Multiple Texas Officials Issue Disaster Declarations Due To Illegal Immigrant, COVID Concerns

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53% : The judge goes on to explain that while the migrants may be seeking asylum legally, they "are being released by immigration officials in high volumes while the spread of COVID-19 is spiking within our community."
35% : Abbott issued an executive order authorizing law enforcement officials to stop any vehicle suspected of transporting illegal immigrants in an effort to combat the crisis, but a federal judge temporarily blocked the order on Tuesday.
23% : Shocking video footage also showed a single group of up to 1,000 people being held by Border Patrol under a bridge near the southern border in Texas, something Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) described as an "absolute catastrophe."

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