'My kids were almost taken waiting for the school bus': America's border war | Texas dispatch

In her Texas home just metres from the US southern border, Amber Duncan has felt the impact of the illegal migration crisis first hand.

Her own husband, who came to America without the correct papers, was deported back to Mexico in 2018.

Now she must make the journey across Eagle Pass’s International Bridge once a week to meet him.

Last year, her children were almost scooped up by border officials, who confused them for illegal migrants while she was waiting for their school bus.

“Good thing I was out here,” she told The Telegraph from the front of her home. “I’m always out here, by the door, watching. It’s scary.”

Ms Duncan is just one of the thousands of residents who live their daily lives next to a city park that has become a militarised zone under the Texas governor’s “Operation Lone Star” – a crackdown on illegal crossings that has sparked a political row back in Washington.

For some, the only solution is a second term for Donald Trump. The former president visited Eagle Pass on Thursday and told supporters he would put a stop to the migration of “millions of people from places unknown”.

Joe Biden, on a separate trip, called on Republicans to “show a little spine” and back his own border control measures.

Claude Wilson, who drove two hours to the site of Mr Trump’s speech with no guarantee of a seat at the event, said he wanted an end to “Biden nonsense” after November’s presidential election.

With polling day fast approaching, The Telegraph visited one of the most politically volatile towns in the US, to find out what is driving voters at the heart of America’s border war.

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