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Posted on Wednesday, July 23 @ 10:36:40 CDT Topic: Border Patrol American US Security RAYMONDVILLE -- Preparations for Tropical Storm Dolly include plans by the federal government for thousands of illegal immigrants in custody at the detention center. But U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Sarita checkpoint will not stop motorists evacuating from a hurricane, an official said Monday. "We're not going to be stopping people and asking where they're from," said Lloyd Easterling, a spokesman for the Border Patrol in Washington, D.C. "We don't want to slow the evacuation process. Life is paramount at this point." Forecasters projected Tropical Storm Dolly would strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane by the time it makes landfall Wednesday morning somewhere along the South Texas coast. Officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland... [read full story]
