Border Patrol agents in riot gear take part in a training exercise at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday in Hidalgo, Tex. After lawmakers, activists and the American Civil Liberties Union questioned the decision to conduct the exercise on Election Day, Border Patrol agents said it had been postponed. “We are, obviously, pleased, but it shouldn’t have taken outrage by us, congresspeople and the community for the Border Patrol to know they were being manipulated for political gain,” Burke said. The exercise would not get “in the way of Texans going to the polls,” said Pablos, who grew up in El Paso. Tuesday’s planned exercise, however, is about a quarter-mile west of the port and near the residential neighborhood.

Source: Washington Post November 06, 2018 07:45 UTC