townhall.com By Sarah Arnold
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced sweeping new measures aimed at keeping illegal migrants out of the United States as thousands have unlawfully crossed the border through his state under the Biden Administration.
On Sunday, Abbott announced that state officers will soon be allowed to arrest and detain illegal aliens in an effort to curb the mass numbers of migrants entering the U.S. through the southern border.
“Well, I’ll tell you a couple of things very interesting. For one, the problem is extraordinarily bad. The numbers are high, and that is because Joe Biden continues to lay out the welcome mat, welcoming illegal immigrants into the United States of America,” Abbott told FOX News ChannelsāĀ Sunday Morning FuturesĀ with host Maria Bartiromo.
The governor’s announcement comes in response to several lawsuits brought against Texas by the Biden Administration, which has fought to keep the border open.
“That said, what we’ve seen in our numbers in the state of Texas is because of the wall that we have built, because of these razor-wide barriers that we have built, Texas is now no longer the number one illegal entry point,” Abbott said. “It is the Tucson sector, the San Diego sector, and other states. And Texas is causing the cartels to have to alter their routes, their routes where people are coming across the border illegallyā¦ Texas is having to step up and do even more to make sure that we deny illegal entry into the state of Texas.”
In two weeks, Abbott intends to sign the new law that will make it illegal for migrants to enter Texas from another country illegally while at the same time granting permission to every peace officer in the state to arrest them…
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