Uvalde school unfazed by lockdown alert after repeated illegal immigrant security incidents: Report

By Anna Giaritelli
Published July 19, 2022 10:10pm ET
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Uvalde school unfazed by lockdown alert after repeated illegal immigrant security incidents: Report
Debris is strewn across a road near the border city of Del Rio, Texas, after a collision on March 15, 2021. Eight people in a pickup truck loaded with immigrants were killed when the vehicle collided with an SUV following a police chase, authorities said. | (Texas Department of Public Safety via AP)

AUSTIN, Texas — A state investigation into the Uvalde school shooting revealed the elementary school had been placed on so many emergency alerts for police chases of human smugglers transporting illegal immigrants through town that on the day of the May massacre, it assumed the digital alert was no different than the others.

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