Child migrants drowned in the Rio Grande after Texas blocked Border Patrol from the area, congressman says

• Three migrants drowned after Texas authorities blocked Border Patrol.
• A woman, an 8-year-old girl, and a 10-year-old boy drowned in the Rio Grande, authorities said.
• Rep. Henry Cuellar said in a post on X that it was "a tragedy, and the state bears responsibility."

Three migrants, including two children, died in Texas on Saturday after state authorities blocked Border Patrol from accessing the area.

A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande, near Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.