From the article:
On Sunday, a Texas judge ordered the release of illegal immigrants who were
arrested during the recent viral storming of the border in El Paso, in which they rushed and assaulted National Guard troops while attempting to illegally enter the US.
Judge Acosta criticized the El Paso District Attorney's Office for not being prepared to move forward with detention hearings for each defendant. On Monday, there will likely be another hearing for additional accused individuals.
An official with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE)
told the NYP that ICE is holding more than 200 illegal immigrants in connection to the incident but federal authorities "are not being as cooperative as Border Patrol," which means that charging them will come as a challenge.
Acosta denied Assistant District Attorney Ashley M. Martinez's plea for a postponement so that the hearings may take place at a later time.
"So if the DA’s office is telling me that they are not ready to go, what we’re going to do is we’re going to release all these individuals on their own recognizance," Acosta said at the hearing.
The rioting illegal immigrants destroyed state-installed border wire, bringing down troops as they rushed to Gate 36 in the hopes that Border Patrol officials waiting on the other side would apprehend them and grant them entry into the United States.
Several of the rioters had knives and shanks seized by the authorities, a National Guard source told the NYP.
During the encounter, at least one illegal immigrant made an effort to take hold of a soldier's firearm.
A few of the soldiers stationed near Gate 36 that day were taken to a local hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
