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«Biden’s deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself,» Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott said in Brownsville on Monday as he signed three bills into law meant to deter illegal aliens.
Don’t mess with Texas, indeed.
If you thought the situation on our southern border — aka «WHAT southern border?» — was chaotic, wait until the fight over the bills Abbott just signed hits the courts.
You could almost hear the scorn in this NBC News report that reminded readers, «Crossing into the United States between designated ports of entry is already a crime under federal law,» with zero context about the border crisis created by Presidentish Joe Biden and Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas.
Hoping to rectify that at the state level, Abbott signed Senate Bill 3, Senate Bill 4, and (same name, different session) another Senate Bill 4.
SB3 provides another $1.5 billion for barrier construction and «up to $40 million for state troopers to patrol Colony Ridge, a housing development near Houston that far-right publications claim is a magnet for undocumented immigrants,» the Texas Tribune reported with more scorn.
