Texas is currently embroiled in a heated battle over a public park located at the southern border, a showdown that has escalated in recent days. Last week, the Lone Star State erected additional razor wire in the area and expelled federal border patrol agents from the park. Texas argues that it is better equipped to handle the influx of migrants and can do a more effective job than the federal government.
The dispute reached a new level of intensity when Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar made a fiery allegation on Twitter, accusing Texas of being responsible for the drowning death of a migrant mother and her two children in the same area. Cuellar claimed that Texas had blocked Border Patrol from rescuing them. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) supported this claim in a statement released shortly after.
