Converted Texas prison gets first immigrant detainees as Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security effort ramps up
Texas Tribune
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July 21, 2021 5:40 pm
The Dolph Briscoe Unit in Dilley on July 1, 2021.
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A Texas prison has officially started detaining immigrants accused of state crimes after allegedly crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s heightened border security efforts.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Wednesday that Val Verde County, home to Del Rio, sent three people arrested under Abbott’s border initiative