US says Texas barred border agents from entering park to try to save 3 migrants who drowned – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 14, 2024
The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Saturday that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of the border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned.
The federal government's account came hours after U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said the Texas Military Department and Texas National Guard “did not grant access to Border Patrol agents to save the migrants” Friday night. Mexican authorities recovered the bodies of a woman and two children Saturday across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
“This is a tragedy, and the State bears responsibility,” said . . .
