{"id":1985708,"date":"2023-07-29T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-issues-challenge-to-biden-administration-as-doj-sues-texas-over-river-barrier\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T10:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T14:34:53","slug":"abbott-issues-challenge-to-biden-administration-as-doj-sues-texas-over-river-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-issues-challenge-to-biden-administration-as-doj-sues-texas-over-river-barrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott challenges Biden as DOJ sues Texas over river barrier."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fabbott-issues-challenge-to-biden-administration-as-doj-sues-texas-over-river-barrier%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=1985708&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--><h2>Governor \u200dGreg \u200bAbbott Challenges \u200bBiden Administration on Border Security<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold move, Governor \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/greg-abbott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Abbott<\/a> (R-TX) has challenged the Biden administration\u2063 to prove that\u200b they have invested more money in securing the southern border than Texas has. This challenge comes as the Department of Justice\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-barriers-on-rio-grande-blocking-illegal-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sues Texas<\/a> \u2063 over a floating barrier on the\u200b Rio \u200dGrande.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott made this challenge \u200cduring a speech delivered in front of Republican Party county chairs in Georgetown, just north of Austin. He\u2062 criticized the federal government for not doing enough\u200b to \u200dsecure the border \u200band demanded evidence\u200d of \u200dtheir\u200c financial commitment. According to Fox 7, Abbott stated, &#8220;I challenge the federal government to show that they \u2063have spent that much money in the state of Texas on the border under Joe Biden \u2062as president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abbott also defended the buoy barrier, which was installed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">law enforcement officials<\/a> as part of\u2063 Operation\u200d Lone Star to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-expands-border-barrier-projects-in-eagle-pass\/\" title=\"Texas Expands Border Barrier Projects in Eagle Pass\">prevent illegal crossings<\/a>. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-barriers-on-rio-grande-blocking-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"Biden administration may take legal action against Texas for barriers impeding illegal immigration on Rio Grande.\">4-foot-wide orange spherical buoys spin<\/a> \u2063if someone tries to grab onto them, as reported \u200cby the \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/07\/texas-begins-installing-buoy-barrier-along-rio-grande-to-deter-migrant-border-crossings\/\">New York Post<\/a>. He emphasized that this operation, \u200cknown as &#8220;hold the\u200c line,&#8221; is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-issues-challenge-to-biden-administration-as-doj-sues-texas-over-river-barrier\/\" title=\"Abbott challenges Biden as DOJ sues Texas over river barrier.\">effectively preventing illegal entry<\/a> into Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The Department\u2063 of Justice claims \u200cthat Texas&#8217; barriers are\u2064 unlawful \u2064and raise humanitarian concerns. In response, Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-promises-legal-battle-river-buoys-doj-warns-will-rcna95979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> that the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;open-border&#8221; policies are \u200cencouraging migrants to risk their lives by crossing illegally through the water instead \u200dof using legal ports of entry.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott remains committed to defending Texas&#8217; border \u200dand will take any necessary actions to protect the \u200bstate from the \u200dinflux of illegal activity. \u200dWith record numbers \u200cof illegal\u2062 aliens crossing the border under \u2064President Biden&#8217;s administration and \u2063a decrease in deportations, Abbott vows to\u200c safeguard Texas&#8217; sovereignty.<\/p>\n<h3>Stay Informed with the DailyWire+ App<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690455510071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0zc8zwWGoXeRzcNJLiJVWI\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) demanded proof from the Biden administration that they have invested more funds in border security than Texas. This challenge came as the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Texas regarding a floating barrier on the Rio Grande. Abbott made this statement while addressing Republican Party county chairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1985709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985708","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}