Texas "physically barred" Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say - eviltoast

A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday while trying to enter the U.S. near a section of the southern border where Texas National Guard soldiers have prevented federal Border Patrol agents from processing and rescuing migrants.

  • CaptainProton@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Not police force, but actually to patrol the border? Isn’t that what they were set up to do? (Albeit to defend against state actors and not individuals)