'We urge the Biden administration to immediately reunite separated families and launch an investigation into Texas' Operation Lone Star,' said WelcomeWDignity manager MelinaRoche as Gov. Greg Abbott's crackdown breaks up families. WelcomeWithDignity
"We urge the Biden administration to immediately reunite separated families and launch an investigation into Texas' Operation Lone Star," said #WelcomeWithDignity's campaign manager.The #WelcomeWithDignity campaign for asylum rights on Monday condemned what it called Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's"unconscionable" decision to"repeat one of the most horrific and cruel practices of the Trump administration" by separating migrant families at the U.S.
DPS spokesman Travis Considine confirmed that"there have been instances in which DPS has arrested male migrants" traveling with their families, but that"children and mothers were never separated" as they were turned over to Border Patrol agents. "With Texas troopers separating families at the border, the world can now see that Governor Abbott's cruelty knows no bounds."
"We were already shocked and appalled by the razor wire and buoy barriers, denial of water, and pushbacks of children into the river," #WelcomeWithDignity campaign manager Melina Roche said in a
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