Texas &;#039;Physically Barred&;#039; Border Patrol from Attempting to Save Migrants Who Drowned
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Texas &;#039;Physically Barred&;#039; Border Patrol from Attempting to Save Migrants Who Drowned

Days after Texas Governor Greg Abbott complained that Texas can’t shoot migrants attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border‚ three migrants — a woman and two children — drowned in the Rio Grande river while Texas National Guard “physically barred” U.S. Border Patrol from trying to rescue them. Last week‚ Texas National Guard took over Shelby Park in Eagle Pass‚ Texas‚ after Abbott granted them “full control” of the park without permission from local officials. Since then‚ the state...