{"id":1612247,"date":"2022-08-18T07:48:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T11:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1612247"},"modified":"2022-08-18T07:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T11:48:51","slug":"unbelievable-abbott-reacts-to-federal-border-patrol-unlocking-gate-texas-national-guard-had-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unbelievable-abbott-reacts-to-federal-border-patrol-unlocking-gate-texas-national-guard-had-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unbelievable\u2019: Abbott Reacts To Federal Border Patrol Unlocking Gate Texas National Guard Had Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funbelievable-abbott-reacts-to-federal-border-patrol-unlocking-gate-texas-national-guard-had-closed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1612247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott expressed his anger when federal Border Patrol agents reportedly unlocked a gate that the Texas National Guard had closed to prevent immigrants from crossing the southern border and entering Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The gate, which is on private property, had been left open in the past, but the Texas National Guard had closed it, according to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbelievable,\u201d Abbott tweeted. \u201cWhile Texas secures the border, the federal government is enabling illegal immigration. Biden\u2019s open border policies caused this crisis. The federal government must do its job &#038; fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>While Texas secures the border, the federal government is enabling illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s open border policies caused this crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government must do its job &#038; fix it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4yqR8uQMo8\">https:\/\/t.co\/4yqR8uQMo8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1559990850721140740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: For the first time, we witnessed the TX National Guard close &#038; lock a gate on private property at a major crossing area in Eagle Pass, denying entry to migrants who just crossed illegally &#038; expected to be let in. Border Patrol then came w\/ a key &#038; let them in for processing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S1fZaTJnEi\">pic.twitter.com\/S1fZaTJnEi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1559958934865301506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was the moment Border Patrol arrived with the key and let the migrants in. The landowner allows both TX DPS\/National Guard and Border Patrol to work here. The gate has always been left open in the past. TX is now closing it, &#038; migrants have to wait for BP to be let in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AR4S9Vn3qH\">pic.twitter.com\/AR4S9Vn3qH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1559959296707891201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Border Patrol opening gates etc to allow migrants in is not new. They have to process migrants on U.S. soil per federal law. What\u2019s new is TX is now closing the gate &#038; denying entry at this major crossing location. Always open in months past, including this video I shot in May. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FfWWvoch6r\">pic.twitter.com\/FfWWvoch6r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1559963911578861575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, in response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fentanyl-seizures-southern-border-jumped-200-percent-july\">report<\/a> that fentanyl seizures at the southern border had soared 200% in July, Abbott declared, \u201c66 people on the terrorist watchlist have been arrested at the border this fiscal year. Fentanyl seizures increased 202% in July. Texas continues to step up to combat the influx of crime &#038; deadly drugs crossing our border. Biden must end this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">66 people on the terrorist watchlist have been arrested at the border this fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl seizures increased 202% in July.<\/p>\n<p>Texas continues to step up to combat the influx of crime &#038; deadly drugs crossing our border.<\/p>\n<p>Biden must end this crisis.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zJoaAtFmnz\">https:\/\/t.co\/zJoaAtFmnz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1559947718881067010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report stated that over 2,100 pounds of fentanyl had been seized last month, the most in any month in the last four fiscal years.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas National Guard has been working with Abbott and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to implement Operation Lone Star. <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/operation-lone-star-spotlights-national-border-crisis-in-busing-mission\">According to Abbott<\/a>, since the operation was launched, the effort has \u201cled to more than 292,700 migrant apprehensions and more than 18,400 criminal arrests, with more than 15,700 felony charges reported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the fight against fentanyl, DPS has seized over 326 million lethal doses during this border mission,\u201d Abbott said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs governor of a southern border state, I have had to deploy unprecedented amounts of state resources\u2013including more than $3 billion over the past 18 months\u2013to the Texas National Guard, Texas Department of Public Safety, and local partners to help address the president\u2019s national security failure and ensure the safety of Texans,\u201d Abbott wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/nyc-dc-mayors-border-crisis-real-call-biden-step-up.amp\">recent op-ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out \u201cLaredo Mayor Pete Saenz has said his city is being overrun with migrants that U.S. Border Patrol dumps there. \u2018We\u2019re taking the overflow [from McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley]. We can\u2019t handle it here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott quoted McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos asserting he needed federal support while slamming the Biden administration\u2019s response to his pleas as \u201ca callous disregard, to have Border Patrol just drop off immigrants in downtown McAllen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of the federal government\u2019s indifference, a dangerous situation continues to intensify. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45, but President Biden allows it to continue pouring across the border from Mexico,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott expressed his anger when federal Border Patrol agents reportedly unlocked a gate that the Texas National Guard had closed to prevent immigrants from crossing the southern border and entering Texas. The gate, which is on private property, had been left open in the past, but the Texas National Guard had &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1612662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1612662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}