Texas Governor Greg Abbott has slammed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border crisis, saying the secretary has been telling only lies to the American people.
“What Mr. Mayorkas has said is nothing but a litany of lies,” Abbott said in an interview with FOX4 News.
Mr. Abbott said he was impeached in part because he lied to Congress, telling Congress and the United States that the border was secure, and he proved he was lying.
“The Biden administration is not securing the border. What SB4 does is give Texas the power to assert the powers that Congress gave the federal government,” Abbott said. “Let me be clear: Congress passed three laws, but they are not laws that require the president to detain anyone or prevent anyone from entering the country illegally.”
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“Texas is seeking to strengthen and enforce through state law the same laws Congress passed to deny illegal immigration, detain people entering the country, and build a border wall. None of that has happened,” Abbott continued. .
Abbott also posted a video to X showing more panels being added to the Texas border..
“More panels are being installed on the Texas border wall in Maverick County. Texas will never back down from our historic efforts to protect our border,” Abbott wrote.
Texas has installed razor wire and other barriers along its border as part of Operation Lone Star to curb a historic surge in illegal immigration in the region starting in 2021.
“As President Biden refuses to enforce federal immigration laws, Texas will exercise its sovereignty to protect our southern border and our nation,” Abbott previously said.
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This all comes after Fox News confirmed that the House will send articles of impeachment against Mayorkas to the Senate at 2pm on Tuesday.
Initial efforts to impeach him failed last month. He is the first Cabinet Secretary to be indicted in approximately 150 years.
“He took a bad situation and actually accomplished an amazing feat. Instead of making it better, he actually made it worse. Not only that, but he lied repeatedly under oath to Congress and the American people, and he lost the public’s trust in him.” If these things are not impeached, Secretary Mayorkas must be held accountable for his actions, but I don’t know what that is.” said.
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Republicans have called for Mayorkas to be impeached for failing to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and repeatedly telling Congress that the Biden administration maintained operational control despite historic levels of migrant encounters and entry. ing.
The article specifically accuses Mayorkas of “refusing to comply with federal immigration law” and violating the “public trust.”
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The effort to impeach Mayorkas comes as border security remains one of the most important issues for voters across the country.
Fox News Digital’s Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.
