New agreement with border patrol at Mount Cristo Rey, is to keep border communities safer
KOAT News: “The agreement is focused on providing safety and security for border communities by allowing more prosecution efforts”
One of the hotspots, Mount Cristo Rey, is an honored monument to the community.
“Mount Cristo Rey has a history here. It was built by El Pasoans, so a lot of people have made their pilgrimages,” said Ruben Escandon Jr, a spokesperson for the Mount Cristo Rey restoration committee.
Within the past few years, he said this is also a place migrants try to cross through.
“Even years ago, when we had smaller groups that would go, we would escort a church group of maybe 60 70 people and there would be 90 t0 100 people come down,” Escandon said.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. —
More than 137,000 migrants were stopped between ports of entry along the El Paso border with Mexico last month.
The district attorney for Dona Ana County, Gerald Byers, has made an agreement with border control to help control some of the issues.
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