Migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border have faced racial slurs and physical abuse from Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety officers, the groups claim.
Immigrants trying to cross the United States-Mexico border in Texas are being shoved into razor wire and fired at with pepper balls by those working under Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star, human rights groups claim.The $11.2 billion program, enacted in 2021, was the brainchild of Abbott, who has said he was left with no choice because of inaction by President Biden to deal with border security.
'And just trying to make life so miserable for them that they cross back into Mexico.'A report from the Texas American Civil Liberties Union in May highlighted alleged issues with OLS, including racial profiling and high numbers of prosecutions of American citizens instead of immigrants.'Unchecked cruelty is not a policy solution,' the group said at the time, accusing Abbott of using language that stemmed from 'white supremacy'.
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