Thursday, April 07, 2022

LULAC Blasts Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Plan To Send Migrants To Washington, DC

I've just become apprised of Gov. Greg Abbott's plans for undocumented migrant through this National LULAC Press Release. How offensive, inhumane, and irresponsible. I'm glad that our state and national leaders in LULAC are speaking out. Instead of political theater, he should be advocating for the kinds of structural changes mentioned below like more immigration agents mentioned by Lydia Guzman below.

-Angela Valenzuela


LULAC

LULAC Blasts Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s 

Plan To Send Migrants To Washington, DC

Nation’s Largest and Oldest Latino Civil 

Rights Organization Calls the Idea Mean-

Spirited, Overstepping His Power and 

Political Theater for Re-Election


Washington, DC – The League of United Latin American Citizens

(LULAC) today issued the following statement after Texas Governor

Greg Abbott said that undocumented migrants released along the

Texas-Mexico border would be shipped in chartered buses to the 

steps of the U.S. Capitol. “We are sending them to the United States

 Capitol where the Biden Administration will be able to more 

immediately address the needs of the people they are allowing to

come across our border,” said Abbott.


Domingo Garcia - LULAC National President


Today’s announcement by Governor Abbott that he will be chartering

buses from the border to DC is the height of hypocrisy. He uses human 

beings as political piñatas to score political points six months before

his election. It is mean-spirited to use refugees’ lives to manipulate 

public opinion and personal political gain. We expect Governor Abbott 

would treat these refugees humanely with Christian charity and welcome 

them with open arms. Our governor is helping and abetting hate-mongering

and scapegoating that we've seen in the past from far right-wing organi-

zations. We expect more of our governor; unfortunately, we're getting 

less civility and human decency.”


Rodolfo Rosales, Jr. - Texas LULAC State Director


“Texas LULAC is against Governor Abbott’s plan. He is exceeding his 

authority as the governor of Texas. This is a national issue, and Governor

 Abbott is violating the Constitution of the United States. He needs to

 concentrate on the voting public of Texas and stop worrying about federal

 issues that are not pertinent to the working men and women of Texas.”


Lydia Guzman - LULAC National Immigration Committee Chair


“Let’s call it what it is; nothing more than political posturing. What we 

need are real solutions to complex problems. This publicity stunt for

political purposes does nothing to help the situation. The solution 

needs to include funding for more border agents that can help process

initial asylum applications, staffing within USCIS to help process the 

backlog of applications already filed, more immigration judges to 

adjudicate cases, secure, stable housing facilities and shelters, NGOs 

to help when asylum-seekers are released into the community, 

embassies that can assist with processing asylum claims from countries 

of origination, and educational outreach campaigns to educate those

wishing to seek asylum on who does or does not qualify and possibilities 

of applying from home countries.”

About LULAC


The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s

largest and oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers

 Hispanic Americans and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered

in Washington, DC, with 1,000 councils around the United States and

Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and advocacy address the

most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of today and the

 future. 

For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.

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