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September 7, 2023
Contact: David Cruz - (818) 689-9991 Mobile
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LULAC APPLAUDS DECISION BY FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERING TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TO
MOVE RIO GRANDE BUOYS
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Nation's Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Says Abbott's
Response Shows His Defiance to Comply and Urges Federal Troops Be Sent to Enforce
the Court Order
Washington, DC — The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) strongly
supports the decision of District Judge David Alan Ezra ordering a change to
Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star's cruel and barbaric buoys with
razor-sharp saw blades in the middle of the Rio Grande River, an international
waterway. The court has given Texas until September 15 to comply with the order
to move the 1000-foot stretch of illegal floating barriers from the river’s
center that have so far led to at least four drownings of asylum seekers trying
to reach the United States, including an infant.
LULAC calls upon Governor Abbott to obey the federal court ruling or for the
Biden Administration to dispatch federal troops to move this clear and present
threat in the middle of the Rio Grande River on our southern border," says
Domingo Garcia, LULAC's national president. "Operation Lone Star is a $5-billion
colossal failure at the expense of hardworking Texas taxpayers being told that
these refugees are a danger to them. The real threat is the state government's
military and police-style tactics, leading to illegal surveillance and possible
violations of privacy laws. This is a governor, and his zealot supporters run
amuck, thinking they can do whatever they want without any consequences and in
violation of our laws and common Christian decency," says Garcia.
"Texas cannot bypass the proper protocol to install these barriers in the middle
of an international waterway," says Lydia Guzman, LULAC national immigration
committee chair. "They were illegally installed, and I'm glad they were ordered
to move them. Those barriers are dehumanizing and dangerous. We've already seen
the loss of life; I welcome Texas being told to remove them from the river’s
center," added Guzman.
"LULAC applauds today's federal judicial ruling against the State of Texas in an
ongoing lawsuit over the use of buoys in the middle of the Rio Grande River,"
says Gloria Leal, LULAC General Counsel. "LULAC condemns immigration enforcement
measures at the center river which result in injury and death to immigrants who
are only seeking to make a better and safe life in the United States," says Leal.
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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 [ [link removed] ] .
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