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DOJ investigating reports Texas troopers told to push migrants back into Rio Grande, deny them water

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The Justice Department is assessing the situation along the Texas-Mexico border following reports that Texas troopers were told to push back migrants into the Rio Grande and ordered not to give them water, calling those reports "troubling" in a statement to CNN.

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  1. WHDH Boston

    Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande River and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — E-mails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the “in humane [sic]”

  2. KVIA El Paso

    Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande River and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    (CNN) — E-mails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the “in humane [sic]” treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

  3. The Guardian

    Texas troopers were ‘inhumane’ to migrants under order of Abbott initiative (opens The Guardian)

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    Troopers were instructed to push children into Rio Grande and deny migrants water, according to emails sent by state employee

  4. Border Report

    Abbott responds to report that troopers and soldiers were ordered to deny migrants water, push children into Rio Grande (opens Border Report)

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    Texas lawmakers said they plan to ask the Department of Justice to look into reports that Texas troopers and National Guard members have been ordered to push migrant children back into the Rio Gran…

  5. ABC 7 Chicago

    DOJ investigating reports Texas troopers told to push migrants back into Rio Grande, deny them water (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    The Justice Department is assessing the situation along the Texas-Mexico border following reports that Texas troopers were told to push back migrants into the Rio Grande and ordered not to give them water, calling those reports "troubling" in a statement to CNN.

  6. Fox News

    Texas investigating claims troopers were told to push migrants back into Rio Grande, deny them water: report (opens Fox News)

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    A Texas state trooper said authorities have ordered migrants to be pushed back into the Rio Grande and be denied water.

  7. KTVZ Bend

    DOJ says it’s assessing the situation along the Texas-Mexico border amid ‘troubling reports’ over migrant treatment (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is assessing the situation along the Texas-Mexico border following reports that Texas troopers were told to push back migrants into the Rio Grande and ordered not to give them water, calling those reports “troubling” in a statement to CNN.

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