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[quote=Anonymous][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]

1.  I'm not sure where  you are getting the Free Beacon.  Drew Holden does not work for them.  He is independent and is known for compiling media reports.  
2.  Texas did NOT prevent a rescue as most of the MSM claimed......

[quote]WASHINGTON — Three migrants had already drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on Friday night when Texas National Guardsmen turned away U.S. Border Patrol agents seeking access to the river, the federal government said in a recent court filing.

The deaths – and disputed reports on the timeline of the drownings – have exacerbated tensions between Texas and the federal government over jurisdiction along a key stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The state last week fenced off Shelby Park in Eagle Pass and has prevented federal agents from monitoring the area and responding to emergencies along the river.

Clarifying the U.S. government’s timeline of events, Robert Danley, U.S. Customs and Border Protection lead field coordinator for the Del Rio area, wrote a statement attached to a Justice Department filing to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

A representative of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration notified U.S. officials at 9 p.m. Friday that two migrants were in distress on the U.S. side of the river in the area near the Shelby Park boat ramp, Danley said in the statement.

The representative also reported that one woman and two children had drowned about an hour earlier in the same area, he said.

A Border Patrol supervisor went to Shelby Park’s entrance, where Texas National Guardsmen said they had been ordered to block federal access to the city park, even in emergencies, Danley said.

The next day, Mexican authorities confirmed a total of seven migrants in two groups had tried to cross the river. The first group included the three migrants who drowned. Their bodies were recovered by Mexican officials. Two other migrants in that first group were rescued by Mexico’s National Institute of Migration.

The second group of migrants consisted of two adult males and were the ones Border Patrol was trying to reach.

“As conveyed by the representative of Mexico’s National Institute for Migration, those two migrants were on the U.S. side of the river then attempted to return to Mexico when they were rescued by a Mexican government airboat and safely returned to Mexico where they were suffering from hypothermia,” Danley said.

“At the time that Border Patrol requested access, the drownings had occurred, Mexican Authorities were recovering the bodies, and Border Patrol expressed these facts to the TMD personnel on site,” the statement said.

The statement also said two migrants were apprehended by TMD, one of whom was transferred to emergency medical services due to “initial hypothermic conditions.”[/quote]

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/01/16/migrants-drowned-before-border-patrol-contacted-state-justice-department-acknowledges/

Here is the statement CPB gave to the Supreme Court:  https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23A607/295753/20240115213955445_DHS%20v%20TX%20Second%20supplemental.pdf
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