Texas puts up billboards warning of rape, kidnapping to deter migrants (original) (raw)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has launched a billboard campaign to deter migrants with graphic warnings that they could be raped and abused by traffickers, vivid messaging that comes as Texas steps up its hard-line approach to illegal immigration ahead of the second Trump administration.

“How much did you pay to have your daughter raped?” reads one of the Spanish language signs, aimed at people in Central American countries including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Abbott’s office said Thursday. “Many girls are raped by the coyotes you hire.”