New Mexico Congressman Bashes Texas’ New Border WallTexas Scorecard by Soli Rice November 2, 2023
U.S. Rep Gabe Vasquez said building a wall between two states is “insulting, unconstitutional, and disrespectful.”A New Mexico congressman is challenging Texas’ new concertina wire border wall, recently installed between New Mexico and Texas.
Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the creation of a border wall between the two states to deter illegal aliens who are crossing from Mexico into New Mexico, then traveling into Texas.
The wire wall was placed between Sunland Park, New Mexico—a town that borders Mexico—and El Paso.
According to Abbott, the decision was made in response to illegal aliens traveling into Texas from New Mexico after border walls were put up between Mexico and El Paso.
“Our barriers around El Paso forced the migrants crossing illegally to enter into New Mexico,” Abbott wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “They then entered into El Paso from there. To end that, we are building a barrier on the New Mexico border.”
Once the wire was put up, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D–NM) immediately began challenging the decision.
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