EL PASO, TEXAS — A group of over 100 migrants attempting to enter the US illegally rushed a border wall Thursday, breaking through razor wire and knocking over guards in the process.
The Post witnessed around 600 migrants amassed at the international border, who the Texas National Guard were attempting to push back in small groups.
The situation grew tense as groups were separated out and video shows the migrants then crying out for help and rushing to the border gate. A group of men with hoodies, gloves and winter jackets then pull the fencing away as a group of five guards form a defensive position to fill the gap.
Some migrants can be seen putting their hands up in surrender in the video, but seconds later others scramble through, knocking the guards out of the way.
The group then runs to the border gate and start to shout at the national guardsmen on the other side. The Texas National Guard then quickly scrambled to secure the area.
Texas has deployed its National Guard troops to the border with Mexico as part of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.
On Tuesday the state began to prepare implementing SB4, a new law to allow state and local authorities to make arrests for illegal entry, but an appeals court blocked the measure after the Supreme Court said it would allow it to go into effect.
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