The reports have shed light on how migrant families are being separated by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas battles other allegations of abuse and misconduct at the border as a part of the state’s border enforcement efforts.
Of course, the Trump administration stirred controversy with using family separation as a means of deterring migration. A public uproar led to an end of the Trump policy.
Travis Considine, a spokesperson for DPS, told KVUE:
“There have been instances in which DPS has arrested male migrants on state charges who were with their family when the alleged crime occurred. Children and their mothers were never separated, but instead turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol together.”
KJ