Biden administration officials have grown increasingly concerned over recent months about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s measures along the Texas-Mexico border, which have disrupted US Border Patrol operations in the region and put migrants at risk
“It’s making our job harder,” one Homeland Security official told CNN. Border agents have historically worked closely with Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety. But the latest steps taken by the state have made some day-to-day operations more challenging. The Texas Department of Public Safety made certain portions of the Texas-Mexico border more difficult to access, marking a departure from the coordination that typically exists between law enforcement.
Internal discussions about legal action against Texas date back to last year, when Abbott began sending migrants to cities nationwide without alerting them and have continued with the deployment of buoys in the Rio Grande, which pose a potential drowning risk to migrants and now, concern over the treatment of migrants.
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