The Border Patrol Union blamed the Biden administration on Tuesday for causing “chaos” at the border after bodies of at least 46 illegal immigrants were found in an 18-wheeler in San Antonio, Texas.
“Add 46 to the Boden/Harris/Mayorkas/Garland death toll. Not one word from any of them about enforcing our laws& securing our border,” the National Border Patrol Council tweeted.
“This administration & its policies are the single biggest factor driving the criminal chaos on the border, and they must accept responsibility.”
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that the death toll reached 50 after the smuggling operation turned bad and the dozens of migrants perished from heat.
Authorities were alerted to the trailer at around 6 p.m. by a city worker who had heard cries for help from the locked vehicle that carried no less than 100 migrants.
“This is now a federal investigation,” San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said adding that three people were arrested over the incident.
