Governor Abbott appeared to ask law enforcement to racially profile Texans in order to enforce his new migrant order.
According to a report from the Texas Tribune, Governor Abbott s recent Executive Order GA-37, which restricts the transportation of unlawful migrants in Texas, has been temporarily blocked by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone.
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On July 28, Governor Abbott issued an executive order restricting ground transportation of migrants who pose a risk of carrying COVID-19 into Texas communities. The Executive Order also directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to stop any vehicle upon reasonable suspicion of such violation and reroute such vehicles back to its point of origin or a port of entry.
UPDATE: At least 10 dead, 20 injured when overloaded van crashes in rural South Texas
The Brooks County sheriff says he believes most of the passengers were migrants.
File photo.(Tony Gutierrez / The Associated Press)
Updated 8 p.m.:
Revised with more recent information about the crash from The Associated Press.
ENCINO An overloaded van carrying 29 migrants crashed Wednesday on a remote South Texas highway, killing at least 10 people, including the driver, and injuring 20 others, authorities said.
The crash happened shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 281 in Encino, about 50 miles north of McAllen.
Sgt. Nathan Brandley of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the van, designed to hold 15 passengers, was speeding as the driver tried to veer off the highway onto Business Route 281. He lost control of the top-heavy van, which slammed into a metal utility pole and a stop sign.
An overloaded van carrying 29 migrants crashed Wednesday on a remote Texas highway, killing at least 10 people, including the driver, and injuring 20 others,.