McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report ) — The nonprofit group Human Rights Watch says Texas National Guard troops this summer have “repeatedly fired pepper spray projectiles” at migrants, including children, who were trying to cross from Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas.
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The group on Wednesday said “in several incidents, including one newly documented by Human Rights Watch, Texas National Guard members fired pepper spray projectiles — often shaped like a ball, containing pepper irritants, and fired from a launching gun — on arriving migrants not engaged in threatening acts, including women and children,” according to Human Rights Watch .
“In separate incidents this summer, witnesses saw Texas National Guard members firing pepper spray projectiles at migrants who posed no risk to National Guard members,” Bob Libal, Texas consultant at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
