Boisterous Immigration Protest At Governor's Mansion
Elected leaders and advocates for immigration reform staged a boisterous and sometimes angry protest Saturday outside the Texas Governor’s Mansion, where they called on Gov. Greg Abbott to meet with immigrant families and show more leniency to undocumented workers.
Many of the protesters, a few hundred in all, traveled to Austin from around the state to make their voices heard. Some participated in a three-day, 37-mile march from a federal detention center in Williamson County to downtown Austin. After crossing the Capitol grounds their final stop was the Governor’s Mansion — and the target of their ire was the chief occupant inside.
“It’s a shame and it’s a disgrace that these politicians are allowed to play with the lives of the people that work so hard by cleaning houses, by being nannies, by serving at hotels and restaurants, by building skyscrapers, by helping the U.S. to be the most powerful nation due to their sweat, blood and tears,” said activist Montserrat Garibay of Education Austin, a local union group. “Greg Abbott, we have a message for you... you don’t have the best interest for Texas and for our country.”
Requests for comment from Abbott’s spokesmen were not answered Saturday.
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