Patrol are usually released into the United States while awaiting their case being heard by a court.
Firefly is one of the facilities where migrants are taken after they’re arrested. Once there, a record of their illegal entry is made, a background check is done and biometrics are taken.
This is also where some migrants make asylum claims, triggering a legal process that forces Border Patrol to release them into the country so they can await their court dates.
The facility is a few miles outside of the city of Eagle Pass, home to 28,000 residents.
Border Patrol’s soft-sided facility, known as ‘Firefly’ is a series of tents, located miles outside of Eagle Pass, Texas, but easy to access since it’s just off the side of a public road
A view of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass during a historic surge of migrants in late December. The town of just 28,000 residents was overwhelmed with 23,000 migrants in just one week
Texas has remained defiant, refusing to give federal immigration officer access to the park where illegal immigrants used to cross into the country illegally
The city has been a point of entry of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in recent years.
On January 10, under the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, the state took over Shelby Park, a city owned park migrants where migrants were crossing into the country in droves.
The state ordered that the federal Border Patrol agents be kicked out of the park and the 2.5 mile stretch of land the state seized.
Abbott has accused the Biden Administration is not doing enough to secure the border.
A trucker convoy of people from all over the country called ‘Take Our Border Back’ announced it would be heading to three locations across the southern border of the US to rally in support of Texas – including Eagle Pass.
The convoy is expected to arrive in a ranch outside of Eagle Pass in a tiny town called Quemado on Friday afternoon.
An aerial view of the ‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy leaving Virginia on Jan. 29
The trucker convoy and other supporters who are arriving from across the country will be gathering outside of Eagle Pass at Cornerstone Children’s Ranch in Quemado, Texas
The ranch where the convoy will gather is a private ranch and participants are being asked to stay away from Eagle Pass and gather peacefully
On Thursday night, people who traveled on their own to Eagle Pass to rally with the convoy started trickling into town.
Many drove straight to Shelby Park to see ground zero for themselves – including some convoy supporters who drove in from Kerrville, Texas.
‘I’m sorry, but it’s time to start shooting – literally,’ one woman told DailyMail.com about illegal immigrants. ‘If they would come over legally, it would be fine, but not illegally.’
The woman refused to give her name because she believes that anyone associated with the convoy is being tracked by the FBI.
‘None of us are happy about it,’ she said of her town, which has seen a spike in migrants being smuggled across the border.
Kerrville residents had a meeting with the local sheriff about what to do if migrants were on their property.
Three Texans who live near the town of Kerrville, Texas drove in to support the convoy in Eagle Pass Thursday night. The woman to the right did not want to be identified as she believes the FBI could be tracking her.
Supporters of the ‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy started to trickle into Eagle Pass ahead of the group’s arrival on Friday. Thursday, trucks like the one pictured above could be seen driving around Shelby Park in Eagle Pass
Groups from across the country, including Moms for America, are arriving in Eagle Pass to join the convoy, however is the concern is that violent, extremist may mix in with peaceful protestors
‘All I can tell everybody is everybody in our area is gunned up and ready. They better not even think about it.’
Language like hers and the potential for violence is scaring locals, with many getting their shopping done before the convoy arrives.
‘I told my wife to get everything before Friday because I didn’t want her at Walmart or HEB while those people were here,’ one man told DailyMail.com.
Additionally, the non-profit that works with the state to bus migrants from Eagle Pass to sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago has shut down for the weekend.
Mission Border Hope also stopped taking migrants in for the days leading up to the convoy’s arrival and is closed as a security measure.
There was also visibly increased security at Shelby Park Friday.
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