Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended a disaster declaration at the state’s southern border, citing a surge of individuals unlawfully crossing the border that pose a continued threat to local communities. “The certified conditions continue to exist and pose an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster,” Mr. Abbott wrote in the June 28 proclamation. Mr. […]
The legal saga over the fate of a 1,000-foot floating barrier on the Rio Grande has entered a new phase. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last summer ordered the deployment of the string of giant orange buoys in the river near Eagle Pass. As a part of Operation Lone Star, the Republican governor’s signature initiative aimed […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) visited Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the Lone Star State on March 28 to discuss the ongoing crisis at the southern border. During the meeting, Mr. Abbott advocated for federal border security legislation to help stop illegal border crossings between ports of entry, the governor’s office said. “Met with [Speaker […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that suggestions to federalize state National Guards would be a severe “political blunder” on behalf of the Biden administration in the midst of a legal battle over U.S.–Mexico border enforcement. Last week, the legal fight escalated after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5–4 decision that favored the Biden administration, […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday said he will add more razor wire at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent more illegal immigrants from entering the United States, coming after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration and allowed federal agents to cut the wire. “We are adding more razor wire as we speak […]
New York City on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing 17 bus companies of illegally transporting more than 33,000 illegal immigrants to the city from Texas as part of a campaign by the state’s Republican governor to expel people who cross the U.S.–Mexico border illegally. The city is seeking $708 million, which it says is the […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that he is planning to take his legal fight involving a border barrier in the Rio Grande to the U.S. Supreme Court, coming after a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last week. “We will be seeking what’s called an unbuffed ruling by the entire district court of appeals,” […]
The governor of Texas on Nov. 10 signed a bill that bars businesses from imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The legislation helps protect the right of Texans “to make their own decisions about what health care they want to access and what health care they want to reject,” Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said as he […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sounded the alarm on the southern border crisis, which he characterized as an “extraordinary challenge” and a “national crisis” during an address delivered in New York City on Thursday. Mr. Abbott’s remarks, made at an event hosted in the heart of Manhattan, a self-declared sanctuary city, emphasized the need for immediate […]
On a recent visit to New York City, Texas Governor Greg Abbott shared insights from the Lone Star State’s border experiences. He spoke at a venue near the Roosevelt Hotel, a known intake center for illegal immigrants. Mr. Abbott shed light on the challenges both states face. He emphasized the severity of the issue, urging […]
Texas’ efforts to stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into the United States under Operation Lone Star have borne fruit, according to data provided by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who pledged to continue deploying “every strategy” available to respond to the border crisis. Operation Lone Star was launched in March 2021 in response […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke from the Texas–Mexico border on Friday about border security efforts, announcing he is making several efforts to increase border security, including a bill he is hoping will pass that would impose penalties for crossing the Texas border.
Nearly half the governors in the United States have thrown their support behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying they’re ready to help deal with the spike in illegal immigration at the southern border. “The federal government’s response handling the expiration of Title 42 has represented a complete failure of the Biden Administration,” Iowa Gov. Kim […]
A busload of illegal immigrants was dropped off late on May 14 outside the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, where Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence is located. According to ABC7, the bus arrived at around 8:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day carrying dozens of illegal immigrants from Del Rio, Texas. The outlet shared videos on Twitter […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he’s deployed a special border force just days before this week’s expiration of the Title 42 public health order that turned back millions of illegal immigrants in recent years. Abbott, a Republican who has been critical of Democratic President Joe Biden’s border policies, said that members of the newly minted Texas […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he intends to pardon Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, who was convicted on April 7 of the 2020 fatal shooting of armed Black Lives Matter protester, Garrett Foster. Abbott said the sergeant is protected by the Texas “Stand Your Ground” law, and has already requested the Board of Pardons and Paroles […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he is seeking to pardon the U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of shooting dead a man wielding a gun at him during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Abbott announced on April 8 that he will pardon Sgt. Daniel Perry, 37, who was working for Uber in Austin […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) on Wednesday called for an investigation into Atmos Energy after customers in parts of Texas were left without gas to heat their homes during frigid temperatures over Christmas. Abbott wrote to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick, asking them to probe what he called Atmos Energy’s failure to prepare […]
