Governor’s Office on Border Surge: “All Strategies Remain on the Table”

(WBAP/KLIF) –

The idea is that declaring an invasion, under the U.S. and state constitutions, would allow Texas to act separately of the Federal government in response to a continued surge of illegal immigration.

“While President Biden ignores the ever-growing humanitarian crisis, and Congressional members visit the border for photo-ops and then return to Washington to do nothing, Texas has deployed thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and DPS troopers and allocated over $4 billion of Texas taxpayer money to secure our border, including building our own border wall, erecting strategic barriers, and sending significant resources to help our local partners as was mentioned repeatedly in the Brackettville press conference,” said Abbott’s Communications Advisor, Renae Eze. “This has resulted in over 274,000 migrant apprehensions, over 16,900 criminal arrests, including smugglers and human traffickers, over 22,000 turnbacks, and millions of lethal doses of fentanyl seized. It’s past time for President Biden—and for both parties in Congress—to do their jobs and secure our southern border.”

The Governor said that as the challenges on the border continue to increase, Texas will continue to take additional unprecedented action to address those challenges caused.