{"id":2167755,"date":"2024-02-04T23:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T04:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-govs-back-texas-at-border-were-doing-the-job-of-the-federal-government\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T23:45:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T04:45:53","slug":"republican-govs-back-texas-at-border-were-doing-the-job-of-the-federal-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-govs-back-texas-at-border-were-doing-the-job-of-the-federal-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican governors support Texas at the border, claiming they are fulfilling the federal government&#8217;s duties"},"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\">30<\/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%2Frepublican-govs-back-texas-at-border-were-doing-the-job-of-the-federal-government%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=2167755&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>Thirteen Governors Visit Texas-Mexico Border\u2062 to Support Gov. Abbott&#8217;s Stand \u200dAgainst Biden Administration<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EAGLE \u200bPASS \u2014 In a powerful show of solidarity, thirteen governors joined Texas Governor Gregg Abbott at the southern border in Eagle \u2063Pass on Sunday.\u200b Their purpose was twofold: to demonstrate support for Abbott&#8217;s ongoing feud with the Biden administration over the border\u2063 crisis and to \u2062witness firsthand how Texas\u2062 has\u200d taken charge \u200cwhere the federal government has failed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGovernor Abbott has been stepping up\u200c where\u200c the federal government is dropping their duty,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">declared Governor Sarah Sanders of Arkansas after a\u2063 briefing at the border.\u2063 \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So states are coming together, \u2062working \u2064together, to help do \u2063the \u200djob of the federal \u2062government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The visit to\u2064 the \u2064border comes amidst a border crisis, \u2062with over<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2455010\/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  illegal immigrants crossing since Joe Biden\u200c took\u2064 office. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the \u2064federal government failed\u2062 to secure the border, Abbott took matters \u2063into his own hands by assuming control of Shelby Park and reinforcing the border.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We spoke to Arkansas Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahHuckabee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SarahHuckabee<\/a> earlier today\u2064 at the southern\u200b border, where she says Texas is proving it can do the\u200d job the Biden administration says is \u2062impossible <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;States \u2062are coming together,\u2062 working together,\u2063 to help do the job of the federal \u2062government&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EOplmTdmCR\">pic.twitter.com\/EOplmTdmCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1754339761936839043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrity-chef-delivers-food-to-d-c-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Celebrity chef delivers food to D.C. law enforcement\">national guard troops<\/a>, Abbott \u2063proudly highlighted his administration\u2019s success in significantly reducing the number \u2062of border crossings and strongly criticized the Biden administration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cJoe\u2063 Biden has \u2064completely \u200babdicated and abandoned his responsibility to enforce the laws of \u200dthe United States,\u201d Abbott declared.\u200b \u201cInstead of detaining\u2063 illegal\u2064 immigrants, Biden has released them across the\u2062 entire country\u200d without\u200d any means to accurately track their whereabouts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Greg Gianforte of Montana praised \u2062Abbott for Texas&#8217; achievement in lowering the number of border \u200bcrossings in the Eagle Pass area from\u2064 thousands to single digits. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey have virtually \u200bshut down crossings here \u2062in Eagle Pass,\u201d Gianforte \u2063told The Daily Wire. \u201cThey showed \u2063pictures of 3,500 people in a \u2062detention center right here in this park \u2026 in the last couple of weeks \u200c\u2014 since\u200d they\u2019ve taken the\u2063 actions \u200chere\u200b to secure the border \u2014 they\u2019ve \u2063had \u200dsingle digit crossings\u2063 each day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gianforte,\u200d whose state shares a border with \u2062Canada, revealed\u200d that he has visited the\u200b southern border four times due\u2063 to the\u2062 detrimental impact of drugs entering his state. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to shut\u2063 down Montana Meth, but now we\u2062 have Mexican Meth\u2063 in Montana \u200dalong with\u200d fentanyl, and it\u2019s tearing families apart and increasing\u2062 violent crime,\u201d Gianforte expressed. He \u2064added \u2063that Montana\u2019s National Guard troops were stationed at the southern border \u200bfor most \u2064of last \u2062year. \u201cWe \u200dneed to\u200c secure our border and put an\u2062 end to \u2062this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While twenty-five \u2062governors signed a letter in support\u200d of Abbott last week, only\u200c about\u2062 half of them attended his press conference at Shelby \u200cPark. In \u200caddition \u2063to Sanders and Gianforte, the delegation\u2063 included Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, \u200cIdaho Governor Brad Little, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, Iowa Governor Kim \u2064Reynolds, Louisiana\u2062 Governor Jeff Landry, Mississippi \u2063Governor Tate Reeves,\u200b Missouri Governor Mike \u2064Parson, Nebraska Governor Jill Pillen,\u200c New Hampshire Governor\u2062 Chris Sununu, \u200bTennessee Governor Bill Lee, \u2064and Utah Governor Spencer Cox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanders\u200c affirmed \u200cthat the group\u2063 of governors will not abandon their mission \u2063until the Biden administration steps up. