{"id":2169272,"date":"2024-02-06T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-texas-stopping-border-illegals-in-eagle-pass-blocking-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T19:26:24","slug":"biden-calls-texas-stopping-border-illegals-in-eagle-pass-blocking-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-texas-stopping-border-illegals-in-eagle-pass-blocking-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden criticizes Texas for impeding border enforcement in Eagle Pass"},"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%2Fbiden-calls-texas-stopping-border-illegals-in-eagle-pass-blocking-enforcement%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=2169272&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The Biden administration blamed Texas for interfering\u2062 with border \u2063enforcement by stationing its National Guard \u200balong the Rio Grande while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s self-defense\u2062 strategy is \u2064reducing illegal border \u2064crossings in parts of Eagle\u200c Pass by the\u200c thousands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe area where we have occupied\u2064 this park in Eagle Pass, Texas, that \u2063we put up the razor wire, \u200cthere used \u200dto \u2063be 3,000 \u2063or \u20634,000 people crossing that area a \u200bday.\u200b For the past \u2062three days, we\u2019ve averaged \u200cjust three people crossing that area,\u201d Abbott confirmed \u2063on Monday to Fox News\u2019 \u2063Maria\u200d Bartiromo. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-505239210\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a222cf39f6ac1047b5100964b5793d59 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a222cf39f6ac1047b5100964b5793d59\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"MxkOPhmFfrXgVZSwRAy6aqbi5Q2tD\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas Gov.\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregAbbott_TX<\/a>: &#8220;The \u2064area where \u2064we have occupied this park in \u2064Eagle\u2064 Pass, Texas, that we put up the razor wire, there used to be 3,000 or 4,000 people crossing that area a day. For the past three days, we\u2019ve averaged just 3 people crossing that area.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OYuaA4wp86\">pic.twitter.com\/OYuaA4wp86<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott \u2064(@tomselliott) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1754474523972288898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While data on this section of the large U.S. southern border only represents a small portion of the record-breaking number of\u200c illegal immigrations making\u200c their way into Texas, \u2063it also\u2063 shows the Lone Star State\u2019s effectiveness in slowing the influx of those \u200bcrossers\u2062 into certain high-traffic areas like Shelby Park. Less than two months ago, more than\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12881409\/More-12-600-cross-southern-border-day-highest-HISTORY-migrant-record-smashed-Biden-thousands-waiting-Eagle-Pass.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14,000 \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-move-biden-admin-releasing-illegal-border-crossers-into-u-s-without-scheduling-court-dates-at-rgv-sector-fox-news-reports\/\" title=\"\u2018Unprecedented Move\u2019: Biden Admin Releasing \u2018Illegal Border Crossers\u2019 Into U.S. Without Scheduling Court Dates At RGV Sector, Fox News Reports\">illegal border crossers<\/a><\/a> per day were recorded using Eagle Pass as their \u200centry \u200cpoint to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In a filing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23A607\/295564\/20240112012220571_23a607%20DHS%20v%20TX%20supplement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court \u200clast month<\/a>,\u200d Biden\u2019s Solicitor General \u200cElizabeth Prelogar asserted\u2062 Texas was attempting\u200d \u201cto block Border \u2063Patrol\u2019s ability to patrol or even to surveil \u200cthe border and be in a position\u200d to respond to emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u2062 few \u200bdays later, Department of Homeland Security counsel Jonathan Meyer followed with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24361467-letter-to-k-paxton-from-j-meyer-1142024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cease-and-desist letter<\/a> to\u200c Texas \u200cAttorney General Ken\u2062 Paxton again \u2064claiming that the Texas National Guard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/12\/texas-stages-more-border-security-theater-with-national-guards-eagle-pass-seizure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seizure<\/a> of Shelby\u2063 Park has \u201cimpeded operations of the Border Patrol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-administration-sends-texas-cease-desist-letter-border-access-rcna133939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden White House<\/a> and its\u200b allies in the corporate media amplified these accusations and even used them to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/17\/biden-administration-media-caught-lying-after-blaming-recent-border-drownings-on-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fuel lies<\/a> \u200b that Lone Star\u2063 State law\u200b enforcement is responsible for \u2062the \u200ddeath of \u200bthree migrants\u2063 even though they\u200c were not informed of the drownings until\u2063 after they happened.