Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham unveiled the “Jocelyn Initiative,” which plans to establish deportation facilities on state-owned land beginning on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Named after 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was murdered by undocumented immigrants, the initiative seeks to lease state-owned land for facilities to detain undocumented individuals with violent criminal records.
Buckingham emphasized the need for swift deportation to prevent similar tragedies, citing the release of the suspects in Jocelyn’s case after they had previously been apprehended by Border Patrol.
The initiative aligns with Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda and signals Texas’s readiness to support his policies.
“I meant it when I said that I will do everything in my power to help this administration,” Buckingham started. “The new project that the General Land Office is going to embark in that I have created is the Jocelyn Initiative, in which we will locate appropriate land under my jurisdiction to lease for the construction of violent criminal deportation facilities.”
“My office has identified several of our properties and is standing by ready to make this happen on day one of the Trump presidency,” Buckingham said. “We are going to do everything in our power to ensure no other parent has to feel the pain that Alexis and Jacqueline are feeling right now. We have seen what happens when sanctuary cities release illegal immigrants back onto the streets.”
“The monsters who took the life of Jocelyn have been caught in El Paso, but were soon let out and made their way to Houston and committed an unspeakable crime.”
