AZMEX I3 10 JUN 2019
CBP: Cuban woman assaults female Border Patrol agent in El Paso
Posted: Jun 10, 2019 03:36 PM MDT
Updated: Jun 10, 2019 03:36 PM MDT
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/cbp-cuban-woman-assaults-female-border-patrol-agent-in-el-paso/1085088257
EL PASO, Texas - A Cuban woman being held at a tent facility in El Paso allegedly threatened and assaulted a female Border Patrol agent, said federal officials.
The alleged assault happened on June 5, 2019. The agent was performing roll call when she was threatened and assaulted by the Cuban national.
Officials said the migrant was immediately restrained by fellow Border Patrol agents. The agent assaulted by the woman suffered no serious injuries, officials said.
The Border Patrol contacted the FBI, which will investigate the assault.
NOTABLE INCIDENTS FROM LAST WEEK
Customs and Border Protection officials said two large groups migrants were apprehended in separate incidents last week.
On June 4, 2019, Border Patrol agents intercepted a large group of undocumented immigrants crossing the Rio Grande just west of Fonseca Street. Agents at the scene apprehended 268 undocumented immigrants.
In a separate incident on June 5, 2019, agents assigned to the Lordsburg Station apprehended a group of 258 undocumented immigrants near the Antelope Wells Port of Entry in the remote New Mexico boot heel. The migrants were composed primarily of family units and unaccompanied children from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
While processing undocumented immigrants in Clint, Texas, Border Patrol agents identified a man with a criminal record and a conviction for sexual assault. Daniel Sierra Alvarado, 30, of Mexico, had been sentenced to two years in prison by the Colorado Department of Youth Corrections for Sexual Assault. Federal agents deported Sierra Alvarado from the U.S. after he served his sentence. Sierra Alvarado was part of a group of nine undocumtned immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents.
Bordre Patrol agents assigned to the Santa Teresa Station arrested a man previously been convicted for carnal knowledge of a child in Fairfax County, Virginia. The 35-year-old Guatemalan was sentenced in May of 2008 and served a 30 month sentence. He was deported from the U.S. The man, not identified by Border Patrol, was entering the U.S. with a group of 16 undocumented immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents.
El Paso Station agents encountered a 44-year-old Mexican man who had previously served time in prison after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a child. Carlos Rosales Matamoros was convicted in the state of Oklahoma in 1999 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. After serving ten years in prison, he was deported from the U.S.
Last week, El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents also conducted two water rescues in two separate incidents June 5th and June 6th.
The Border Patrol agents observed undocumented immigrants attempting to enter the U.S. and cross through dangerous canals adjacent to the border. In both incidents, the migrants were carried away by the fast moving canal currents. Agents managed to rescue a total of four undocumented immigrants. All were medically evaluated and transported for additional processing.
The U.S. Border Patrol reminds members of the public water was recently released at Elephant Butte dam and waters at area canals and the river are rising and dangerous.
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Note: Comrade Steve in action.
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Tucson city councilman Steve Kozachik opens ward 6 office doors to migrants
Councilman works to help migrants awaiting court
Posted: 3:26 PM, Jun 08, 2019 Updated: 3:27 PM, Jun 08, 2019
By: Shawndrea Thomas
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/tucson-city-councilman-steve-kozachik-opens-6th-ward-office-doors-to-migrants
TUCSON, Ariz. — As more migrants cross the Arizona border, they have many stops along the way and one of them is Tucson.
Tucson city councilman Steve Kozachik says the issue needs resolution. He's starting to get calls to accommodate the overflow of migrants coming into Tucson. According to Kozachik he has seen about 6,000 migrants flow through the Benedictine Monastery over the last four years. He's recently seen about 10,000 come in from January to June of this year.
"We started this 5 years ago at the Greyhound bus station when border patrol was dropping off groups of 8 to 10 people at a time," said Kozachik.
The councilman says migrants are trying to make it to the United States before President Donald Trump's proposed border wall is built. Adding that he's handling the current situation like he would during Operation Deep Freeze to temporarily assist the homeless in the community.
"When it gets cold outside we bring in the homeless to city facilities and give them a place to sleep. We have a situation with homeless people here temporarily," said Kozachik.
Right now only 47 asylum seekers can stay at the ward office at once. Over 400 volunteers and translators are available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
The office has three bathrooms along with men's and women's showers. Asylum seekers spend the night on the 47 available cots and move on from the location within 2 to 3 days. Kozachik says if the people crossing over are not housed they will be released into the street with no direction or assistance and that could ultimately create more of an issue for the city.
Another issue the councilman wanted to make clear is that all of the assistance is paid for by donations only. No public funds are used for the services, he also says that the migrants typically arrive after business hours to make sure there's are no disruption of city business. There are currently 5 local churches taking in migrants locally.
"We make sure their medical needs are taken care of, its all volunteer no tax payer money is used. All donations are given by the community and not by the government. What we need to have is democrats and republicans everyone working together with the Central American nations to solve the conditions these people are fleeing from," he said.
The councilman says that opening the ward office on a temporary basis is not violating city codes. He added that the Tucson Fire Department gave the site a waiver saying that it meets safety and health standards and can hold up to 224 people.
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