Texas Gov. Abbott slams feds for 'complete abandonment' of border laws amid 'unprecedented' migrant surge
Abbott announced a move to build a border wall in Texas last month
By Adam Shaw | Fox News
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday tore into the Biden administration for what he described as a "complete abandonment" of enforcing the country’s immigration laws, as he warned of an "unprecedented" migrant surge that was forcing his state to take drastic action.
"The bottom line is that, because of the current administration’s complete abandonment of enforcing the laws passed by the United States Congress concerning immigration, there is an unprecedented increase of people coming across border, and the federal government has left it to the state of Texas and its counties to pick up the load of responding to the unprecedented amount of people coming into the country," he said.
There were 180,000 migrant encounters in May alone, and that number is expected to remain about the same in June. It’s a massive increase from the number of encounters in similar months last year, where just 23,000 were encountered in May 2020.
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