Texas stringing concertina wire along New Mexico border

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News Nation by Tyler Wornell 10/19/2023

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Texas has begun installing concertina wire along its border with New Mexico in what the governor says is part of an effort to stem illegal immigration.

The Texas National Guard in recent weeks has been placing the wire along a stretch of Interstate 10 near the Mount Cristo Rey landmark, the Texas Tribune reported. The news outlet estimates the wire stretches for about 2 miles.

Fencing is going up in other areas of the Texas-New Mexico border, too.

Texas National Guard members were also previously seen installing razor wire along the Rio Grande River north of El Paso, Texas. The area around El Paso is fortified with fencing and wire as the city continues to grapple with an influx of migrants.

“Our barriers around El Paso forced the migrants crossing illegally to enter into New Mexico. They then entered into El Paso from there. To end that, we are building a barrier on the New Mexico border,” Abbott said Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter.

More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/texas-concertina-wire-new-mexico-border/

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New Mexico Congressman Bashes Texas’ New Border Wall

Texas 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.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/local/new-mexico-congressman-bashes-texas-new-border-wall/