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHopefully, the federal government sees that Texas\u200c and other states are capable\u200c of\u2062 doing the job \u200cthey claim is impossible, and that they\u2019ll start assisting in the process,\u201d Sanders stated.\u2063 \u201cIf they don\u2019t, you&#8217;ll continue to see \u2064states\u200d stepping\u200c up because we understand\u200d the need to protect our\u200d border and our people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Texas authorities\u2064 rejected a request from the Biden administration to hand over\u200c control of the park to Border Patrol. Instead, the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety have maintained control and even reinforced existing \u2063border barriers with \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-greg-abbott-sends-in-texas-national-guard-to-assist-with-invasion-at-border\/\" title=\"Gov. Abbott deploys Texas National Guard to aid with border 'invasion'.\">additional razor wire<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How are the thirteen governors demonstrating their commitment \u2062to addressing\u200b the border crisis and \u2062supporting Governor Abbott&#8217;s stance against the Biden administration<\/h2>\n<p><span>  He\u200d southern border \u200bin Texas multiple times and has \u2063witnessed\u200c the impact of the\u2063 crisis firsthand. He\u200c emphasized\u200d the importance of securing the border not only for national security \u2063but also for the\u200d safety \u200band\u2063 well-being of the American people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other governors who joined \u2064Governor Abbott in showing their support included\u2062 governors from Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama, \u2063Arizona, Florida, Georgia, South Dakota,\u2063 and Wyoming. The visit was organized by the Republican Governors \u200dAssociation, with the \u200cintention of putting pressure on the Biden administration to take stronger action in addressing the border crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the visit, the\u2064 governors had the opportunity to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">border patrol agents<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/51-lawmakers-warn-biden-immigration-order-could-make-border-crisis-catastrophic-overnight\/\" title=\"51 Lawmakers Warn Biden Immigration Order Could Make Border Crisis \u2018Catastrophic Overnight\u2019\">local law enforcement officials<\/a>, and community leaders who have been directly\u200c impacted\u2064 by the \u2064surge in illegal\u200c immigration. They saw firsthand the challenges faced by these frontline workers and expressed their gratitude for their dedication and \u2064hard work in\u200d securing the \u200cborder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor\u200b Abbott has been a vocal critic of the \u200cBiden administration&#8217;s handling of the border crisis. He has repeatedly called \u200con\u200b the federal government to take stronger action and provide\u200d more support to Texas in dealing\u2063 with \u200bthe influx \u2063of illegal immigrants. In\u200d response to the lack of federal assistance, Abbott took matters into his own hands by deploying the Texas National Guard and \u200bramping up border security efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The visit by\u2063 the thirteen governors further highlights the \u200cgrowing\u200b frustration among state leaders with the federal \u2063government&#8217;s failure to address the border crisis. They have made it clear that they \u200bwill not stand idly by and wait for the federal government to take action.\u200b Instead, \u2062they are taking matters into their own hands and working\u2064 together to\u200b secure\u2064 the border and protect their states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the \u200cborder crisis continues to escalate, \u2063it is essential for\u2063 state and federal leaders to work together in finding a solution. The visit by the thirteen \u2062governors is a powerful demonstration of their commitment\u2062 to addressing the crisis and their unwavering support\u2063 for Governor Abbott&#8217;s stand \u200bagainst the Biden administration. By joining forces, these governors are sending a strong message that they will not back down until the\u2062 border is secure and the American people are protected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the visit concluded, Governor Abbott thanked the governors for \u2062their\u2062 support and reiterated his determination to\u2064 keep fighting for the safety and \u2062security of Texas and the entire nation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen governors stood with Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott at the Eagle Pass border, backing his dispute with the Biden administration over the border crisis. They witnessed firsthand how Texas has taken charge where the federal government fell short. 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