Texas anti-immigrant policy sets the stage for Biden action: activist
- July 20, 2023
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The release of border guard emails in which he understands an order from the Texas government to push children trying to cross the United States border into the
The release of border guard emails in which he understands an order from the Texas government to push children trying to cross the United States border into the Rio Grande contributes create conditions for action by the US federal government against these acts of “illegality” and “inhumanity”.
He said so this Thursday Fernando Garcia, director of the Border Network for Human Rights, during an interview with Aristegui Live.
“What we are seeing is the latest episode of a story that has been going on for at least two years now. When I say this, it’s because the governor of Texas [Greg Abbott]along with the Republican leadership of the Texas Legislature, They decided to enforce federal immigration laws in Texas.” pointed.
He noted that Texas has invested more than 10 billion dollarswith the mass deployment of troops, state police and soldiers of the National Guard, “with a distorted and racist narrative”, which states that Texas and the United States have been taken over by criminals.
“The latter does not surprise us, it is very serious, very difficult, in fact we are reacting at all levels, but this is something that has already been considered. The Texas governor says that migrants, families who cross the border seeking asylum, protection, many of them asking for asylum, are simply criminals. So hThere is a process of dehumanization in Texas politics that has been going on for at least two years.”he stressed.
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For Garcia, the revelations made by the newspaper Houston Chronicle show contempt for “life” on the part of the PresidentEspecially when it comes to children.
“What sane politician could come up with the idea of throwing children back into the river? We already believe that there are politicians who can do it and do it, they bring it up in Texas; this is also from time [Donald] Trump, where these extremely violent and racist narratives were pushed through,” he recalled.
“The Texas government has absolutely nothing to do with border or immigration strategy, it is part of the prerogatives of the federal government. That’s why we waiting for the Biden government to take administrative or legal action to stop Operation Lone Star with a massive presence of state elements on the border,” he said.
In addition, he considered it is important to fight the narrative who portrays migrants as criminals, “as people who can be killed or injured.”
He criticized the floating wall of buoys installed in the Rio Grande by the Texas government. He said the buoys are “so dangerous that what will happen is migrants will get confused and stuck in them.
Photo: Reuters file
This, unfortunately, the number of migrants killed while trying to cross the border will increase by the river, because in addition to the “double buoy” there is a net below so that no one passes there.
“So what’s going to happen is that migrants will get stuck down there, in nets, on buoys. It’s really a death trap,” he said.
The activist pointed out that this year the number of deaths at the border of Mexico and the United States close to last year’s record of 850 or 1,000 migrants, this means that three migrants die every day.
“This year we have already reached 800, and the year is not over yet. So, we see that this aggressive policy is not only an aggressive and racist narrative, it is already leading to the death and injury of hundreds of migrants arriving at the border,” he concluded.
Watch the full interview:
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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