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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Probe of NGOs for “Orchestrating” Border Crossings

HeadlineDec 16, 2022

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is calling on his state to investigate whether nonprofit humanitarian groups are helping asylum seekers cross into the U.S. In a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Abbott claims — without any evidence — that humanitarian groups “may be engaged in unlawfully orchestrating … border crossings.” Abbott has intensified his anti-immigrant hate speech as the Trump-era Title 42 pandemic policy — that has blocked over 2 million migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. — is set to end next week. Abbott has also described the growing number of asylum seekers arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border as an “invasion.” 

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