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-262a9ceca36a7c7ff3609ac255ae998a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-262a9ceca36a7c7ff3609ac255ae998a\"><\/div>\n<p>The Biden\u200d administration was never truly worried \u200babout Texas \u200dhindering border\u2062 <em>security<\/em>. If it \u2062were, \u2063the \u2064White House wouldn\u2019t have pushed so hard to keep\u200d Texas law enforcement out of Eagle \u200bPass. It \u200ccertainly wouldn\u2019t have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/01\/22\/texas-border-supreme-court-immigration\/#:~:text=In%20a%20statement%20Tuesday%2C%20the,situations%20and%20enforce%20our%20laws.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebrated<\/a> when the Supreme\u200c Court ruled Border Patrol could cut concertina wire erected\u2064 by state\u2062 agents. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s primary concern since the beginning of \u200cthe ongoing Eagle Pass standoff was always that\u200c the Lone Star State\u2019s National\u2063 Guard,\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/25\/here-are-all-the-states-standing-with-texas-against-bidens-border-assault\/\">the many states that offered their own support<\/a> to Texas, would keep \u2063Border \u2064Patrol \u2063agents from executing top-down orders \u200dto \u201cprocess\u201d\u200c and then release illegal\u200c border\u200b crossers\u2063 into the \u2064United States by the millions.<\/p>\n<p>Since day\u2063 one, President Joe Biden has \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/05\/65-times-biden-gutted-border-security-since-taking-the-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worked to\u200b gut every policy \u200baimed at keeping our border safe and secure.<\/a> Thanks\u2064 to his\u2062 endorsement\u200b of the biggest invasion this country has ever seen, illegal border crossers are pouring into the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2455010\/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by unprecedented \u200dmillions<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s \u2063true that Abbott\u2019s border\u200d actions over the last\u200d few years have largely amounted to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/12\/texas-stages-more-border-security-theater-with-national-guards-eagle-pass-seizure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">security theater<\/a>, his recent self-defense\u2062 stand has further exposed \u200dthe Biden \u2062administration\u2019s true \u200bmotivations for a vulnerable \u2063border. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9e76dedebe1e11d8ebeb04f6525646c1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9e76dedebe1e11d8ebeb04f6525646c1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c3093e0bc9e4a2a48859110536a19f44 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c3093e0bc9e4a2a48859110536a19f44\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>Engaging Text:<\/h2>\n<h3>The\u200b Biden administration&#8217;s blame game<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Biden administration\u200c has been\u200d quick to point fingers at Texas for interfering with border enforcement.<\/li>\n<li>However, Texas \u2062Governor Greg Abbott&#8217;s self-defense strategy is proving effective\u2064 in reducing illegal border crossings in parts of Eagle Pass.<\/li>\n<li>Abbott\u200b revealed that the area where the National Guard has been stationed used to see thousands of people crossing \u200bdaily, but now only three\u2063 people are crossing on average.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200darea where \u2063we have occupied this park in Eagle Pass, Texas,\u2062 that we put\u2063 up the razor wire, there used to be 3,000 or 4,000 people crossing that area a day. For the past three days, we\u2019ve averaged just\u2064 three people crossing that\u200d area.&#8221; &#8211; \u200bTexas Gov. Greg Abbott<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This success in reducing illegal border crossings highlights Texas&#8217; effectiveness in certain high-traffic areas like Shelby Park.<\/p>\n<p>While the data represents only a small\u200c portion of the overall border situation, it is clear that Texas&#8217; actions have made a difference.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration,\u200c however, \u200bhas been pushing back against Texas&#8217; efforts, \u2062accusing them \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-patrick-urges-biden-dont-mess-with-texas-amid-border-spat\/\" title=\"Dan Patrick warns Biden: Hands off Texas in border dispute\">hindering border security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the truth is, the \u200badministration&#8217;s\u2062 primary concern has always been that Texas and other states \u200csupporting them \u2064would impede their plans to process and \u200crelease\u2063 illegal\u2063 border crossers into the \u2063United States.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe \u2062Biden has consistently worked to dismantle border security policies, resulting in an unprecedented influx of illegal border crossers.<\/p>\n<p>While some may view Abbott&#8217;s actions as mere security theater,\u200c they have \u200dexposed the true motivations of the Biden administration when \u200cit comes to\u200b border security.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What evidence supports the effectiveness\u200d of Texas&#8217;s approach in slowing down illegal immigration and protecting its borders in high-traffic areas like Shelby Park?