Former President Donald Trump on Thursday backed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott amid a feud with the Biden administration over border security, urging states to send National Guard troops to the border and calling on states to “work hand in hand.” ” I promised to work on it. If he becomes president again in January 2025, it will be to counter “invasion.”
Trump endorsed Abbott in a post on Truth Social, accusing President Biden of “fighting to tie the hands” of Republican governors “so that the invasion continues unchecked.”
A feud that has been brewing for months between Texas and the administration exploded in recent weeks after Texas seized the Shelby Park area of Eagle Pass, blocking Border Patrol access and sparking protests and protests. It prompted the threat of legal action from the administration.
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of Supreme Court this week The ruling comes in favor of the administration when it granted an emergency appeal allowing authorities to continue cutting the border along the Texas border after a lower court blocked the administration from doing so. became.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump points to a supporter at the end of a campaign rally at the Atkinson Country Club on January 16, 2024 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The two sides have been at odds since 2021, when the immigration crisis escalated and Texas launched Operation Lone Star to focus resources on the border. The administration recently filed a lawsuit over the Anti-Illegal Immigration Act, which allows state and local law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants. The state is also suing over the state's installation of buoys on the Rio Grande. The administration says immigration enforcement is left to the federal government and that Texas is intervening.
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“Leaving immigrants on the side of the road in the middle of winter, installing razor wire to make the Border Patrol’s job more dangerous, pushing extreme and unconstitutional legislation like SB4, or Governor Abbott has repeatedly said, including his recent actions, that he has proven that he is not interested in solutions and is only trying to politicize the border issue. Recent White House Statements Said.
“The President has made it clear that our immigration system is broken and requires significant resources and policy change. That's why on his first day in office, he presented Congress with a comprehensive immigration reform plan. To that end, he is working to find a bipartisan agreement with Congress that includes funding and meaningful reforms,'' they added.
Mr. Abbott said this week that he has already done so, citing the “right of self-defense.” declared an “invasion” He calls this authority “the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal law to the contrary.”
President Trump said Mr. Abbott must be given “full support,” he said, calling on “all willing states to send security agents to Texas to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country and turn them back across the border.” He encouraged them to deploy the aircraft to
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“If I were president, instead of fighting Texas from day one, I would work with Governor Abbott and other border states to stop the invasion, close the border, and immediately launch the largest domestic deportation operation in history. I will.” He said.
“The people that Mr. Biden brought into the country are going to be sent home, so we shouldn't feel safe,” he said.
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Mr. Abbott also has the backing of more than 20 Republican states that have publicly expressed support for the state. Meanwhile, some Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to take control of the National Guard.
FOX News' Greg Wenner contributed to this report.
