![]() ![]() Awkward for me, that is I'm sure the other people in my workout classes don't even notice. Being a black woman in the predominantly white fitness scene of New York City, this is the norm. I can’t help but notice that the crowd lurking near the door is overwhelmingly white-cue the internal eye roll. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.It's 7:30 P.M., and I'm waiting in line for Throwback Ratchet Zooba, a hip-hop dance cardio class. ![]() This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. KATZ: For now, the state of Texas continues to block access to this 2.5-mile stretch of border to everyone, including the Border Patrol.įor NPR News, I'm Dan Katz in San Antonio.Ĭopyright © 2024 NPR. Congressman Castro is among Texas Democrats urging the president to take action.ĬASTRO: I think that at this point, the president has no choice but to consider federalizing the Texas National Guard. The White House said it's still gathering facts about the tragic deaths, but it should not have been Abbott's agents conducting the search or blocking federal access. The bodies of the women and two children were later recovered by Mexican authorities. KATZ: The agency that oversees the state's National Guard says it performed its own search and observed no migrants but did not expressly deny that it blocked Border Patrol from entering the area. HENRY CUELLAR: The Texas military said that they could not grant access even in emergency situations. After unsuccessful phone calls to Texas officials, they drove over to Shelby Park, according to Congressman Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat. Hours later, Border Patrol agents nearby learned that a group of migrants were in distress. ![]() KATZ: On Friday, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to intervene to allow Border Patrol to regain access to the area. You know, that's "Lord Of The Flies" stuff. KATZ: That's Congressman Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat.ĬASTRO: Intentionally keeping people from saving a drowning mother with her kids - that's bloodthirsty. JOAQUIN CASTRO: His rhetoric has gotten bloodthirsty and chilly. GREG ABBOTT: The only thing that we're not doing is we're not shooting people who come across the border because, of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder. Nonetheless, Abbott said in an interview with right-wing talk show host Dana Loesch that the state is doing everything it can to stop people from crossing. Eagle Pass experienced a rise in migration at the end of the year, but that has since subsided considerably. KATZ: City officials say they were told the state was taking control to stop undocumented migrants from crossing into the city. Resident Amerika Garcia Grewal says she was shocked when she found National Guard Humvees blocking the entrances to the park and its main gate completely shuttered.ĪMERIKA GARCIA GREWAL: In the entire time that I have lived here, I have never seen it shut. The city is at the center of Abbott's controversial Operation Lone Star border security program, which uses Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Texas National Guard soldiers to deter migration. KATZ: That's Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas. This is not something that we asked for as a city. ROLANDO SALINAS: That is not a decision that we agreed to. But last Wednesday, Governor Greg Abbott seized that authority when he took control of a public park in Eagle Pass, a heavily crossed section of the Rio Grande. From San Antonio, Texas Public Radio's Dan Katz reports.ĭAN KATZ, BYLINE: Arresting migrants who cross illegally and providing humanitarian relief is the job of the U.S. The incident has renewed the Biden administration's condemnation of Governor Greg Abbott's border security initiatives. ![]() Border protection officials say the state of Texas blocked them from conducting a rescue operation. A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday night as they were attempting to cross the U.S. ![]()
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