A processing facility to recent migrants in the Texas border town of Eagle Pass was evacuated after right-wing extremists threatened to burn it down, according to multiple media reports.
The evacuation comes as a
convoy of self-described “patriots”
makes its way to Eagle Pass to protest the Biden Administration’s border policies.
On Thursday, authorities evacuated the Firefly migrant center after learning that an unidentified armed militia made threats burn it down,
. Some 175 migrants at Firefly were relocated to other facilities around the state, the British tabloid reported.
Ali Bradley — a reporter for right-wing media outlet NewsNation — tweeted that Firefly was evacuated after “two known extremists” alerted the FBI. Bradley said those extremists want to burn down the site because they believe it’s used as a “smuggling hub.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials didn’t immediately respond to the
Current’s
request for comment.
Word of the reported evacuation came at around the same time the “Take Our Border Back” convoy departed Dripping Springs. The convoy passed through San Antonio at around 2 p.m. this afternoon and was greeted by a few dozen reporters as its snaked along Loop 410, according to media reports.