TX Building 80-Acre Military Base For 2,300 Soldiers

Texas is building a Military Bbase Camp in the City of Eagle Pass near the Mexico Border, as Governor Greg Abbott (R), looks to deter Illegal Immigration. The Facility is dubbed "Forward Operating Base Eagle", will be an 80-acre Complex along the Banks of the Rio Grande and Uouse up to 2,300 Troops.

Record numbers of Migrants have crossed Illegally into the U.S. since President Biden took Office in 2021, including several million Crossing into Texas.

The Facility is built on a Site Six miles South of Shelby Park, and will be able to accommodate some 300 Soldiers by April.

"This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas military department personnel in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and more efficiently," said the Governor.

"Because of the magnitude of what we're doing, because of the need to sustain and actually expand our efforts ... it's essential that we build this base camp," Abbott said.

The Camp will allow Texas to 'amass a large army in a very strategic area' and 'increase the speed and flexibility of the Texas National Guard to be able to respond to crossings," He explained.

Abbott said the Camp will improve Living Conditions for Soldiers, who are Deployed to the U.S.-Mexico Border, an Issue that troubled the Guard's Mmission during the early months of Operation Lone Star.

Recently, Texas Troopers arrested 15 Illegal Immigrants for Criminal Trespass in Eagle Pass. The 15 from El Salvador and Nicaragua, were Transported and Jailed at a State Facility awaiting Court Proceedings. If Convicted, they face up to One year in Jail.

The Camp will be constructed in Phases of 300 Beds every 30 days, with the First Phase expected to be completed by April, said Maj. General Suelzer, the Head of the Texas Military Department.

The Complex will include Three Command Posts, Weapons Storage Rooms, and a Helicopter Pad. It will also feature a 700-Person Dining Facility, On-Site Movie Theaters, Workout Areas, and Medical Services, Officials said. The State also intends to Install more Barriers North and South of Shelby Park, they said.

Abbott, accuses the Biden Administration of allowing an 'invasion' of illegal migrants at the country's southern border. He also Accuses the White House of Failing to take Action against the Drug Cartels that, according to Him, Control the Border on the Mexican side.

Border Control is a Federal responsibility in the U.S., but in January the Texas National Guard moved into Shelby Park, Morth of the Campgrounds overlooking the River, as part of Abbott's expanding Border Mission.

A Court Ruling Ordered Texas to Remove the 100 miles of Barbed-Wire at the Rio Grande, but Texas Authorities have Ignored a Court Ruling.

The Mayor of Eagle Pass, said the move at the start of January, caught the City off guard and questioned the timing, given that Crossings have Fallen in recent weeks.

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ), last month asked the U.S. Supreme Court to Order Texas, to allow Border Patrol Agents back into Park. The Biden Administration says Border Patrol Agents use the Park to Monitor the River and to launch Boats into the Rio Grande.









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