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Mayor says Texas closed park without permission in border city where migrant crossings had climbed

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The mayor of a Texas border city at the center of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott 's aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings accused the state Thursday of a new escalation as state troopers closed a large public park along the Rio Grande without asking permission.

The park is a new tension visited Eagle Pass on Monday, days after Republican House Speaker toured the border city.

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