Don't mess with Texas.
Ahead of an expected surge in migrants due to the upcoming expiration of Title 42, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is already sending additional resources to the border.
On Monday, Gov. Abbott announced a new Texas Tactical Border Force and revealed over 500 National Guardsmen will be deployed across the state for reinforcements.
At a press conference from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Gov. Abbott did not shy away from blaming the Biden administration for the ongoing chaos at the border.
In response to Joe Biden's reckless border policies the Texas National Guard is loading Black Hawk helicopters and C-130s, deploying specially trained national guard members to “hotspots along the border to intercept, to repel and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter Texas illegally,” Abbott said.
According to Fox News, Abbott was joined by Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, Texas National Guard Adjunct Gen. Thomas Suelzer, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw in making the announcement.
“These additional forces will bolster the thousands of Texas National Guard service members already assisting local and state law enforcement agencies to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal behavior between the ports of entry,” the Texas National Guard said in a statement Monday. “We have expanded our capabilities to include boat teams that patrol hundreds of river miles, drones and helicopters that detect illicit activity from the air, and brush teams, security points and roving patrols that block and interdict illegal smuggling (drugs, weapons and people) into Texas.”
“President Biden is laying down a welcome mat to people across the entire world saying that the United States border is wide open, and it will lead to an incredible amount of people coming across the border illegally. President Biden's open border policies is going to cause a catastrophic disaster in the United States,” Abbott said.
“According to the Biden administration itself, they anticipate about 13,000 people coming across the border illegally, every single day,” the governor added. “If you extend that out over the course of a year, it means it will be about 4,700,000 people coming across the border a year. That will mean there will be more people coming across the border illegally than there are residents of the massive city of Chicago.”
The Texas Tactical Border Force is meant to strengthen Operation Lone Star which Abbott said has already turned back 37,000 people who already came across the border illegally and arrested about 27,000 dangerous criminals. The Republican Governor says the program is responsible for arresting numerous “cartel gang members” who are wanted for crimes such as murder and has seized “enough fentanyl that would have been enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States.”
The Trump-era Title 42 border policy is set to expire on May 11.
Last week, President Biden announced he is sending 1,500 U.S. troops to the border to “support” agents of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) ahead of an expected surge of up to one million illegal migrants once the policy ends. (RELATED: Biden Sending Troops To Border Ahead Of Expected Migrant Wave)
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Biden, a lying, corrupt jerk does not deserve the title of president. He is a total embarrassment.
Link TTBF with NM AZ