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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great thread on the media and their false reporting and inability to admit when they get it wrong.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/DrewHolden360/status/1786164799195255062[/twitter][/quote]
I can’t read Twitter threads, and Free Beacon isn’t a reliable source of news. You’re essentially reading an editorial and claiming that’s a news story.

Furthermore, a little googling reveals that Texas authorities did in fact block Border Patrol from fishing the hapless people out of the river, that Mexican border authorities had already called Border Patrol to alert them to the migrants crossing there.

The way Texas tells the story, they let Border Patrol in and wouldn’t ya just know it, the migrants had already drowned! Whoopsiedoodle! But no harm no foul, right?

Except:
“Well, as with everything, there's a dispute over the facts. But let's start with what's not in dispute. The state did, in fact, block the Border Patrol from accessing this area. It's part of an escalating standoff between Governor Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over who controls the border. Abbott essentially took control of the 47-acre Shelby Park on the Rio Grande, which is owned by the city of Eagle Pass. It's been a hot spot for migrant crossings, although lately the numbers have been down. As far as Texas' culpability in the drownings, that's the dispute. Last night, the Texas military department released a statement pointing out that the migrant woman and two children had already drowned by the time Border Patrol reached out to them about performing a rescue operation.

So we know that Border Patrol got a call from Mexican authorities warning them that a group of migrants was attempting to cross the river. Nighttime is always dangerous, and it's been particularly cold here. People can drown in just minutes. And the Border Patrol says it tried repeatedly to call Texas officials about the possible rescue. And when that didn't work, they drove to the shuttered park gates and were told by Texas National Guard soldiers at the gate that they couldn't let anyone in, including them, even in the case of an emergency like this. Mexican officials recovered the bodies of the woman and the two children on Friday night and rescued two others in the group who are suffering from hypothermia.” https://www.npr.org/2024/01/15/1224762805/did-texas-block-border-agents-from-rescuing-3-migrants-who-drowned-in-rio-grande[/quote]

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