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Converted Texas prison gets first immigrant detainees as Gov. Greg Abbott s border security effort ramps up
Jolie McCullough, Lomi Kriel, Texas TribuneTexas Tribune and Propublica
July 22, 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 that Val Verde County, home to Del Rio, this week sent three people arrested under Abbott’s border initiative
to the Briscoe Unit in Dilley, a small town between San Antonio and Laredo. The number of detainees is expected to grow rapidly; the Val Verde county attorney predicted about 50 arrests of immigrants a day, ramping up to as many as 200 daily by August.
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DEL RIO, Texas Multiple viewers caught a high-speed chase on camera Friday night as DPS troopers and sheriff s deputies attempted to take an alleged human smuggler into custody.
Val Verde County Sheriff s Office said a pursuit started when DPS tried to stop a driver in Kinney County off Highway 277 South.
Officials said the suspect was reaching speeds over 100 MPH, leading authorities on a chase that went through Del Rio. At one point, the driver led the chase through a Walmart parking lot.
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