{"id":2233470,"date":"2024-04-30T10:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-continues-to-build-concertina-wire-barriers-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T10:19:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:19:49","slug":"texas-continues-to-build-concertina-wire-barriers-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-continues-to-build-concertina-wire-barriers-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas is still constructing concertina wire barriers for the border wall"},"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\">22<\/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-continues-to-build-concertina-wire-barriers-border-wall%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=2233470&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 National Guard troops are actively enhancing border security by building concertina \u2062wire \u200cbarriers and expanding the state&#8217;s\u2064 border\u2063 wall through Operation Lone Star. The mission, led \u2062by Gov. Greg \u200cAbbott, has accomplished the installation\u2063 of over 100 miles of wire along the Texas-Mexico border in three years. \u200dAmid legal disputes\u200c with the Biden administration, Texas \u200cremains resolute\u200b in defending its border. Residents and donors have contributed over $55.4 million towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insurrection-latino-group-headed-by-former-dnc-member-writes-biden-attacks-gop-governors-sending-help-to-border\/\" title=\"\u2018Insurrection\u2019: Latino Group Headed By Former DNC Member Writes Biden, Attacks GOP Governors Sending Help To Border\">border security efforts<\/a>. Operations in counties\u200b like Zapata and Maverick demonstrate Texas&#8217; commitment\u2063 to fortifying its borders and protecting its territory.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Texas National Guard troops are continuing to build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-files-response-in-concertina-border-barrier-lawsuit-with-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Texas responds to Supreme Court in border barrier lawsuit\">concertina wire barriers<\/a> and expand Texas\u2019 border wall through Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/agents-spread-christmas-cheer-to-children-in-border-communities\/\" title=\"Agents Spread Christmas Cheer to Children in Border Communities\">border security mission<\/a>, Operation Lone Star. <\/p>\n<p>Since launching OLS three years ago, Texas achieved a milestone this month of installing more than 100 miles of concertina wire along the Texas-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Abbott has argued the concertina wire is an effective barrier that denies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and 25th Amendment Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">illegal entry<\/a>. Texas is currently embroiled in lawsuits with the Biden administration over the concertina wire barriers and marine barriers in the Rio Grande River, arguing it has the constitutional right to defend its border. Congress has passed laws to secure the border the president is flouting, Gov. Abbott maintains, which is why Texas is \u201cstepping up to secure the border and protect Americans.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the border county of Zapata, the Texas National Guard is continuing to build the Texas border wall. \u201cTexas won\u2019t back down. We are using every tool available to secure the border in Biden\u2019s absence,\u201d Gov. Abbott said when posting a video of the wall\u2019s construction.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, he also posted a video of Texas\u2019 border wall being constructed in neighboring Maverick County. <\/p>\n<p>Roughly every month, he posts videos on social media of Texas border wall construction.<\/p>\n<p>Of the more than $11.6 billion the Texas Legislature allocated to OLS over\u00a0a four-year period, $3.1 billion was allocated to expand border barriers and infrastructure, including constructing Texas\u2019 border wall, The Center Square <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_9ea49cee-c76f-11ee-b9ed-5b9573aa2815.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Texas taxpayers funding OLS, Americans have donated funds towards Texas\u2019 border security efforts. According <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/operationlonestar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to state data<\/a><\/strong>, as of Dec. 8, 2023, Texas has received over $55.4 million in donations to fund its border wall and over $100,000 to fund its border security efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Texas began building its wall identifying an initial 40 miles \u201cof the highest priority to secure the border,\u201d costing roughly $25 million a mile, The Center Square <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_e2a20728-a10b-11ed-9a33-f77f3d3c23bd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of miles west of Zapata and Maverick counties in El Paso County, Texas National Guard soldiers are continuing to reinforce miles of newly installed concertina wire. In a recent OLS video, Spc. Newman Gideon, explained their efforts, saying, \u201cMy responsibility on the border is to provide security for the teams going in and clearing out brush to make way for more concertina wire. If there\u2019s a hole that\u2019s already been cut, we are going to take pliers and wire cutters to repair and close that gap they created,\u201d referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-declares-invasion-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Texas GOP Declares Invasion at Southern Border\">illegal foreign nationals<\/a>. He said it\u2019s important that the Texas National Guard \u201cis here to stop migrants crossing into the United States.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Soldiers from Task Force West must maintain the miles of newly installed concertina wire.<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019 military operations base is also being expanded in Eagle Pass, The Center Square <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_42cb739c-cd1a-11ee-83d9-131abe4f2646.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a><\/strong>. Texas OLS Forward Operating Base camp will house 1,800 troops with the ability to expand up to 2,300, the governor first announced in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas is amassing a large army in a very strategic area\u201d to increase the speed and flexibility of soldiers\u2019 ability to respond to illegal activity, he said when posting a video of the recent\u00a0build out.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Texas\u2019 first Border Czar Mike Banks had served his first year helping to direct OLS efforts. \u201cThe border has always been a very tough issue, not just politically but\u00a0actually\u00a0the terrain because every time you put something in place that starts working the cartels on the south side adjust. It\u2019s a monumental job,\u201d he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregabbott_tx\/status\/1774930934850064849?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a><\/strong> in a video reflecting on his first year.<\/p>\n<p>Texas will continue to protect Texans and Americans, he said, backed by \u201ca determined legislature working with the governor to create enhanced consequences and create laws in addition to what we\u2019re doing. We\u2019re going to keep pushing forward. We\u2019re not going to back down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Center Square <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_655960f8-cc35-11ee-b50e-235450d616e7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first reported<\/a><\/strong> on Banks\u2019 first year and OLS efforts effectively moving illegal entry west into New Mexico, Arizona\u00a0and\u00a0California. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Texas gains control of an area,\u201d Banks told The Center Square, \u201cwe\u2019re going to maintain that area and we\u2019re going to expand. We\u2019re going to gain, maintain, expand. We\u2019re going to cut off illegal entry into the state of Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Texas congressman filed a bill in February requesting Congress to reimburse Texas for its border security efforts, The Center Square <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_58b3fd86-d0bd-11ee-9536-cb8a40e6ee29.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas National Guard troops are advancing concertina wire barriers and extending the state&#8217;s border wall in Gov. Greg Abbott&#8217;s Operation Lone Star. In the mission&#8217;s three-year span, Texas reached a milestone this month by installing over 100 miles of wire along the Texas-Mexico border<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2233471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24079707273297-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24079707273297-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233470","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=2233470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}