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Allegations Of Abuse From The Texas-Mexico Border
2 months, 1 week ago

Allegations Of Abuse From The Texas-Mexico Border

Huff Post  

The family of four crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico, then walked for hours on U.S. soil between the river and the hulking steel border wall that runs through the area, avoiding the concertina wire strung along the river banks, trying to find a federal Border Patrol agent so they could surrender and pursue an asylum claim in the United …

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New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border
3 months ago

New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on September 14 that his state would be “TRIPLING …

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Texas National Guard is shooting pepper balls to deter migrants at the border
6 months ago

Texas National Guard is shooting pepper balls to deter migrants at the border

Raw Story  

CIUDAD JUÁREZ — National Guard members on the Texas-Mexico border have added pepper ball guns to their arsenal, firing at migrants who are gathering on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande or trying to break through the tangle of concertina wire strung along the border. The Texas National Guard is using pepper balls at the border in El Paso …

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What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border

Hindustan Times  

AUSTIN, Texas — As Republicans cheer on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's escalating feud with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, some governors are considering deploying National Guard members to the border — again. Earlier this month, troops from the Texas National Guard seized the park and began turning away federal immigration authorities despite pleas from U.S. government officials. Migrants are …

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What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — As Republicans cheer on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s escalating feud with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, some governors are considering deploying National Guard members to the border — again. Earlier this month, troops from the Texas National Guard seized the park and began turning away federal immigration authorities despite pleas from U.S. government officials. Migrants are …

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Eagle Pass standoff: The Texas border town’s locals are tired of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Shelby Park takeover.
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Eagle Pass standoff: The Texas border town’s locals are tired of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Shelby Park takeover.

Slate  

Throughout January, a right-wing militant group based out of North Carolina called upon supporters to travel to a small Texas border town to “gather” and help “do the work of closing our borders.” “By Ballot, by choice,” the group’s website promised. Greg Abbott has been feuding with the Biden administration, pitting federal Border Patrol against Abbott’s Texas National Guard and …

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Texas National Guard faces off against the federal government in a fight over razor wire
11 months ago

Texas National Guard faces off against the federal government in a fight over razor wire

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A tense standoff between Texas National Guard troops and the …

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In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government grows
11 months ago

In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government grows

Raw Story  

Jan. 22, 2024 "In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government is reaching a crescendo" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Clothes left behind by migrants are scattered by the bank of …

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Texas troopers allegedly told to push migrant children into the Rio Grande
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas troopers allegedly told to push migrant children into the Rio Grande

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The trooper said Texas officials had …

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Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says

CNN  

CNN — Emails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the inhumane treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas. In one seven-hour period late last month, according to the email, two medics from the state Department of Public Safety said they treated: A 4-year-old girl …

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Texas National Guard member says it’s not clear how his gun discharged, shooting migrant
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas National Guard member says it’s not clear how his gun discharged, shooting migrant

CNN  

CNN — The Texas National Guard member who shot a migrant during a struggle in January unholstered his pistol, then switched the pistol from his right hand to his left before the firearm went off, striking the migrant in the shoulder, according to his sworn statement. “Under the threat of serious bodily injury I unholstered my M17 pistol to show …

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AP PHOTOS: Migrants attempt to cross into the U.S. before Title 42 ends
1 year, 7 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Migrants attempt to cross into the U.S. before Title 42 ends

Associated Press  

Clasping exhausted children, desperate migrants tried to make their way to the United States Thursday before the end of the pandemic-era health rule known as Title 42. 1 of 24 | A group of migrants sleep in a makeshift campsite as they wait to apply for asylum after crossing the border, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, near Jacumba, Calif. The Biden …

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A Texas National Guard member shot and injured a migrant at the border
1 year, 10 months ago

A Texas National Guard member shot and injured a migrant at the border

CNN  

CNN — A Texas National Guard member shot a migrant in the shoulder during an encounter in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas last week, according to a recent joint Army Times and Texas Tribune report. This is the first known incident involving a service member shooting and injuring a migrant since Texas’ Operation Lone Star started in March …

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Texas National Guard will start helping make border arrests
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas National Guard will start helping make border arrests

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas National Guard deployment along the U.S.-Mexico border will start helping troopers make arrests, Republican Gov. “To respond to this disaster and secure the rule of law at our Southern border, more manpower is needed,” Abbott wrote in a letter to Maj. Gen. Tracy R. Norris, adjutant general of the Texas National Guard. Other GOP governors …

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A GOP Donor Is Funding South Dakota National Guard Troops In Texas
3 years, 5 months ago

A GOP Donor Is Funding South Dakota National Guard Troops In Texas

NPR  

A GOP Donor Is Funding South Dakota National Guard Troops In Texas Enlarge this image toggle caption John Raoux/AP John Raoux/AP SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Kristi Noem said Tuesday she will use a donation from a Republican donor to fund a deployment of up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to the U.S. border with Mexico. When troops respond to …

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Gov. Abbott deploys the Texas Guard to crack down on migrants
3 years, 9 months ago

Gov. Abbott deploys the Texas Guard to crack down on migrants

Daily Mail  

Greg Abbott is deploying 500 Texas National Guard troops to the border to crack down on migrants trying to cross into the United States, which he blames on Democratic President Joe Biden. 'There is a crisis on the Texas border right now with the overwhelming number of people coming across the border,' Abbott said at a press conference Tuesday, according …

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