Governor Greg Abbott announced that more National Guard troops and barbed wire barriers are arriving at the border with the Latin American country.
The state of Texas (USA) is redoubling its efforts on the border with Mexico to prevent the entry of illegal immigrants, according to announced this Sunday Governor Greg Abbott on his official account of the social network X.
«Más [efectivos de la] National Guard and barbed wire barriers are arriving at the Texas border. “We are redoubling our efforts to expand the areas where we are denying illegal entry into Texas,” wrote Abbott, who says illegal immigration is decreasing in his state, while increasing in California and Arizona.
The announcement comes shortly following Republican members of Congress rejected a bill that would have dramatically expanded the federal government’s oversight of the border, particularly the ability to close the border. if it were overwhelmed, something that President Joe Biden promised he would do the day he promulgates the law, if it is approved.
Republicans, including those in Texas, argue that the federal government already has the authority to carry out such a measure through executive action. “All a president has to do is say ‘close the border,’ and the border is closed. There’s no need a new and expensive bill“said the former president Donald Trump.
“No executive action, no matter how aggressive, can provide the important political reforms and additional resources that Congress can provide, and that Republicans have rejected,” commented the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre.
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