Published April 19, 2023 4:44pm EDT
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott mobilizes specialized units on Mexico border as Title 42 end approaches
Abbott has taken aggressive steps to secure the border along Texas, including bussing migrants to Democratic-run sities
By Louis Casiano | Fox News Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has mobilized special units to the southern border to assist the U.S. Border Patrol as the end of Title 42 approaches and large numbers of migrants are expected to cross into the United States.
Speaking to the Southwestern Border Sheriff's Coalition in McAllen, Abbott told sheriffs from 33 counties that Texas will send units to keep an eye on the border and assist agents.
"Pull out your calculator and do the math. If you were to average that out on a daily basis across an entire year, it would mean more than six million people coming across the border in a single year," Abbott said during his Monday speech.
"We are working on quick response teams that can respond to the challenges we see coming across on the border. We had a telephone meeting last night, where we triggered one of these quick response teams to go to El Paso," he added. "And they've already conducted operational maneuvers today, even before I arrived here, to make sure that we are responding more aggressively to the huge number of people who tried to enter El Paso illegally."
Abbott also announced assistance for ranchers along the Texas-Mexico border whose land has been destroyed or damaged due to human traffickers and migrants.
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