Texas clears out state prison to make room for criminal illegal immigrants
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Texas is transferring inmates from a corrections facility in South Texas so it can handle criminal illegal immigrants, as the state’s governor moves to arrest those in the country illegally who have committed a state or federal crime as part of the state's response to the crisis at the southern border.
"The state of Texas continues to deal with a significant number of individuals illegally crossing the border," a spokesperson said in a statement. "To address the ongoing crisis, Governor Abbott is directing state resources to arrest and confine those individuals crossing the border unlawfully and who have committed a state or federal crime." The facility is about an hour away from the border town of Laredo and has 1,000 beds. The facility was "depopulated," meaning inmates were transferred to other spots with capacity. The move was first reported by The Marshall Project.More Related News