from a paramedic and trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety detailing the treatment of some of the asylum seekers, including a pregnant woman who was suffering a miscarriage while caught in the razor wire, some of which has been deployed as"traps," with the wire wrapped around barrels floating in low visibility portions of the river.
“I truly believe in the mission of Operation Lone Star,” wrote trooper Nicholas Wingate in a July 3 email to a superior. “I believe we a [sic] have stepped over a line into the [inhumane]. We need to operate it correctly in the eyes of God. We need to recognize that these are people who are made in the image of God and need to be treated as such.”
In an email, DPS Director Steven McCraw called for an audit to see if anything could be done to reduce the risk to migrants, saying troopers should warn against crossing at the wire and redirect them to ports of entry. In a separate email, McCraw wrote, “The purpose of the wire is to deter smuggling between the ports of entry and not to injure migrants. The smugglers care not if the migrants are injured, but we do, and we must take all necessary measures to mitigate the risk to them including injuries from trying to cross over the concertina wire, drownings and dehydration.