Gov. Greg Abbott: Biden admin is incapable of dealing with border crisis they pretend doesn’t exist

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Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott slammed President Joe Biden on Tuesday as state and federal authorities struggle to contain the flood of illegal migrants crossing over the U.S. southern border. 

Abbott ripped into Biden in a Tuesday press conference for the president’s “incapability of dealing with this crisis.” Thousands of illegal migrants who surged the U.S. border crossing in Del Rio, Texas, last week are currently being held under an overpass with little food or shelter, in what is being described as a humanitarian crisis. 

“The only thing [the Biden administration has] shown is an incapability of dealing with this crisis, candidly in a way where they pretend it doesn’t even exist,” Abbott said. “And we’re here to tell you, it exists and it’s total chaos and the Biden administration — they need to up their game, big time.”

“When you have an administration that has abandoned any pretense of securing the border and securing our sovereignty, you see the onrush,” Abbott said.

On Monday, Abbott sent a letter to the White House requesting for President Biden to make a federal emergency declaration over the immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border, allocating federal resources to state and local governments currently struggling to contain the surge of illegal migrants. 

Abbott wrote in part:

Border security is a federal responsibility; however, in response to the current situation, I have taken the appropriate action under state law by directing the execution of the state’s emergency management plan and by declaring a state of disaster on May 31, 2021, for multiple Texas counties across the state’s southern border.

I submit this request due to the overwhelming surge of individuals unlawfully attempting to cross the Texas-Mexico border in Val Verde County. These illegal crossings are aided by a dam on federal property, and thus under the jurisdiction of the federal government, which allows individuals to easily traverse the Rio Grande River. The rush of migrants increased from approximately 4,000 individuals on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, to over 16,000 migrants on Saturday, September 18, 2021. The entrance of illegal immigrants shows no signs of slowing. This surge poses life-threatening risks to residents of Val Verde County and is quickly overrunning law enforcement and health care and humanitarian resources which were never intended to be used in this capacity. Even the limited federal resources in the area are strained by the large number of individuals illegally crossing into Texas.

In an effort to enforce immigration laws under Operation Lone Star, Abbott dispatched Texas law enforcement to the border, also launching an effort to finish construction of a border wall along the Texas share of the U.S. southern border. 

Abbott also issued warnings for those attempting to illegally enter the country as the crisis continues to worsen. 

“If they’re thinking about coming and crossing this river here in Texas, you may end up with handcuffs on your hands and going straight to jail rather than being released into the general population,” Abbott said at the Tuesday press conference. “We will continue moving law enforcement and National Guard officials to whatever location where people may be trying to cross the border and use the same strategy to try and reduce the influx, unprecedented, of people coming across the border.”