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Posted: 10:45 AM- AUSTIN - http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/060408dntexcps.3ba4457.html"_BLANK">The Dallas Morning News reports today that state officials, fearing a violent reaction from members of a West Texas polygamist sect, considered a secret plan to haul hundreds of children and their mothers to the small northeastern Texas town of Midlothian to be separated, internal e-mails show.

But a judge vetoed the plan.

The News also says the state officials also worried that mothers would try to make a "run" from the shelter with their children, feared a rampage of infections among the families and fretted about the fear of violence and state resources being overwhelmed by events.

More than 1,500 pages of e-mails between the governor's office and Child Protective Services, obtained by The News under state freedom of information laws, show top executives working day and night in early April to deal with a raid on the Yearning for Zion ranch that quickly mushroomed into a massive operation.

In the first week, more than 1,000 personnel were deployed and costs reached $2.3 million.