The outcry comes after a report that DPS agents pushed migrants back into the Rio Grande River and were ordered to deny them drinking water. Texas GregAbbott migrants TexasDPS Immigration Border SouthTexas
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference during the early stages of Operation Lone Star.
During a press conference Tuesday afternoon that included 15 Texas Democratic lawmakers, Congressman Al Green said wants impeachment proceedings to begin against the Republican governor if allegations of misconduct by state troopersThe conference was scheduled after Hearst reported on an email from a Department of Public Safety employee stating that troopers had been ordered to push injured migrants — one of which was a pregnant teenager — back into the Rio Grande and deny them access to...
Castro also expects the International Boundary and Water Commission — the binational entity charged with managing the U.S-Mexico border — to release a statement Abbott's buoys and razor wire Abbott recently ordered set up along the Rio Grande violates International Law. While the press conference was taking place, Abbott — along with Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, DPS Director Steve McCraw and Texas Adjutant General Major General Thomas Suelzer — issued a joint statement defending Operation Lone Star.
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