Video by Pvt. Steven Day | Joint Task Force Lone Star | 02.15.2024
1st. Lt. Hayden Starr and Staff Sgt. Travis Perry, an engineer leaders in the Surge Response Team, describes his team's mission to extend the Anti-Climb Barriers, or ACBs, on the river banks near Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb 12, 2024. The ACBs have been deployed in several strategic places along the Rio Grande, and their utility has led to a dramatic decrease in illegal immigration in......
Video by Pvt. Steven Day | Joint Task Force Lone Star | 02.08.2024
Shelby Park had become ground zero for human smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal immigrant crossing into the US, posting staggering numbers of crossings late last year. The Guard took complete control of the park under the Governor’s emergency declaration in early January. The strategy to control the park was a multi-faceted approach including personnel, equipment and capabilities......
Video by Pvt. Steven Day | Joint Task Force Lone Star | 01.17.2024
The Texas Army National Guard has recently constructed a portable command post in Shelby Park, on the border of Eagle Pass, TX and Mexico, Jan. 14, 2024. The public park has consistently been a hot-spot for illegal immigration into Texas from across the river, but the National guard has now reinforced the area with concertina wire and anti-climb barriers, dramatically decreasing the activity......
