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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Uriel J. García and Ayden Runnels

Border Patrol chief calls report that agents will board buses to check students’ citizenship “absurd”

A school bus waits at an intersection while driving its morning pickup route before dawn on Sept. 12, 2023 in West Odessa.
A school bus waits at an intersection while driving its morning pickup route before dawn on Sept. 12, 2023 in West Odessa. (Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune)

The Alice Independent School District in South Texas warned parents in a letter Wednesday that U.S. Border Patrol agents may be checking the immigration status of students on school buses traveling for extracurricular activities — then pulled the letter down. The Border Patrol's chief on Thursday said agents would not board school buses to check papers.

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