Dozens of illegal immigrants accused of bursting through a razor wire fence and storming the border in El Paso, Texas, in March have been released into the United States, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed to Fox News Digital.
An ICE spokesperson said that 43 of the more than 200 illegal immigrants who took part in the riot were released.
As first reported by the New York Post, the agency said that 32 others remained in ICE custody pending immigration court hearings, and 105 migrants were detained pending removal from the U.S. ICE said another 43 of the migrants were successfully deported.
The riot happened on March 21, when hundreds of migrants attempted to enter the U.S. illegally by rushing a border fence in an area of the southern border in El Paso.
Video footage published by the Post showed dozens of adult men ripping away razor wire that had been set up by the state and charging past Texas National Guard personnel. They then ran toward a section of border wall, where they were blocked from entering further.
The incident comes as part of an ongoing situation along the border, where Texas, as part of Operation Lone Star, has set up razor wire and other barriers along the border in an effort to curb the historic amounts of illegal migration that have hit it since 2021.
