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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Uriel J. García

Feds say Texas is blocking Border Patrol from a section of the border, ask U.S. Supreme Court to intervene

National Guard members tell migrants that they cannot cross through that area and that they need to walk until the end of the property to turn themselves in Eagle Pass, Texas on July 29, 2023. They also tell them that they only have two bottles of water that they can give them for their children only, not for the adults. Minutes later other national guard members arrived with more water.
Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune
Texas National Guard members block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 29, 2023. (Credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune)

The Texas National Guard and state troopers have blocked U.S. Border Patrol agents from a 2.5-mile stretch of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, preventing federal agents from patrolling that part of the border, according to a court filing by the U.S. Department of Justice, escalating the clash between state and federal authorities on the Texas-Mexico border.

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