(CW: Violence towards immigrants/asylum seekers) Exclusive: Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say

archive.ph link

WASHINGTON — Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as “inhumane.”