The petition calls out the Texas governor 'and other religious-right leaders who aren't practicing what Jesus preached.'
Faithful America's petition notes that Abbott is a Catholic, before accusing the governor of taking"neither Catholic social teaching nor the Gospels' instructions to welcome the stranger seriously." The group asks Christians to sign the petition to"expose the hypocrisy of Abbott and other religious-right leaders who aren't practicing what Jesus preached."
"As Americans and members of the Christian organization Faithful America who believe in the moral duty to welcome those in need, we call on theto immediately reunite families separated by Texas Governor Greg Abbott's cruel policies, consolidate their removal cases with their families' cases, and exempt separated families from the asylum transit ban," the petition states.
"Gov. Abbott is using inhumane and potentially deadly measures to scare asylum seekers away from our nation's southern border," it continues."While we are grateful that the Department of Justice is investigating this harmful initiative, there is much more that the federal government can do to right the wrongs being perpetrated by Gov. Abbott's administration. We ask you to act now.
Texas Department of Public Safety highway patrol troopers look over the Rio Grande as migrants walk by a string of buoys placed on the water along the Rio Grande border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 15, 2023, to prevent illegal immigration entry to the US. The buoy installation is part of an operation Texas is pursuing to secure its borders, but activists and some legislators say Governor Greg Abbott is exceeding his authority.
Abbott also recently faced backlash for sending a bus full of migrants to Los Angeles just as California was bracing for the worst of Tropical Storm Hilary.
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