More than 100 organizations have signed a letter to the US Justice Department, asking the Feds to stop Texas Governor Greg Abbott from rounding up migrants along the border.
Governor Abbott says Operation Lone Star is deterring illegal immigration and preventing the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people into the US from Mexico.
Now more than 100 advocacy groups have signed a letter to the US Department of Justice, saying the project is part of a broader effort in Texas to unilaterally engage in immigration enforcement.
They say Texas is using state criminal law to target black and brown immigrants for punishment, saying the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin. They want the DOJ to cut off federal funding to agencies participating in Operation Lone Star.
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