Division in the ranks
Even before Gov. Greg Abbott began deploying a wall of buoys to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande, his own officers in the Texas Department of Public Safety were raising concerns about some of the other tactics being used on the river.
In one email obtained by Hearst Newspapers, a DPS trooper protested orders to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande and another order to deny migrants water even if they appeared in distress.
But Abbott's office issued a statement on Tuesday saying no orders or directions have been given that would compromise the lives of people trying to cross the border. They said they will continue to do everything they can to protect Texans from the "chaos along the border."
It has all set off a torrent of criticism from Democrats in Texas and beyond.
Who's up, who's down
Up: Tensions in Eagle Pass.
Landowners in this border town are increasingly protesting the state's use of razor wire and floating buoy barriers along the border, saying it's gone too far and resulted in injuries to people.
Down: Border crossings.
New data released by the federal government, shows the lowest number of border encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border since February 2021, the first full month of Joe Biden's presidency. Still, the 144,000 encounters are nearly double that of any month during former President Donald Trump's last year in office.
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What else is going on in Texas
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Nicholas Wingate, a paramedic and trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety, wrote the above in an email to superiors after assisting border patrol in Eagle Pass.
What else I'm reading
As much as D.C. Democrats want to beat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024, Politico's Burgess Everett reports they aren't building a plan for holding their majority in the U.S. Senate that is reliant on beating him. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who runs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said the focus is helping all their incumbents win reelection than trying to win in Texas.
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