Earlier this 12 months, Abbott directed the Texas Nationwide Guard to put in greater than 100 miles of wire alongside the Texas–Mexico border.
The state of Texas was given the inexperienced gentle to proceed constructing a razor wire border barrier to stop unlawful immigration on the southern border.
On Tuesday, Gov. Gregg Abbott shared an replace on the venture after an appeals court docket sided with the state.
This isn’t the primary time that Texas has confronted authorized challenges over makes an attempt to safe the southern border.
In 2023, Texas deployed buoy boundaries on the Rio Grande to deal with the surge of migrants crossing the river to enter the US.
Biden sued the state over its efforts and a federal district court docket granted the Biden administration a preliminary injunction and ordered the buoys to be eliminated.
The White Home argued that Abbott’s insurance policies made it tough for U.S. Border Patrol brokers to entry the river.
“These are illegal actions that aren’t useful and are undermining what the president has put ahead and is making an attempt to do,” White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre advised the media on the time.
Abbott just lately met with Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar. Abbott and Homan acquired an intelligence briefing from border officers on Tuesday. Additionally they took an aerial tour over the Eagle Move space to view the razor wire boundaries and different deterrents.
Homan has outlined plans to hold out mass deportations, a promise made by Trump on the marketing campaign path.
In the meantime, Democrats are pushing again in opposition to Trump’s impending deportation efforts, together with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston who just lately stated that he could be keen to go to jail with the intention to defend unlawful immigrants in his sanctuary metropolis.
In response to U.S. Customs and Border Safety information, Border Patrol brokers have apprehended practically 7 million unlawful immigrants on the southern border throughout the Biden administration.