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Human-rights group asks Nueces County to support IRB-backed study of migrant death practices; county attorney requests confidentiality review
Summary
The South Texas Human Rights Center asked the court to authorize voluntary interviews and a letter of support for an IRB-approved study of migrant death practices; commissioners expressed support but directed county attorneys to review confidentiality and voluntariness before approving access.
The South Texas Human Rights Center presented a request for support from the Nueces County Commissioners Court on Jan. 26, asking the court to authorize voluntary staff interviews and a letter backing a Texas State University Institutional Review Board (IRB) application for a research project on migrant death practices.
Presenter Mister Canales described the center's work in South Texas (water stations, a missing-migrants…
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