George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jul 28, 2023
Have we accepted that harming innocent children and pregnant women with razor wire while they seek a better life is fair treatment? I hope not. If you feel the same, join me in taking a stand. Our sense of humanity depends on it. https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/806/513/820/?TAP=2430&source_id=TexasMigrants
Sign Petition: Demand The Biden Administration End Inhumane Practices Against Migrants In Texas

Dear Friends, Advocates and Activists, A leaked e-mail from a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper documents the remarkably (22736 signatures on petition)

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@georgetakei @dgoldsmith
Unless I’m missing something, the headline on this petition is so inaccurate it’s outright disinformation. The Biden administration told Texas border patrol to •remove• these barriers, Texas is refusing, and the Biden admin is suing: https://apnews.com/article/texas-border-water-barriers-doj-immigration-83bcb38e7f5ab613117634d0c439d6b6

The page title — the only thing the vast majority of people scrolling past this will see — makes it sound as if the Biden admin were the ones who put the razor wire there. They’re the ones trying to get it removed.

Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants

The lawsuit filed Monday asks a court to force Texas to remove a line of bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys that the Biden administration says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns.

AP News
Jul 29, 2023 at 4:49amWeb