ACLU LAWYER: ‘POLITICAL BOMB’ BY GOVERNOR LIKELY TO BE CHALLENGED IN COURT
Donatti, of the ACLU, says migrants are being used as “scapegoats” for “political theater” during this contentious election year where immigration and the border are issues dividing the country.
“The governor will never miss an opportunity to scapegoat migrants,” said Donatti who called the order a “political bomb.”
Abbott’s “executive order requiring hospitals to report healthcare costs for visits from undocumented immigrants has absolutely nothing to do with recouping costs and everything to do with scapegoating immigrants and targeting border communities,” U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, tweeted Friday on X.
“This executive order is an extraordinary escalation of the tactics he will use to feed racist ideologies and only threatens to destabilize the economic prosperity of Texas by further disenfranchising a critical part of our community,” RAICES spokesperson Faisal Al-Juburi said.
Donatti says that by disclosing citizenship information, it could set up migrants for arrest and deportation.
“It does put you on a pipeline to law enforcement arrest. We at the ACLU have seen this happen before,” Donatti said.
Donatti said his organization is considering legal action to stop the order from taking effect.
