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The National League of Latin American Citizens met immigrants in the border town of Eagle Pass on Sunday and informed them of their civil rights before busting about 30 to Austin, San Antonio and Dallas.
LULAC President Domingo Garcia said the organization seeks to counter “the lies and misinformation recruiters use to drive men, women and children into despair.”
“I have personally spoken with many refugees and know that all they want is to work and live safely while they wait for their court date,” Garcia said in a statement. “Instead, Governors Abbott and Governor DeSantis and others are toying with them like political piñatas, not caring about their well-being.”
Governor Abbott has bussed more than 10,000 immigrants to Washington, DC, New York City and Chicago over the past few months in an effort to uncover record numbers of immigrants crossing the border.
Florida Gov. DeSantis says funds are available to bus illegal immigrants out of his state
Governor DeSantis last week chartered two flights of 48 migrants from San Antonio with a final destination of Martha’s Vineyard. The DeSantis government denied reports that migrants had been promised jobs at Martha’s Vineyard, saying they were given “multiple” opportunities to decline the trip.
Democratic Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced Monday a criminal investigation into whether immigrants were “lured” under “false pretenses” from the Immigration Resource Center in San Antonio.
LULAC is offering a $5,000 bounty for information about a woman named Perla who allegedly told immigrants she would have three months of work if she got on a plane to Martha’s Vineyard.
DeSantis’ office said immigrants “have to fend for themselves” in Bexar County.
“Unless the Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Guard abandons these individuals, unlike the 53 immigrants who died in an abandoned truck in Bexar County this past June, they are ill-advised to succeed in the United States. of accommodations, food, clothing and other options are being provided,” DeSantis’ office said, adding that dozens were found dead inside tractor trailers in the sweltering heat of San Antonio. I mentioned human immigration.
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Maverick County, where Eagle Pass is located, Sheriff Tom Schumerber said this month that his priority is security in his county.
“I’m very worried about who’s been through it,” Schumerber told Fox News. “Some people want to have a better life, but some people want to take advantage of the situation, the criminal element. ‘ said.