Texas Catholic Charity Will Defy Governor’s Order to Cease Busing Migrants
Texas Catholic Charity Will Defy Governor’s Order to Cease Busing Migrants
by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ and BRANDON DARBY 30 Jul 2021
A Texas Catholic charity announced it will continue to transport migrants in defiance of an executive order issued by the governor after it was revealed several of those migrants were COVID-19 positive.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order this week to stop the ground transportation of migrants who were detained and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The order came after the City of La Joya issued an alert over the release of migrants with COVID-19 who were staying at a hotel without quarantine protocols. The hotel rooms are paid for by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV).
According to Border Report, Sister Norman Pimentel, the executive director of CCRGV, said they would continue to move migrants until they are directly told otherwise.
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She's not backing down: Gutsy #RGV nun @nspimentel of @CCharitiesRGV decides to continue moving migrants 'to safety' despite @GregAbbott_TX new order; w @RepCuellar@LUPE_rgv, My #BorderReport story
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South Texas nun makes gutsy decision to continue moving migrants despite governor’s executive order
The Catholic nun who runs the largest migrant shelter in the Rio Grande Valley told Border Report on Thursday she will continue to transport migrants released by the Department of Homeland Security…
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8:04 PM · Jul 29, 2021
In a statement from CCRGV, the charity called the case in La Joya an isolated incident.
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley
23 hours ago
Statement from our Executive Director, Sister Norma Seni Pimentel
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The statement comes after a week of controversy started by the discovery of several COVID-19 positive migrants at a Whataburger. In a statement from CCRGV, the charity claimed the case was an isolated incident and caused “a great deal of misinformation.” According to the statement, migrants who test positive and their families are kept in isolation in hotels for quarantine.
“At no time have the COVID positive immigrant families walking around exposing others in the community. They are kept in isolation until they test negative,” the statement revealed. The statement does not explain why La Joya Police encountered a group of migrants who were supposed to be in quarantine at the fast food restaurant.
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