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Biden Administration&#8217;s False \u2064Accusations Against Texas Border Security Measures&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has recently accused Texas of interfering with border \u200denforcement\u200d by stationing \u200bits National Guard along the Rio Grande. However, Texas Governor Greg Abbott&#8217;s self-defense strategy\u2064 has shown significant success in reducing illegal border crossings in parts of Eagle Pass. Despite\u200d this, the Biden administration has continued to blame\u200d Texas, revealing its true motivations and ignoring the positive impact of the state&#8217;s efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Abbott confirmed in an interview\u2063 with Fox News\u2019 Maria Bartiromo that\u200b the area in Eagle Pass, \u2062Texas, where the National Guard has been stationed, used to see thousands of people crossing the border daily. However,\u2064 since the deployment of the National Guard \u200cand the implementation of measures like razor wire, the number of crossings has decreased dramatically, with only three individuals crossing the area in\u200d the past three days. This demonstrates the effectiveness of Texas&#8217;s approach in slowing down illegal immigration and protecting its borders.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200c the data from this \u200bparticular section of the border\u2062 represents only a\u2064 fraction of the overall influx of illegal immigrants into \u200bTexas,\u200c it highlights the state&#8217;s ability to mitigate the flow \u200bof crossers, especially in high-traffic areas \u2062like Shelby Park. Less than two months ago, over 14,000 illegal border crossers were recorded daily in Eagle Pass. Texas&#8217;s efforts have undoubtedly made a significant impact on reducing these numbers.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Biden administration, through its Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and Department of Homeland Security counsel Jonathan Meyer, has consistently accused Texas of hindering border patrol operations. Prelogar claimed in \u200ba filing to the Supreme Court that Texas was attempting \u200bto\u200c impede border surveillance and patrol, while Meyer sent a cease-and-desist letter \u2064to Texas\u200b Attorney General Ken Paxton, alleging that the \u2063National Guard&#8217;s actions were interfering with Border Patrol operations.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration \u200band its allies in the media have amplified these accusations and used them to fuel untrue narratives, such as blaming Texas law enforcement for the deaths of three migrants, despite not being informed of the drownings until after the incidents occurred. \u200bThis deliberate misinformation campaign further exposes the administration&#8217;s agenda and disregard for the truth.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the Biden administration was never genuinely concerned about \u200dTexas\u200c hindering border security. If it were, it would not have\u200b opposed Texas law enforcement&#8217;s presence in Eagle Pass and celebrated when the Supreme Court ruled in favor\u200b of the \u2062Border Patrol removing concertina wire installed by state agents. These actions clearly \u2064demonstrate the administration&#8217;s primary aim\u200b of processing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-urges-biden-to-do-more-to-curb-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"Texas Democrat Urges Biden To Do More To Curb Illegal Immigration\">releasing illegal border crossers<\/a> into\u200b the United States,\u2064 rather than prioritizing\u200d border security.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, President Joe Biden has actively worked to dismantle policies aimed at safeguarding the border. His endorsement of lenient immigration policies has resulted in an unprecedented influx\u2064 of illegal border crossers into the United States.\u2062 The Biden administration&#8217;s response to Governor Abbott&#8217;s recent self-defense \u200cmeasures has further exposed its true motivations\u200b for a vulnerable border.<\/p>\n<p>While Governor Abbott&#8217;s previous\u200d border actions may have been perceived as security theater, his current stance has shed light on the Biden administration&#8217;s disregard for border security and its\u2062 prioritization of political considerations over the safety and\u200d well-being of American citizens. It is crucial \u2063to recognize Texas&#8217;s efforts and their positive impact on reducing illegal border crossings,\u200c despite baseless \u2063accusations from \u2062the Biden administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration accused Texas of hindering border enforcement by deploying National Guard along the Rio Grande. However, Governor Greg Abbott&#8217;s self-defense approach has significantly curbed illegal border crossings in parts of Eagle Pass, reducing them by thousands. The occupied park in Eagle Pass, Texas, has proven effective in achieving this outcome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2169273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-06-at-9.05.27-AM-e1707231988976-1024x578.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2169272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-06-at-9.05.27-AM-e1707231988976-1024x578.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169272","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2169273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2169272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2169272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}