El Paso Immigrant Advocacy Organization Reacts to Reports that Abbott Administration is Separating Families

For Immediate Release: August 4, 2023

EL PASO, TEXAS – Texas has separated at least 26 migrant family units on the southern border since July 10 under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border initiative. 

Marisa Limón Garza, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center’s Executive Director in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, said:

“The separation of families as part of Operation Lone Star is unconscionable and must end immediately. The American public knows the devastating impact of these actions by now. We will not stand idly by and watch Governor Abbott and Operation Lone Star inflict cruelty for cruelty’s sake. We urge the federal government to do everything in their power to reverse Abbott’s inhumane policies, and bring justice to all families impacted by Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.”