Texas DPS Leaders Absolved of Wrongdoing Over Immigrant Mistreatment Claims

The investigation was launched after a medic sent an email to a supervisor claiming troopers were instructed to deny water and medical attention to migrants.

People wait in the Rio Grande for an opening in the razor wire barrier, to illegally cross into the United States at Eagle Pass, Texas, on Sept. 25, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

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.