Trump team mulls purchase of Texas land along Rio Grande to facilitate mass deportation plans

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Texas is reportedly offering the incoming Trump administration a plot of land to be used for immigrant detention centers.

Land along the southern border in the Rio Grande was recently purchased by Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and is reportedly being offered to Trump’s transition team, according to NBC News. Citing an unnamed source, the outlet reported that last week, Gov. Greg Abbott spoke to Trump’s incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan, about the use of the military to transport migrants to the area and the future facility.

“In order to use the property, the incoming Trump administration could declare a national emergency, which would divert funds to build infrastructure and fund troops assigned to a border mission,” NBC News noted. “The work could be done by the National Guard or active-duty military, the source said, and facilities could be soft-sided structures such as tents that could be quickly assembled.”

Abbott’s office is in “regular communication with the incoming Trump administration on effective strategies to secure the border,” the governor’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, told the outlet.

“Texas has held the line against the Biden-Harris border crisis for the past four years, and the Governor looks forward to continuing to work closely with President Trump and Border Czar Homan to protect our state and the nation,” Mahaleris said…