Southwest
South Texas police chief pushes for increased border patrol: 'They can obviously use more help’
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The southern border crisis has had reverberating effects on his city’s safety and authorities need more help, the Del Rio, Texas chief of police said in an interview.
“One of the things that impacts us the most is human smuggling that comes through here; they have a disregard for life it seems like as they come through,” police chief Frank Ramirez told Fox News Digital.
Ramirez said drivers involved in human smuggling operations often drive very “recklessly”, causing safety concerns for the town.
Ramirez said he joined around the same time of the Haitian migrant surge that occurred in Del Rio in September 2021. Ramirez said since then, they have had “influxes like that,” but believes Customs and Border Patrol is better prepared and working with law enforcement to handle influxes.
Del Rio, Texas Chief of Police Frank Ramirez calls for more border patrol agents to deal with migrant crossings. (Fox News)
“The great part is that we work with DPS, and we have a great relationship with Border Patrol, and we work as one,” Ramirez said.
Ramirez added, “Border Patrol, I know, they’re doing the best they can with the people they have, but, they can obviously use more help.”
Ramirez said it would greatly help their community for Border Patrol to have more manpower.
“They (Border Patrol) do have some pretty good technology, but with the processing, it takes so long to process and … it takes a lot of their agents. And I know that that’s something that they’re really wanting.”
“For the most part, just more manpower for the Border Patrol, I think, would be one of the major things that would help over here,” he added.
Ramirez believes that a lot of people coming across the border are coming for a “better way of life” but that there is also a “bad element” for some of the people crossing as well.
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Texas residents who live along the southern border spoke with Fox News Digital about how the ongoing border crisis has directly affected their lives.
“Personally, I think that we’re going to see something similar to a 9/11 at some point in the future. Biden opened the door, folks,” said Paul Henrich, a rancher in Quemado, Texas.
This comes as 87% of voters say the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is an emergency (44%) or a major problem (43%). That’s an increase since February, when about 8 in 10 felt it was an emergency (41%) or major problem (37%), according to the latest Fox News national survey.
Fox News Digital also discovered an old, abandoned bus that was filled to the brim with the clothes of men, women and children. Other clothing was found in the brush between various houses.
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This photo shows an abandoned bus in Del Rio, Texas filled with the clothing of men, women and children. (Fox News)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office stated in June that crossings along the Mexico-Texas border have decreased by 74% since implementing Operation Lone Star beginning in 2021.
Abbott launched Operation Lone Star to surge resources and law enforcement to the border. As part of that operation, he set up a buoy border barrier in the Rio Grande River, which sparked a lawsuit from the federal government.
Separately, the Biden administration has sued Texas over a recently signed anti-illegal immigration law that allows state and local law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants. The administration says it interferes with the federal government’s authority and frustrates U.S. immigration operations and proceedings, in addition to hurting relations with foreign governments.
“Texas is holding the line at our southern border with miles of additional razor wire and anti-climb barriers to deter and repel the record-high levels of illegal immigration invited by President Biden’s reckless open border policies. Instead of enforcing federal immigration laws, the Biden administration allows unfettered access for Mexican cartels to smuggle people into our country,” Abbott spokesperson Renae Eze told Fox News in January.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, Texas border encounters dropped in June of this year, and in July there were 46,250 encounters; this number does not include any gotaways.
Fiscal year 2023 broke the record for encounters with over 2.4 million, while December had nearly 250,000 encounters in a single month.
At the Democratic National Convention, Harris said she would sign the bipartisan Senate border bill that Trump did not support and which many conservatives have derided as ineffective. The bill would require hundreds of millions of unspent funds to be used on the border wall. However, according to Harris’ advisers, the bill does not provide additional funding for the border wall.
Elizabeth Heckman and Nikolas Lanum reported from Texas.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Two men shot leaving restaurant near Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Two men leaving a restaurant near the Walk of Fame were hospitalized when a gunman opened fire in Hollywood overnight.
The shooting was reported just before midnight outside the Status Hollywood restaurant and lounge on the 1600 block of Cahuenga Boulevard.
Police said the two victims had just finished dinner and walked out of the lounge when a gunman standing next to a car opened fire from across the street.
Both victims were struck by the gunfire and transported to a local hospital.
A security guard who witnessed the incident ran to help one of the victims who said he was feeling weak and starting to lose consciousness.
“I grabbed a shirt that was lying there and I applied pressure … Got that hole covered,” Eric Hinkley said.
Police said the unidentified victims were in stable condition at the hospital
The suspect, described only as a man in a black hoodie, ran northbound on Cahuenga after the shooting.
The motive for the shooting was unknown. It was also unclear if the shooter and victims knew each other.
