Texas DPS Leaders Absolved of Wrongdoing Over Immigrant Mistreatment Claims

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) found no evidence of wrongdoing after allegations that troopers working on the southern border mistreated migrants by denying them water and medical attention. DPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) “found no reasonable cause to believe that the South Texas (3E) leadership or the Department institutionally engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violated law or Department policy,” according to the agency’s two-page summary. The investigation, launched on July 14, was initiated after DPS trooper and paramedic Nicholas Wingate emailed a sergeant on July 3 with allegations that troopers assigned to Operation Lone Star at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass were instructed to deny water and medical assistance to migrants crossing the border....