{"id":2102562,"date":"2023-11-18T06:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-warns-congress-of-evil-crisis-at-southern-border-2\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T06:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:31:45","slug":"texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-warns-congress-of-evil-crisis-at-southern-border-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-warns-congress-of-evil-crisis-at-southern-border-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warns Congress of &#8216;evil&#8217; crisis at southern border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftexas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-warns-congress-of-evil-crisis-at-southern-border-2%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=2102562&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>Texas\u200c Attorney General Takes Action on \u200bIllegal Immigration<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently visited Washington, D.C. to meet with federal legislators, determined \u2064to \u2062address \u200dthe surge\u2064 of illegal immigration at the southern border, particularly\u2064 in \u2064his home state.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200c discussions build\u2064 upon months of tireless efforts from Paxton\u200c to pressure the Biden administration into revising its border policies.\u200d In fact, he\u200b has gone as far as filing nearly 50 \u200clawsuits\u200d against the president since \u200dJanuary 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Texans<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re trying\u2062 to protect our\u2063 people because\u2063 the consequences don&#8217;t affect Joe Biden. They affect\u200d millions of Texans,&#8221;\u2062 Paxton emphasized in an\u200d interview with \u2063the Washington Examiner. &#8220;So, \u200cwe&#8217;re trying to do our best to protect\u200c them \u2063because he&#8217;s not only not trying to protect, he&#8217;s\u2063 affirmatively hurting them by allowing\u200c the cartels to bring people in [and] just hand them over.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Paxton&#8217;s visit aligns with the efforts of congressional Republicans \u2062who are advocating for \u200bpolicy changes at the\u200b southern border. They are\u2064 leveraging the border as a negotiation tactic in\u200b battles over federal spending. While the House has already passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-warns-congress-of-evil-crisis-at-southern-border-2\/\" title=\"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warns Congress of 'evil' crisis at southern border\">significant border security bill<\/a>, it remains stagnant in the Democratic-led Senate. \u200bAdditionally,\u200b Senate Republicans are demanding border policy changes in \u2062exchange for further aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Like many\u200b of\u200d his Republican counterparts, Paxton is not interested in lobbying for more funding from the federal government. Instead, he aims to offer his perspective as \u2063a local official who witnesses the border crisis firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be down there and talk to people that live\u200b there, the impact on their lives and the danger they feel&#8230; They \u200bfeel at risk,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;We know what works. We saw \u200bit in the Trump \u200cadministration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paxton acknowledges that pushing for specific policy changes \u2063may be challenging with a Democratic majority in\u2064 the Senate. However, his goal is to ensure\u2064 that \u2064Congress is aware \u200dof the perspectives of local\u2063 officials and\u2062 to encourage\u200c them to make necessary\u2062 changes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d much rather have Congress passing things that further protect us\u2062 and fund things\u200b that will protect us like a wall, instead of what we&#8217;re dealing with where we \u200dhave \u2062the Feds cutting down our security measures, which is, you know, fences and wire,&#8221; Paxton expressed.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Paxton filed a lawsuit accusing the\u2063 Biden administration of\u2064 damaging\u200c the border wall \u2063in Texas by cutting\u200b barbed wire and leaving open holes for\u2062 cartels to smuggle in fentanyl. \u200bThe lawsuit names various \u200bagencies and officials, \u200cincluding \u200bthe\u200b DHS, \u2062DHS \u2064Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To\u200d watch this going on and watch\u2063 how [cartels are] just controlling the border completely \u2014 and they&#8217;re getting\u200d stronger because they&#8217;ve got \u200bso\u2062 many resources,&#8221; Paxton lamented. &#8220;They&#8217;re\u2062 going \u200dto be \u2063established throughout the nation because the Biden administration has encouraged them to do that. People\u2062 don&#8217;t realize how evil this is for the nation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit was prompted by the Biden\u200d administration&#8217;s \u2062decision in early \u2063October\u2062 to resume construction of\u2063 barriers along South Texas, bypassing\u2063 several federal laws. This construction was a response to \u2062the\u200d increase in border crossings during the previous \u200bfiscal year, although Biden argued that he was legally obligated to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-warns-congress-of-evil-crisis-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warns Congress of 'evil' crisis at southern border\">border wall appropriations approved<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u200crecent data, U.S. border authorities arrested over 2 million individuals attempting\u200b to enter\u200c the country unlawfully from Mexico or Canada in fiscal 2023. This \u2064number dealt a blow to \u200dthe Biden \u2062administration, \u2063which had\u200c claimed for months that its border and immigration \u2064policy changes would reduce \u200billegal crossings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO\u200c READ MORE FROM THE\u2063 WASHINGTON \u200cEXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200d does Paxton \u2062plan to leverage the impact of illegal immigration \u2064on\u200b Texans to \u200drally public support?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200b To raise awareness\u2062 and generate public \u200dsupport for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-leaders-standoff-school-choice-border-security-legislation-unlikely-before-end-of-third-special-session\/\" title=\"Texas GOP leaders are unlikely to pass school choice and border security legislation before the end of the third special session.\">stronger\u200b border security measures<\/a>. He hopes\u200b that by highlighting\u2062 the negative impact of illegal \u200bimmigration on Texans and\u2064 emphasizing the successful policies implemented during the Trump administration, \u200bhe can \u200crally support for his cause.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key areas of\u2064 concern \u200cfor Paxton is the role of cartels in \u2064facilitating illegal immigration. He believes that the current border policies not only fail \u2062to\u2063 address this issue but actually enable it. By \u200callowing\u2064 cartels to bring people across \u2063the border \u200band facilitating their \u200centry into the country, the Biden administration is putting\u200d millions of\u200d Texans at risk. \u2064Paxton\u200d argues that\u200b it is the responsibility of the government \u200dto protect its citizens, and the current policies are doing the\u2064 opposite.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton&#8217;s\u2063 visit to Washington,\u2064 D.C. is part of a larger effort by Republicans \u2063to address\u2063 the surge of illegal immigration\u2062 at the\u200d southern border. They are leveraging\u2063 the border as a negotiation tactic in battles over\u200b federal spending \u2063and aid to Ukraine. Paxton, however, is focused on offering a \u200dlocal \u200cperspective and advocating \u200bfor\u2064 policy changes that have been \u200cproven to be \u2064effective. He believes that by emphasizing\u200b the\u200b impact of the\u2064 crisis on\u200b the lives of Texans and the successful policies of the Trump administration, \u2063he \u200ccan garner support for his cause.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2063 clear that Paxton\u2064 faces\u200b an uphill \u200dbattle \u2063in pushing for policy changes with \u200ca Democratic majority in the Senate. However, he remains determined\u200d to raise \u200dawareness and generate public support. \u200dHe \u200bbelieves that by highlighting the dangers posed by illegal immigration and the successful policies of \u200bthe past, he\u2062 can convince lawmakers to take action. In the end, his goal is simple: to\u200d protect the people of Texas and ensure their safety in the face of a growing crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton visited Washington, D.C., earlier this week to meet with federal legislators as part of the Republican official\u2019s efforts to address the rise of illegal immigration at the southern border largely happening in his home state. 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