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3 migrants drown in Rio Grande after Texas denies Border Patrol access, congressman says
Dallas Morning Fake News ^ | 01/14/2024 | Dallas M

Posted on 01/14/2024 5:42:07 PM PST by KierkegaardMAN

This is a tragedy, and the state bears responsibility,” U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, said in a statement.

AUSTIN — Three migrants, including two children, drowned in Eagle Pass on Friday night after Texas troopers and National Guard members would not “grant access” to the individuals while “in distress,” according to U.S. Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo.

The news of the drownings comes while the state is in a standoff with the federal government after Texas authorities took control of Shelby Park, a municipal park in Eagle Pass on the Texas-Mexico border, on Wednesday night — against the wishes of the city’s mayor and President Joe Biden’s administration.

A group of six migrants “were in distress” as they attempted to cross the Rio Grande at about 9 p.m. Friday, Cuellar said in a statement on X.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bidenbordercrisis; border; deaths; demprojection; eaglepass; nlz; riogrande; shelbypark; texas
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Tragedy, no


41 posted on 01/14/2024 7:04:28 PM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: TermLimits4All

That could mean a confrontation between armed men under The Big Guy’s command and armed men under Abbott’s command.


42 posted on 01/14/2024 7:10:06 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

My my...it was almost quattro sinko....


43 posted on 01/14/2024 7:10:40 PM PST by weeweed (Proud Costco University graduate)
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To: KierkegaardMAN
and the state bears responsibility

Um, nope! That's like saying a homeowner is responsible if burglars die by tripping over a no trespassing sign in your yard while breaking into your home.

44 posted on 01/14/2024 7:18:17 PM PST by MamaTexan (I am a person as created by the Law of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

FAFO


45 posted on 01/14/2024 7:22:08 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Dalberg-Acton

This is a racist fantasy created by that dumbass, Henry Cuellar. Congress needs to investigate these allegations by the racist Cueller. There are way too many holes in this story. Where the hell are the bodies? According to the Feral “judges”, Mexico owns the Rio Grande. The story goes that some Mexican border types saw these three people drowning. Rather than pull them out of THEIR river, they called the U.S. Border Patrol. Dudley Doright said, “We’ll save them and took off for Mexico. The U.S. Army told them to go be heroes somewhere else. The Mexicans who retrieved the alleged bodies of three miggies had no information about them. They didn’t know their names, ages, sex, race or anything. Nobody knows who made up the “one woman and two children” booschidt. Cueller needs to have his lying ass locked up for blaming this fiasco on the Texas governor and Texas taxpayers. Cuellar needs to recuse himself from the Mexican invasion to take over the U.S. To the azho Chicongo and New Yawk governors and mayors worrying about the miggies freezing, IT’S 15 DEGREES HERE RIGHT NOW IN CENTRAL TEXAS.


46 posted on 01/14/2024 7:23:22 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what happened last time we brought in forced labor. Support Abbott's Underground RR.)
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To: freepersup

11. Re where were their personal flotation devices?

Mika Brezinski was occupied!.


47 posted on 01/14/2024 7:29:02 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures a)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Texas can not back off. This may be a pivotal point so other migrants will think twice and not cross.


48 posted on 01/14/2024 7:30:57 PM PST by HollyB
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To: KierkegaardMAN
Might deter future invaders.

one would hope. I think some encouragement with lead would help as well. Just a few exploding heads would discourage a lot of these invaders.

49 posted on 01/14/2024 7:33:19 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: zeugma

I grew up in Gitmo. We had what was at the time the world’s largest mine field between us and communist Cuba. There were warning signs about the land mines. Nobody ever tried to cross those areas.


50 posted on 01/14/2024 7:36:27 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Well i guess they had better not try crossing there anymore- too dangerous- not our fault if they drown there-


51 posted on 01/14/2024 7:36:29 PM PST by Bob434
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To: KierkegaardMAN

How do you drown in a foot of water?


52 posted on 01/14/2024 7:43:41 PM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Three illegal aliens drown themselves in the RioGrande.


53 posted on 01/14/2024 7:52:02 PM PST by A strike (Words can have gender, humans cannot.)
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To: RoseofTexas

Given that there are no facts, names, photos or anything tangible to lend credence to this supposed tragedy, it is likely just a fake sob story-didn’t happen. When a thing like that does happen in the real world, the parents of that kid are guilty of child neglect whether the kid survives or not. If the parent(s)survive, they usually end up in jail. These “poor souls” who are crossing the river paid someone in los carteles to get them here illegally-I have no sympathy at all for any of them who are adults...


54 posted on 01/14/2024 7:56:54 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to sadldle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...")
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To: All

Henry Cuellar should also try going for a nice Rio Grande swim.


55 posted on 01/14/2024 9:00:36 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: All

A case can be made that the Biden administration is responsible for these types of deaths (including cases where people suffocate inside trucks illegally carrying aliens, or die of natural causes trying to cross barren deserts).

The case would be that any reasonable person could predict that if the federal gov’t abdicated their responsibility to guard the borders and rationally manage (legal) immigration policies, then state or local gov’ts would be overwhelmed and take any kind of effective action to seal the border.

The irresponsible politics of Biden and his cabal lead directly to these deaths. And that’s just the tip of a larger iceberg. All the harm done in country by illegal aliens, rapes, murders, robberies, d.u.i. etc, can also be placed on Biden’s shoulders, and also, all the harm and suffering of aliens in transit through mexico or anywhere else.

The federal gov’t has effectively said, “break the law, there will be very few consequences and potential rewards.”

All that follows is therefore their fault, legally.

I hope they are prosecuted in 2025 for these crimes.


56 posted on 01/14/2024 9:10:07 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (Prayers up for Jim Robinson and family ... an island of sanity in a sea of madness. )
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To: KierkegaardMAN

It is the fault of the Mexican authorities. George Soros, the RCC of Lucifer, and other multinational groups. Likely quite of few NGO tied to the WEF, Communist Dems, and Republicans.


57 posted on 01/14/2024 9:29:25 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Didn’t happen the way Cuellar tells it. He is a liar. They just drowned but nobody but them caused it.


58 posted on 01/14/2024 9:34:20 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Well, there’s three we won’t have to worry about.


59 posted on 01/14/2024 10:38:02 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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Geez, you put up a fence where it is too dangerous to cross the river and some people just dont get it.


60 posted on 01/14/2024 11:03:44 PM PST by Free Deplorable
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