WASHINGTON – Texas Republicans in Congress, defending the state’s new Rio Grande barricade, accused the Biden administration Thursday of harassing Gov. Greg...
“It’s one thing that the federal government has refused to secure the border and Texas has had to spend so much money. It’s another thing when they actually get in our way and tell us we have to stop securing our border,” said Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell. “I want to thank the governor for his efforts. We all stand behind him.”over two years to Operation Lone Star, the border security initiative Abbott launched soon after President Joe Biden took office. Texas has already spent $4.
Rep. Brian Babin, from Woodville in East Texas, called the floating barrier “absolutely necessary” to curb fentanyl smuggling and human trafficking. “We have to get past the concept of posse comitatus,” Self said, referring to the 1878 law that forbids the use of the military to enforce domestic policy. “I know that for many people that’s a bridge too far.”
Mexican and U.S. officials say the buoys pose a hazard to boats and could lead to migrant drownings, threatening humanitarian tragedy and a diplomatic crisis.Abbott’s tactics also include 60 miles of razor wire. Migrants have been entangled and bloodied. The Biden administration and a host of Democrats have denounced these measures as “inhumane.”
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