The border union accuses Harris of allying himself with Beyoncé

Paul Perez, president of the National Border Patrol Council, criticized the Democratic presidential candidate for ignoring the issue of Kamala migrant crime during her Friday visit to Houston, where 12-year-old resident Jocelyn Nungaray was murdered in June. Two suspects were identified as illegal immigrants.

“I want to talk about the person who is coming to Houston tonight, not to apologize or highlight illegal alien crime, but to party like an idiot on stage with celebrities instead of apologizing to families,” Perez said on Friday afternoon at an event for former President Donald Trump in Austin, Texas.

“This is someone who likes to brag about being a former federal prosecutor who prosecuted transnational gangs and cartel members,” Perez said. “She knew better, President Trump — she knew better than most — exactly what threat these people, these animals, pose. The threat they pose to our community and harm to our families and these scumbags listed here in these pictures are part of the crime wave in Kamala.”

The Border Patrol union, which consists of around 17,000 officers, supported Trump during a campaign rally in Arizona on October 13th.

Trump, who is expected to win the November 5 election in Texas, said the United States has become a “dustbin” for criminals from other countries.

“We are like a garbage can for the rest of the world to throw away the people who don’t want them,” Trump said.

Trump pointed to violent crimes committed in the US during the Biden-Harris administration, including by gang members from the Salvadoran and Venezuelan gangs MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, which have established strongholds across the US

Alexis Nungaray, Jocelyn’s mother, accompanied Trump at the event and said she had not heard from Harris after her daughter’s death.

“Kamala Harris never reached out to me,” Nungaray said.

“Kamala Harris never reached out to me,” says Alexis Nungaray, mother of Jocelyn Nungaray, who was killed by an illegal immigrant 💔

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In one Mid-October Fox News interviewHarris was asked if she owed Nungaray’s mother and other families an apology.

“These are tragic cases. “There is no question about that,” Harris said, adding that she “cannot imagine the pain that the families of these victims have suffered for a loss that should not have happened.”

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Also on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) called on Harris to declare the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization during his visit to Houston.

“In fact, today she is in Houston, the same city where innocent 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was raped and murdered by two Tren de Aragua gang members. Jocelyn, her family and all Americans deserve better,” Abbott said in a statement.

“Vice President Harris must follow Texas’ lead and immediately designate Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization,” said Abbott, who declared TDA a foreign terrorist organization in September. “But this is just a start. The Biden-Harris administration must use the full weight of the federal government to eradicate it once and for all – for Jocelyn and for every American.”

Harris is in Texas to shine a spotlight on reproductive freedom in a state that banned most abortions after the Supreme Court overturned it Roe v. Wade. With the help of Houston native Beyoncé, whose song “Freedom” has become the Democratic candidate’s campaign anthem, Harris also hopes to boost Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), who is seeking to replace Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). .

“In just four years as president, Donald Trump was able to undo half a century of hard-fought progress for women,” Harris is expected to say in part of her remarks. “And now he wants to go even further. Let’s be clear: If Donald Trump wins again, he will ban abortion nationwide.”

Trump’s visit to Austin was to record an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan. This coincided with an open letter to voters signed by 200 former border and immigration officials on Friday endorsing Trump over Harris.

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“The most important factor in evaluating candidates should be ensuring the security of the United States. “Of the myriad issues to be considered, each one hinges on our national security,” the letter said.

“Assuming you care about border security as much as we do, the choice is clear,” the signatories continued. “President Trump is the only candidate we can trust to secure our nation’s borders.”