Texas Governor Greg Abbott launched a campaign to deter illegal immigration by erecting billboards in Mexico and Central America, warning migrants about the risks involved in crossing the border. The billboards, placed in multiple languages, highlight the dangers posed by coyotes and the potential for violence.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new campaign in the state's effort to stop illegal immigration. Abbott announced that dozens of billboards will be put up in Mexico and Central America to warn migrants about the danger involved in crossing the border. 'Your wife and daughter will pay for the trip with their bodies. Coyotes lie. Don't put your family at risk,' reads one of the billboards.
The governor's office says over 40 billboards will be placed in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico and along the Texas-Mexico border. The first billboards as a part of the roughly $100,000 campaign went up on Wednesday. The billboards will be in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. The governor announced the plan at Wall Ranch in Eagle Pass. Kimberly and Martin Wall say women trying to cross the border illegally were sexually assaulted on their property. 'It makes you terrified to go out of your own house and enjoy your own property,' said Kimberly Wall. 'You don't know if you'll be attacked by one of the men hiding in the brush. We all want a better life for everybody.' Governor Abbott spoke next to a burned tree where Wall said coyotes sexually assaulted a woman and hanged their clothing from a tree. During the visit, Gov. Abbott also talked about President-elect Donald Trump's plans at the border. The governor said Trump will begin deportations on day one and plans to expand the wall along the border. 'We'd be more than happy to build the wall as long as the federal government pays for it,' said Abbott. Abbott says Texas will work hand-in-hand with the Trump administration to combat the issues at the border
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