Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated that Texas is ready to continue building barriers at the border if the Biden administration federalizes the Texas National Guard to gain access to Shelby Park and surrounding areas.
Gov. Abbott wrote, the “federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the States.”
This comes as the state faces a deadline to provide Border Patrol full access to a 2.5-mile stretch of land on the Rio Grande.
Texas National Guard is putting up more razor wire and barriers at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass Texas to stop illegal immigration. pic.twitter.com/E19KYn7bC8
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Carlson said, “If the administration declares that it plans to federalize the National Guard of the state of Texas, your National Guard, what will be your response?
Gov. Abbott added, “I believe, however, that this will all come to an end on January 20th of next year because I believe a new president will be sworn in – a president who will actually enforce the immigration laws of the entire country, not just the Texas border.”
“Well, first, I’ll be shocked. That would be a boneheaded move on his part; total disaster. For one, as you might imagine, we are prepared in the event that that unlikely event does occur to make sure that we will be able to continue exactly what we’ve been doing over the past month and that is building these barriers. Whether it be the concertina wire or other anti-climb border barriers, whatever we’ve been building, the Biden administration is now trying to attack us because of it, and we will continue to do exactly what we’re doing to expand our denial of illegal entry into the state of Texas, explained the governor.
Gov. Abbott said, “I met him on a tarmac in El Paso and talked to him directly about what was going on. I handed him a letter that had in it immediate solutions that he could take that would immediately secure the border, without the need of any new law to be passed. Despite the fact that I handed him all-together eight different letters, he has refused to ever respond.”
“My point I’m telling you is that we have laid down the precursor of what’s called Article Four, Section Four of the United States Constitution to show that we have been invaded and we have demanded support from the President to safeguard our state and they have refused to do so eight times. And that authorized me to declare an invasion under Article One, Section Ten of the Constitution to make sure that Texas is going to be able to use every tool in our arsenal to defend our state, said Abbott.
Abbott expressed readiness for a potential federalization of the National Guard, highlighting that 25 states have announced support for Texas’s border security mission.
Abbott discussed previous attempts to communicate with the Biden administration regarding border security, expressing hope for a resolution after the next presidential inauguration.
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