Republican governors, Trump's 'patriots', military and migrants converge in the park at the center of the border crisis. Shelby Park, next to the Rio Grande, becomes the epicenter of the conservative rebellion against the arrival of migrants while Congress negotiates a highly controversial solution.
In December, a record number of migrants crossed the Rio Rio, tens of thousands of them through Shelby, a 47-acre stretch of grass and ball fields on the shore. In response, the governor, Republican Greg Abbott, ordered the National Guard to take over the site, primarily to deny access to the Border Patrol.