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Democratic lawmakers State Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (right) and Congressman Joaquin Castro appeared at Freeman Coliseum on Friday and asked Gov. Greg Abbott to investigate the claims of sexual assault.
Lawmakers in Texas called on Friday for a full investigation into Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s claims migrant children were sexually assaulted at the Freeman Coliseum emergency intake shelter. They were also concerned about the lack of evidence for such claims.
A delegation of Democratic state legislators from San Antonio, Austin and Houston joined Congressman Joaquin Castro on a tour of Freeman Coliseum Friday afternoon.
Abbott sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris asking for the facility to be closed, and he repeated his sexual assault claims. A memo attached to the letter contained three anonymous reports that were sent to state agencies. The reports alleged neglect, a lack of food, and ‘sexual acting out’ by the children. But none of the reports had any dir
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the state had received two anonymous tips earlier that day about alleged “abuse and neglect” at a San Antonio facility housing unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S. border seeking asylum.
Even though Abbott admitted the Texas Rangers and the Texas Department of Public Safety haven’t even had time to investigate the allegations, he still accused President Joe Biden of “presiding over the abuse of children” during a hastily organized press conference in front of the Freeman Coliseum where the minors are currently being held.
He then demanded that Biden immediately close the facility, which currently houses hundreds of migrant youths, based solely on the separate tips sent Wednesday morning to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Family Protective Services.
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What effect will the recent influx of immigrants have on our court system?
With large numbers of undocumented children coming to the U.S.-Mexico border and a serious bottleneck tamping down Texas courts, we need to start talking about how to address legal issues associated with immigrants, especially undocumented, displaced minors.
In our highly divisive political climate, everyone has an opinion on how the immigration issue should be handled but there’s one thing most U.S. citizens agree on: We need to take a humanitarian approach to helping the children who often get stuck in the middle.
What’s holding us back from resolving this issue? Lack of communication due to the politicization of immigration in the U.S. The first step toward a resolution is a willingness on both sides left and right to get this conversation started, along with a cold, hard look at the facts.