Texas officials block US border agents from helping three drowning migrants

Congressman blames the state after it took control of an area known as Shelby park and refused to let US border patrol enter

A Texas congressman said Saturday that three people, including two children, who were seeking asylum in the US drowned while trying to reach the US near the border city of Eagle Pass, where the Biden administration says Texas has begun denying access to border patrol agents.

Congressman Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, accused the state of failing to act amid escalating tensions between Texas and the US government over immigration enforcement.

Associated Press contributed to this report