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Offline Elderberry

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Houston Chronicle by Benjamin Wermund 6/11/2021

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday said the state of Texas will soon begin building a border wall and arresting migrants who cross the southern border, just a week after he declared a disaster in the region and moved to strip shelters housing migrant children of state licenses.

The moves are almost certain to draw legal challenges from the federal government, which has the sole authority to run the immigration system. They also place the governor squarely at the center of the political battle between Republicans and President Joe Biden over the new president’s handling of the border, as record numbers of migrants cross seeking asylum.

What is Abbott’s plan?

Abbott declared a disaster in dozens of border counties and said state troopers and local police will begin arresting “anyone who enters our state illegally and is found trespassing, engaged in vandalism, criminal mischief or smuggling.”

Abbott also said the state will pick up where Trump left off building a border wall and he created a task force that, among other things, will work with local and county officials to expand jail capacities in border counties and help landowners sue the federal government over damages caused by migrants.

The governor said he had signed an interstate commerce agreement with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and that the two are asking other states to send law enforcement officials to assist in making arrests and providing jail space.

“Long term, only Congress and the president can fix our broken border. But in the meantime, Texas is going to do everything possible, including beginning to make arrests, to keep our communities safe,” Abbott said at an event billed as a border security summit in Del Rio. “We are going to do everything we can to secure the border and it begins immediately.”

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I do hope this is all preparation for the Republic of Texas needing to secure its borders.

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It is good Gov. Abbott was Texas Attorney General before becoming governor - he knows the laws to use to do what he needs to do and also keep Texas from violating US law.

He was a college student - went for a run and a tree fell on him and he has been in a wheel chair since that time, but he kept going to school and did become a lawyer and now he is governor.  "Never give up" fits him.