Former President Donald Trump called on state governors to deploy the National Guard to turn back migrants from crossing the border. His post on Truth Social follows a statement from 25 Republican governors supporting Texas' opposition to the Biden administration in Shelby Park.
“I encourage every country that is willing to deploy security forces to Texas to stop illegal immigrants from entering our country and remove them from crossing our borders,” Trump said. “All Americans should support common-sense steps by Texas authorities to protect the safety, security, and sovereignty of Texas and the American people.”
In the first part of his post, President Trump wrote, “In the face of this national security, public safety, and public health disaster, the State of Texas has rightly invoked the invasion clause of its Constitution and is fully committed to repelling the invasion.” “Support must be given.”
The former president's comments came on a day when 25 Republican governors from Alaska to Florida and New Hampshire to Nevada released statements supporting Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott's mission to protect the state's southern border. Ta.
“If Greg Abbott needs more razor wire, I'm going to load it in my pickup myself,” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told Fox News Thursday night.
if @GregAbbott_TX I need more razor wire, so I load it into the pickup myself. pic.twitter.com/pOyo5mXtFp
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) January 25, 2024
On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security sent a second request to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking that the state allow full and unimpeded access to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Breitbart Texas reported. Reported by Randy Clark. The Texas Department of Military Affairs occupied the park earlier this month and expelled all Border Patrol agents except those who launched their boats into the Rio Grande.
“Verify that your state provides listed access to U.S. Border Patrol by January 26, 2024. ” DHS General Counsel Jonathan E. Meyer wrote in a letter to Paxton. “If the state refereeUse the requested permissions in part instead of in full.Please specify which access rights Are you going to deny it? ”
As the deadline approaches, Mr. Abbott is standing firm on the narrow swath of the state-controlled border between Shelby Park and the Rio Grande with Mexico.
“Texas has a constitutional right to defend itself,” Abbott told Fox News. “We will continue to hold the line.”
According to an unofficial Border Patrol report reviewed by Breitbart Texas, since the new fiscal year began on October 1, 2023, Border Patrol has More than 460,000 immigrants who crossed the border illegally were arrested.
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