Release: LUPE AND ALLIES TO PROTEST HB7 AND HB20 AT REP. RYAN GUILLEN’S STARR COUNTY OFFICE

April 28, 2023

On, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, LUPE and ally organizations will be joining in protest against two extreme and dangerous bills in Texas, HB7 and HB20, that are an endangerment to immigrant families in the Rio Grande Valley

What: La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), ARISE, ACLU of Texas,  Texas Civil Rights Project, Laredo Immigrant Alliance, and other local organizations across the Rio Grande Valley will gather at the Starr County Annex Courthouse to voice their concerns over a “border protection” bill that brings more harm than “protection.” As these bills welcome discrimination against the working class along our border, our home, we all will be standing united against clear indications of profiling based on race and national origin. Si se puede!

When: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 starting at 9 AM – 11 AM CDT 

Where: Starr County Courthouse Annex, 100 N, FM 3167, Rio Grande City, TX 78582

Who: La Unión Del Pueblo Entero, ARISE, ACLU of Texas,  Texas Civil Rights Project, Laredo Immigrant Alliance, and South Texans across the Rio Grande Valley

Visuals: Participants protest and chant outside of the Starr County Courthouse Annex. Chosen speakers will be giving speeches and be available for interviews as posters are waved and chants are shouted against HB7 and HB20. 

If you are not able to attend the event feel free to contact Ramiro Gonzalez, Communications Coordinator, ramirog@lupenet.org, 956-350-4277, and he can send you footage recorded from the event. 

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LUPE is a nonprofit organization that helps the community organize for and win a better quality of life. LUPE was founded in 1989 by farmworker and civil rights leaders Cesar E. Chavez and Dolores Huerta. We are a membership-based organization and our strength is found in the participation of our over eight thousand members.