Adely Vanessa De La Cruz-Alvarez, 21, was arrested last month near the West Texas town of Tornillo after she entered the U.S. from Mexico by walking across the riverbed of the Rio Grande, court documents show.
In addition to being charged with entering the country illegally, she was charged with accessing a military zone. She is among several other immigrants who have been charged under the law since President Donald Trump’s administration transferred oversight of a strip of land along the border to the military. It is as part of a new approach the Department of Justice is taking to crack down on illegal immigration.
“Hopefully, this sets the tone for the federal government,” Lerma (De La Cruz-Alvarez’s attorney) said, “so they know what the El Paso community will do with these charges.”
Small federal government where they’re winning, states rights where they’re losing
They claim small government, even where they win, it is not. See Texas, Alabama, Florida…