Greg Abbott launches billboard campaign in Mexico and Central America to discourage immigration: ‘If you cross into Texas illegally, you will regret it forever’

Greg Abbott launches billboard campaign in Mexico and Central America to discourage immigration: ‘If you cross into Texas illegally, you will regret it forever’

“Danger Ahead. If you cross into Texas illegally, you will regret it forever.” “How much did you pay to have your daughter raped? Many girls are raped by the coyotes you hire.” With messages like these, displayed on billboards in Mexico and Central American countries, the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, seeks to persuade the thousands of migrants attempting to enter the United States unlawfully to “stop their journey from even beginning.” The billboards, Abbott said on Thursday at a press conference to announce the new strategy, will serve to warn migrants of the dangers they are exposed to when crossing the border, especially sexual assaults on women and children: “Your wife and daughter will pay for the trip with their bodies. Coyotes lie. Don’t put your family at risk.,” warns another one of the messages.

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