Texas’ latest effort to deter migrants is a billboard campaign in Mexico, Central America

Gov. Abbott speaks at a press conference Thursday in Eagle Pass where he unveiled state-sponsored billboards the state is putting up in Central and South America to deter migrants from coming to the U.S.-Mexico border. (Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune)

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EAGLE PASS — Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced a new campaign of installing billboards in Central America and Mexico with messages about sexual assault and Texas’ border enforcement efforts — an effort to deter migrants from trying to enter the country illegally.