AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blasted the treatment of migrants following reporting earlier this week that officials received orders to push those crossing at the Texas border back into the Rio Grande and also were told not to give them water.
The president said he did not believe that Texas officials would physically push migrants back into the Rio Grande, saying it would be too “barbaric.” But he does believe that they would deny them water.
The Department of Justice said Wednesday it is assessing the situation.
