House Democrats from Texas went after Gov. Greg Abbott ® on Sunday over a standoff at the U.S.-Mexico border between state and federal law enforcement, accusing him of inciting potential violence and making border safety a purely political issue.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) described Abbott’s border security program as a “disaster” and part of the “most virulent anti-immigrant sentiment in a generation.”
The governor appeared to ignore a Supreme Court order last month that allowed federal Border Patrol to remove barriers erected by state law enforcement. Abbott shrugged off the order, claiming that state law “supersedes” federal.
Dozens of GOP governors have backed Abbott in the fight, with some pledging material assistance, including National Guard troops.
Texas is being stupid. Source am Texan.
This is all over about a half mile or so piece of river. Razor wire, buoys, and empty shipping containers make up this “epic” wall Abbot claims. The problem is, it endangers lives to the point that the Texas border control literally watched 3 immigrants die while federal agents were refused access to help them. The feds took them to court, said you can’t interfere with federal access. Abbot said fuck off and no repercussions have happened yet.
The icing on the cake is Biden pushed for aid to the border in October, including more agents and processers., Rs said no thanks, then turned around and claimed we have a problem at the border.
Don’t forget Abbott also “joked” that he’d just have the border patrol guys shoot people if he thought they wouldn’t get charged for murder.
Good reminder! Also the threats against federal agents if they attempted to take down barriers.