Michael Karlis
Razor wire deployed beneath Operation Lone Star is strung alongside. the Rio Grande River.
In yet one more potential authorized snag for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown, U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP) is investigating a latest string if migrant drownings close to Eagle Move, an company supply informed the Houston Chronicle.
It stays unclear exactly what prompted the probe, in keeping with the Chronicle report. Nonetheless, three migrants — a 21-year-old feminine, 19-year-old male and an unidentified particular person — washed ashore in Eagle Move after making an attempt to cross the Rio Grande on Saturday.
Previously week, one other 10 migrants have drowned close to Eagle Move whereas making an attempt to cross the river, which is unusually excessive because of latest rains, the Chronicle stories.
Abbott’s press workplace was unavailable for speedy touch upon the federal investigation.
CBP’s inquiry is simply the most recent authorized headache for Abbott’s $4.5 billion border crackdown, Operation Lone Star.
Abbott and the feds have been engaged in a back-and-forth court docket battle over a floating buoy barrier deployed this summer time close to Eagle Move. Final month, the governor sued the Biden Administration, alleging CBP brokers had been reducing razor wire deployed alongside the banks of the Rio Grande as a part of Operation Lone Star.
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