Immigration
A congressman whose district includes San Antonio says border patrol agents who made derogatory comments on social media about migrants and female lawmakers should be "dismissed."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says an investigation is underway into what it calls "disturbing social media activity" in a secret Facebook group for U.S. Border Patrol agents, but U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett told KTSA News he wants a congressional investigation.
AUSTIN, Texas — As reports surface of migrant children being kept in deplorable conditions, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a $4.5 billion emergency funding measure to help alleviate those conditions.
"They're sleeping on concrete blocks. There are open toilets in the room. There is no soap," Attorney Warren Binford told ABC News after interviewing children held at a facility in Clint, Texas.
Democratic Texas congressman Lloyd Doggett disagrees with President Donald Trump's approach to the borer.
Doggett said a border shutdown "makes no sense at all" and would unhinge the entire Texas economy.
"I've come to the conclusion that the President is not as eager to build a wall as he is to have an ongoing fight about the wall," Doggett said. "I hope he doesn't do too much damage to the Texas economy and more in the process."
Texas congressman Lloyd Doggett spoke to us about the crisis happening at the southern border.