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May 13, 2022

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Suggests Cutting Off Food to Migrant Children
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Rights groups are condemning Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott over
a joint statement he made with the National Border Patrol Council
criticizing the Biden administration for providing asylum-seeking
children in U.S. custody with food. Governor Abbott's statement on
Thursday read in part, "While mothers and fathers stare at empty grocery
store shelves in a panic, the Biden Administration is happy to provide
baby formula to illegal immigrants coming across our southern border."
Carl Takei, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties
Union, responded on Twitter, "I can't come up with the words to describe
how despicable and inhumane this is. Every child, regardless of whether
Gov. Abbott and Border Patrol agents consider them 'our child' or not,
deserves food and love. We should be shutting down these cages, not
turning them into even more horrific places."


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