Rep. Cuellar Invites First Lady of Honduras to Tour Laredo Border Patrol, ICE Facilities

Press Release

The First Lady of Honduras, Ana Rosalinda García de Hernández, toured the Laredo North Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Laredo today. She was personally invited by Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28). First Lady García de Hernández also speak to students at Texas A&M International University regarding immigration and her tour of similar facilities in Houston, San Antonio and Laredo.

The visit was a follow-up to when Congressman Cuellar hosted the First Lady on a tour of the McAllen Border Patrol Facility and Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio in June 2014. It was the first time a representative from one of the Central American countries that are part of a surge of unaccompanied minors visited the border.

During her tour in Houston, San Antonio and Laredo, First Lady García de Hernández visited with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Refugee Resettlement and ICE officials regarding the treatment and status of unaccompanied migrant children and families from Honduras and other parts of Central America.

In Honduras, first Lady García de Hernández leads a commission, created by her husband, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, to help address the crisis of unaccompanied minors leaving Honduras. She has traveled to visit many immigration detention centers in the United States, where she listens to the stories of mothers and children who have taken great risks in search of opportunity. She advocates for the human rights of these migrants and ensures that their experiences are not forgotten.

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