Operation Lone Star

 

You may have heard about ‘Operation Lone Star’.

It is an insidious, racist effort launched by Texas Governor Greg Abbott last March which deployed THOUSANDS of law enforcement officers to the Southern border and gave them wide authority to arrest migrants if they were suspected of criminal trespassing on state or private property.

This means that people could be arrested for misleading charges and then detained for MONTHS without ever being given a chance to get legal representation or to apply for asylum.

But Travis County DA José Garza, a DA that we helped elect, just successfully argued on behalf of someone who was arrested under Operation Lone Star. The judge in charge of the case ruled the operation as unconstitutional in this specific case, laying the groundwork for future challenges to the program elsewhere.

DA Garza has been doing absolutely incredible work, and this is just another example in which he has followed through on his promise to challenge powerful actors who violate peoples’ rights.

If a different DA had been in place, it’s likely this would never have happened. Operation Lone Star could have been able to continue without interruption, endangering the lives of thousands of migrants and creating a separate, underground legal system with no limits.

We know the truth. It’s people like you that helped DA Garza win his election — and together, we’ll make sure he can continue delivering on his promises. Will you join us in standing with DA José Garza and split a contribution between his reelection campaign and Real Justice today?

Our opposition is scared.

They see our successes.

They see what we are able to accomplish when we come together to elect progressive DAs who aren’t afraid to challenge the worst actors in our so-called ‘justice system’ and build a new kind of justice system that cares for our communities, instead of incarcerating us.

DA José Garza is doing exactly what he set out to do. Now we need to have his back as he inevitably faces even more attacks and attempts to roll back the progress he has made as Travis County DA.

Split a contribution between his reelection campaign and Real Justice today to keep up the fight for transformative justice.

Gratefully,

Real Justice

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