The Justice Department acknowledged in a new court filing that the Texas National Guard did not prevent Border Patrol agents from rescuing a migrant who ultimately drowned in the Rio Grande last Friday.
On Saturday, the Biden administration accused The Texas National Guard accused Border Patrol agents of “physically prohibiting” them from responding to migrants in distress. Implicit in the charges is that the presence of Texas soldiers might have saved the migrants. in the words of the white housedid not “prevent the U.S. Border Patrol from providing emergency assistance.”
However, the Department of Justice This was acknowledged in a filing with the Supreme Court. The migrants, two children and an adult woman, had already drowned last week while trying to enter the riverside Shelby Park area, which the state of Texas took control of.
The court filing explains:
At approximately 9:00 p.m. on January 12, 2024, Mexican authorities alerted the Border Patrol that two migrants were in distress near the Shelby Park boat launch on the U.S. side of the river. Mexican authorities also notified Border Patrol that three migrants, a woman and two children, drowned in the same area around 8 p.m.
This is a significant admission that undermines the accusations and suggests that the Biden administration was dishonest in its accusations.
Importantly, the government's own admissions, filed by Attorney General Elizabeth Prelauger (D), support the Texas Department of Military Affairs' claims. said about the incidentThat is, “the claim that TMD prevented Border Patrol agents from saving the lives of drowning migrants is completely inaccurate.”
Meanwhile, Mexican authorities recovered the bodies of the dead migrants. confirmed that The immigrants never entered U.S. territory.
Still, the Justice Department tried to blackmail the Supreme Court.
“It is impossible to say what would have happened if the Border Patrol had accessed this area earlier,” Preloger wrote in the filing.
What is clear, however, is that by the time Mexican authorities alerted U.S. authorities to this tragedy, Border Patrol agents would not have been able to save the migrants, as they were unfortunately already drowning. .
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