Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told Fox News he would not have called the situation a crisis a week ago, but warned it's now an emergency. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, the national union, said the situation at the border is now a 'crisis''A week ago I would not have called this a crisis. Jaeson Jones, a former Texas Border Security Captain, said that the gun battle erupted between the Cártel del Noreste and Cártel del Golfo while he was 'sitting on the bluffs' nearby. 'We were sitting on the bluffs at 7.40 this morning when a large gun battle broke out,' Jones told Tucker Carlson. 'It's important that the American people know that what is happening down here is broader in scope than people just crossing the border,' Jones said.

Source: The Nation March 18, 2021 08:08 UTC