Houston Chronicle by Jeremy Blackman 6/15/2021
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants to build a new fence along the Mexican border that could trap immigrants who enter the country illegally into committing jailable crimes.
The remarks, part of an interview that aired Tuesday on the conservative podcast Ruthless, come after the governor vowed last week to finish portions of the Texas border wall that the Trump administration struggled to complete, and that the Biden administration has sought to end work on.
While a full plan isn’t expected until Wednesday, Abbott said a fence will be the first step, believing it “will slow people to some extent, but also it sets up a crime.”
“Anybody coming across the border who in any way tries to damage that fence, they are guilty of two crimes,” he said. “One is trespassing, the other is vandalism.”
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