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December 16, 2022

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Probe of NGOs for "Orchestrating" Border Crossings
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Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is calling on his state to
investigate whether nonprofit humanitarian groups are helping asylum
seekers cross into the U.S. In a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton, Abbott claims - without any evidence - that humanitarian groups
"may be engaged in unlawfully orchestrating … border crossings." Abbott
has intensified his anti-immigrant hate speech as the Trump-era Title 42
pandemic policy - that has blocked over 2 million migrants from seeking
asylum in the U.S. - is set to end next week. Abbott has also described
the growing number of asylum seekers arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border
as an "invasion." 


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