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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

How Far Will Texas Go?

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Justice Department just sued the state of Texas over a floating barrier in the Rio Grande. It’s also investigating accusations from a state trooper that agents were told to push a group of migrants - including children - back into the water. What is happening at the southern border? And how did it get so dire?  


Guest: Ben Wermund, Washington correspondent for the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News


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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.


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It's never been easy to cross the border between Mexico and Texas,

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without documents by foot.

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But I called up Ben Wormand of the Houston Chronicle

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to explain why this journey has gotten more dangerous in just the last few months.

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Ben said, start with a river.

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In a border town like Eagle Pass, Texas,

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at certain spots, it's technically possible to wait across the Rio Grande,

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but people still drown in it.

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