Commentary: Texas Rancher: Human Smugglers Running From Cops Smash Through My Fence, Storm My Property

One Texas rancher says it’s time to show Americans what the border crisis really looks like.

John Saunders, a rancher near Laredo, Texas, told Fox News’ “America Reports” on Wednseday that there’s “a real problem down here.”

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Saunders told host John Roberts that migrants and human smugglers cross the border and cause “consistent property damage” nearly “20 times per year.”

Saunders explained those causing the damage are “mostly human traffickers” smuggling migrants into the country. “They take the back seats out of those trucks, they’re made to look like … regular ranch vehicles, they tint the windows and they fit as many people in the back as they can.”

The rancher explained one of his properties is on a highway and close to the river, making it a prime location for trespassers.

“When they’re getting chased by law enforcement, these usually human smugglers, they’ll just turn off the highway, at full speed mind you, and just go straight through the fence, straight through the gate, whatever it is, and go until they can’t go anymore, then they all bail out and they’re all running across the property.”

According to Saunders, they are able to do that because border patrol agents and other law enforcement, if alone, are required to “stop and wait for backup” before pursuing further.

Saunders explained “that gives them a few minutes to flush like a covey of quail, and disappear into the South Texas brush which, as many people know, the South Texas brush is pretty thick. Elton John could put on a colored suit and his piano and still hide back there.”