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El Paso mayor grabs microphone and walks out of tense immigration press conference - as migrants are spotted emerging from SEWERS to enter the Texas city amid border crisis

The mayor of El Paso, Texas bizarrely tried to walk out on a press conference Friday

Mayor Oscar Leeser

...Democrat, elected in 2021 after previously serving from 2013-2017, replacing the Republican who had replaced him...
was challenged on why the city had not declared a state of emergency over the worsening migrant crisis

It comes as witnesses claim they have even seen immigrants emerging from manholes in the area

Mayor Leeser claims a state of emergency wouldn't help El Paso to get any more than the $6 million commitment from FEMA to stop the wave

However, when the city manager Mario D'Agostino disagreed with him, Leeser began to walk off and tried to take the microphone from D'Agostino

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El Paso: 2022-12-14 Texas governor launches new border task force to track and apprehend gotaways

Related:
Oscar Leeser: 2022-10-19 White House asked Democratic El Paso mayor not to declare migrant state of emergency: report
Oscar Leeser: 2022-09-19 'I am helping them get to their preferred destination': Democratic El Paso mayor justifies sending migrants to NYC - and says 'we don't send anyone where they don't want to go'

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-17

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