I’m content with the fast action of the DOJ in suing Greg Abbott over his executive order barring transport of migrants. The DOJ clarified the “who” regarding transport.
The lawsuit says that if migrants are not allowed to be transported by volunteers or contractors they would have to be confined to immigration facilities where there would not be enough space for every migrant.
Greg Abbott continues to blame brown people for COVID-19, but it’s not like President Biden isn’t doing the same thing by continuing a policy used by Trump for the same reason.
Currently, the Biden administration is turning back many migrants under Title 42, which allows agents to make migrants return to Mexico because of the risk of spreading COVID-19. This practice has been in place since the Trump administration.
The Rio Grande Guardian has a good explanation on what is going on in Greg Abbott’s ground zero for these gross civil rights violations.
For even more clarity for those who don’t know how things happen:
Immigration rights advocates say that Abbott’s most recent order would not only disrupt shelters who have been hosting migrants released by Border Patrol agents, but would also invite troopers to racially profile people. They also said that this would impact volunteers who drive migrants to bus stops or airports.
Many of the migrants have attempted to enter the country through the Rio Grande Valley. Many of them have requested asylum and immigration officials have released some migrants pending the outcomes of their asylum cases.
Some migrants stay at shelters until friends or relatives send them money for a bus ride or plane ticket to their U.S. destination.
I cannot help but wonder why the asylum process is so difficult on the Texas border, but seems to be fast-tracked in Florida.
We are in this not because of those leaving their home countries and coming in through the Texas border, but because the US continues to either impose blockades, mess with their elections, impose economic sanctions because they don’t like whom the people elected, turns their heads when the right-wing dictators they support violate the human rights of people, or are still practicing empire-building for the benefit of US corporations who steal those countries natural resources. But it’s a great political football for either side of the aisle, while meetings and press conferences continue to be held to determine whether or not to add some sort of reform to the budget reconciliation bill.
And that’s for tons of other blog posts.
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