Vehicle that fled police crashes, killing 8 immigrants, driver is charged
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A crash that killed eight suspected undocumented immigrants in Val Verde County was apparently part of an increase in smuggling activity with thousands of migrants crossing the Mexican border into the United States.
The crash on Monday follows one in early March in California that killed 13 undocumented immigrants. Smugglers are bringing more and more migrants across the Rio Grande on rafts and have been caught hauling hundreds of them in semi-trucks, making border enforcement once again a flash point in America’s political discourse.
The south Texas wreck also comes on the heels of criticism by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has blamed the Biden Administration for the surge and enlisted the Texas Department of Public Safety to help stem the flow of immigrants.