PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Cesar Espinosa
Executive Director
Cell: 832-512-3733
E-Mail: cespinosa
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Campaigns Coordinator
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Email: acisneros
STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR ABBOTT’S DIVISIVE RHETORIC.
[HOUSTON, TX] On Wednesday May 28, Governor tweeted a comment about The Arrest of Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez publicly calling for the DEATH penalty. FIEL offers the following reaction.
“First and foremost, our condolences go out to the Moore family as they have to deal with this insurmountable tragedy. This should have never happened and those responsible for the accident, as well as the subsequent actions they prompted, should face the law. What we condemn is the Governor politicizing this and automatically bringing up the immigration status of the perpetrator as the front facing issue. Also, the context in which Abbott spoke about this can be left very open to interpretation. Calling publicly for the death penalty and in such an irresponsible manner, we fear it could lead people to act on their own recourse. We want to remind our fellow Texans are hard working people who live their lives down the straight and narrow path. We must not call victim to the propaganda and make generalizations about immigrants. Words matter and far too often abbott uses words in a careless manner. " – Cesar Espinosa FIEL Executive Director
FIEL: Immigrant Families and Students in the Fight is an Immigrant Led Civil Rights Organization that advocates for just laws for all families, access to higher education for all people regardless of immigration status, and for the rights of all people in unjust situations.
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