Abbott’s Latest Executive ORDER is a Public Health Risk for All Texans

El Paso, Texas — In response to Governor Abbott’s latest executive order directing enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program to report what costs they incur for treating undocumented immigrants, Marisa Limón Garza, Executive Director at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and New Mexico, said:

"Once again, Governor Abbott is weaponizing public institutions to enforce cruelty against immigrant families. This is part of a larger pattern of xenophobia and racial discrimination that we must call out. 

Instead of taking steps to improve access to adequate healthcare for all Texans, Abbott is wasting time and resources by directing medical staff to focus on the status of the person in their care, proving once again that the governor is comfortable scapegoating migrants for failed public services across Texas.”