Los Angeles, Ca
Thieves steal nearly $20,000 worth of collectibles in Orange County
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Surveillance video captured a group of thieves stealing nearly $20,000 worth of action figures and collectibles in Orange County.
The suspects broke into a CubeSmart storage unit in Santa Ana located at 2828 W. 5th Street on July 31, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.
Three men were seen quickly moving several large boxes from a storage unit and down a flight of stairs.
Police said the thieves escaped with nearly $20,000 worth of collectible items including Star Wars and G.I. Joe action figures, valuable comic books and more.
The suspects loaded the stolen merchandise into a getaway van before fleeing the area. The vehicle is described as a ’90s model, white Dodge van with blue stripes on the exterior.
Anyone who recognizes the suspects or has information on the theft is asked to contact Detective J. Guidry at 714-245-8530 or email JGuidry@santa-ana.org.
Surveillance footage of the theft can be seen in the video player above.
Southwest
Superintendent orders Oklahoma schools to promote patriotism after student told to remove US flag from truck
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Oklahoma State School Superintendent Ryan Walters told the Fox News Channel that his school district would be enacting new policies to allow students to show their patriotism after an Oklahoma high school student was forced to remove an American flag from his truck by school staff earlier this month.
Walters spoke on “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Saturday to declare that under new state school guidelines, no student will be punished for displaying the flag or showing their patriotism. Rather, they will be encouraged to love their country and better understand its founding.
“We’re not going to tolerate this anti-Americanism,” Walters told “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth.
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Oklahoma State School Superintendent Ryan Walters told Fox News Channel about new school guidelines promoting patriotism. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
The public school superintendent’s appearance on the channel came several days after Edmond North High School senior Caleb Horst was reportedly instructed by school officials to remove the American flag from the pick-up truck he uses to drive to school.
As Horst told local outlet KOCO, school staff told him it was school protocol to keep flags off campus. Edmond Public Schools denied their stance on flag flying had anything to do with patriotism. They told KOCO the practice was about safety and to avoid becoming a distraction.
“It is the practice of Edmond Public Schools to not permit students to fly or bring flags of any kind on our school campuses. This practice has been in place for several years and is explained to our students at the start of the school year along with various other policies and procedures. This is designed to prevent disruptions and distractions during the school day. It is also done in an effort to provide a safe school environment as flying flags on vehicles creates safety issues in the parking lot as well as can cause damage to other vehicles,” Edmond Public School officials said in a statement previously provided to Fox News Digital.
The statement added, “To be clear, this is not about the American flag or patriotism. Edmond Public Schools proudly displays the American flag prominently and in the proper, respectful way outside each of our buildings and in our classrooms. Not only do we recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning as we start our school day, but we also present the colors and play the national anthem at most of our athletic events. All of these things are done in the proper fashion according to flag etiquette.”
Horst said that he had been flying the flags from his vehicle for some time, and had been confident that the school would not try to step on his right to free speech in displaying them.
“I’ve never really had problems with it before, and it’s our First Amendment, so it’s kind of hard for them to infringe upon our rights,” he said.
Walters slammed the decision and signaled his department was working to change state school rules to address it.
“No school in Oklahoma should tell students they can’t wave an American flag. We’ve had Americans die for that flag, die for students to have the right to carry the flag, to wave the flag, to be proud of that American flag,” Walters said in a video posted to X. “My department right now is working on guidelines that we will be issuing to districts to ensure that no student is ever targeted for having an American flag and also that our schools will promote patriotism.”
Fox News Channel’s interview with Walters led off with some of the new guidelines the superintendent’s department has enacted to prevent such incidents, among them one that obligates schools to develop a clear policy that ensures flags can be flown and displayed, another that requires students in the state to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once a week, and another ensuring that schools file a report to show they are complying with these guidelines.
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Edmond North High School senior Caleb Horst said school officials told him he could not fly the US flag from his truck. (istock)
Walters told Hegseth that he wants his schools to stand against the anti-Americanism pushed by the “Biden administration, by the teachers’ unions, by the radical left.”
“We’re not tolerating it in our schools. We want patriots. We want our students flying the American flag,” he declared.
The superintendent added that his administration has “acted swiftly to say this will never happen again. Every school in the state will protect the students’ right to fly that flag. We will fly that flag, and we will promote patriotism in Oklahoma schools.”
Walters also said that the state’s schools are “redeveloping our social studies standards to get more of an understanding of the American founding.”
“We need more patriotism. We’ve seen our schools become leftist indoctrination mills pushing hatred for country. That’s not going to happen in Oklahoma,” he declared.
The superintendent issued a memo to state schools in June directing them to incorporate the Bible and Ten Commandments into their curricula for grades 5-10, primarily for historical context. At the time, Walters stated his directive aligns with educational standards approved in May 2019.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and Kristine Parks contributed to this report.
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