Since he launched Operation Lone Star last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has attracted criticism from rights groups and advocates over the controversial border clampdown. But his latest idea — pressuring the federal government to cut off baby formula to migrant children — is possibly his harshest yet.
Abbott’s insinuation that the federal government shouldn’t provide baby formula to migrant children flies in the face of the law.
For his part, the governor didn’t mention that the shortage is related a major baby formula manufacturer, a company called Abbott (no relation), having to close a factory due to contamination.
In recent months, Abbott has ramped up the anti-migrant rhetoric, referring to arrivals on the U.S.-Mexico border as an “invasion” and introducing a slate of controversial policies.
Angelica Luna Kaufman, a spokesperson for the Texas Democratic Party, said Abbott’s “hateful position” on baby formula is “racist and morally disgraceful.”