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July 8, 2022

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders State Police to Return Asylum Seekers to Border
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In Texas, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state National
Guard soldiers and state law enforcement officers to apprehend and expel
asylum seekers who cross the U.S.-Mexico border - a move immigrant
justice advocates have denounced as illegal. This comes as Pro Publica
and The Texas Tribune report the Justice Department is investigating
alleged civil rights violations under Operation Lone Star, a
multibillion-dollar immigration and border crackdown ordered by Abbott
last year. The program has seen thousands of asylum seekers arrested and
jailed - sometimes for weeks - and often without facing charges.


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