{"id":2344540,"date":"2024-09-22T15:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T19:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-bad-neighbor-new-mexico-governor-criticizes-texas-for-securing-her-border-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T19:36:23","slug":"fact-check-bad-neighbor-new-mexico-governor-criticizes-texas-for-securing-her-border-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-bad-neighbor-new-mexico-governor-criticizes-texas-for-securing-her-border-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Bad neighbor? New Mexico governor criticizes Texas for securing her border &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ffact-check-bad-neighbor-new-mexico-governor-criticizes-texas-for-securing-her-border-washington-examiner%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=2344540&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>New Mexico \u2064Governor \u2062Michelle Lujan Grisham has criticized \u200bTexas for its recent border security \u2062measures, specifically the installation of concertina \u200bwire fencing along the Rio Grande\u2062 River near El Paso. This area faces New Mexico, and Grisham claims that the\u200b barriers are\u2062 a political stunt\u200c by\u2064 Texas \u200dGovernor Greg Abbott with no meaningful impact on immigration issues. Abbott&#8217;s \u200cadministration states that the barriers, part \u200bof Operation Lone Star, have been effective in deterring illegal crossings into Texas from\u2064 New Mexico. \u200d <\/p>\n<p>The \u200dtension arises \u200bas Texas claims\u200d success in border\u2063 security \u200bhas led to an increase in migration into New Mexico, and Abbott&#8217;s administration has received support from neighboring states like Oklahoma and Louisiana, which have pledged assistance in securing the border. Lujan Grisham has refrained from responding \u200dto Abbott\u2019s requests for collaboration on security measures, marking a significant divide between Texas and New Mexico amid the \u2063ongoing crisis related to\u200b human\u2063 trafficking and \u200ddrug smuggling \u200bin the region.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fact check: Bad neighbor? New Mexico governor criticizes Texas for securing her border<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1764901\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently expressed outrage over &ldquo;Texas&rsquo; latest move&rdquo; installing barriers in an area where they have been for nearly one year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A KRQE News report claims Texas Army National Guard troops were erecting concertina wire fencing along the Rio Grande River near El Paso &ldquo;on the riverbank that faces not Mexico, but New Mexico west of El Paso.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A British publication reported, &ldquo;Which Mexico are you? New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other news reports appear to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-argue-at-impeachment-trial-that-capitol-breach-wasnt-sparked-by-one-speech\/\" title=\"Democrats Argue at Impeachment Trial That Capitol Breach Wasn\u2019t Sparked by \u2018One Speech\u2019\">made similar claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Texas&rsquo; OLS barriers bordering New Mexico aren&rsquo;t new. They&rsquo;ve been there since October.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers have erected barriers through Texas Gov. Greg Abbott&rsquo;s <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. The area in question is near West Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, extending near the Anapra, N.M., bridge, which The Center Square observed last May.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas has been so successful in securing our southern border, migrants are now illegally crossing into New Mexico, and then into Texas,&rdquo; Gov. Abbott&rsquo;s press secretary Andrew Mahaleris told The Center Square. &ldquo;To be clear, Texas began installing barriers on the border of New Mexico last October. This barrier has proven to be effective in deterring migrants who illegally crossed into the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, told The Independent, &ldquo;Abbott&rsquo;s latest move was a &lsquo;political stunt&rsquo; that will have &lsquo;will have no meaningful impact on our nation&rsquo;s broken immigration system&#8217;&rdquo; and Abbott &ldquo;seems to be pushing to make Texas its own country without regard for his neighbors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She made the claim after Texas Department of Public Safety OLS officers took down a human smuggling ring tied to Mexican cartels, Nuevo Cartel De Juarez and La Linea Cartel, operating out of El Paso County and in Lujan Grisham&rsquo;s state in Sunland Park. They seized weapons, body armor, and ammunition and arrested alleged human smugglers, The Center Square reported.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has warned that the region near El Paso is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-okeefe-infiltrates-secretive-illegal-immigrant-camp-journalist-claims-he-was-held-at-gunpoint\/\" title=\"James O\u2019Keefe Infiltrates Secretive Illegal Immigrant Camp, Journalist Claims He Was Held At Gunpoint\">major human smuggling<\/a> and kidnapping destination, located across the river from Ciudad Ju&aacute;rez, Mexico, where rival gangs and cartels are fighting for control of a multi-billion-dollar human and drug smuggling enterprise. The Santa Teresa, NM, CBP station is the busiest in the El Paso CBP sector, The Center Square reported. Texas DPS officers are also catching human smugglers and <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> after they enter New Mexico and then enter El Paso, OLS officials told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>Lujan Grisham is Texas&rsquo; only neighbor who refused to respond to Abbott&rsquo;s call for help to secure Texas&rsquo; border at the height of the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Her other neighbor, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, was among the first 12 governors to pledge support, The Center Square reported. He&rsquo;s also been calling for border security measures with Republican governors since September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, the first dozen governors participating in OLS said, &ldquo;President Biden has abandoned his constitutional responsibility to secure the border &hellip; The illegal flow of criminals, drugs, and contraband moving across our border creates an untenable situation for all states &hellip; Republican governors are providing support where Biden failed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stitt deployed Oklahoma National Guard troops to Texas because it was &ldquo;in the best interest of Oklahoma and the nation to take decisive action to address the federal government&rsquo;s utter failure to secure our southern border,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Texas&rsquo; other neighbor, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, agrees. One of his first acts after he was elected was to travel to Texas to see how he could help. In February, he asked the Louisiana legislature for their support to participate in OLS and got it, The Center Square reported. Receiving their support, Landry said, &ldquo;is one of the proudest days I can even ever have imagined to see, all these great men and women here who are dedicated to public safety and to the security not only of the state of Louisiana but of the nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas has always been a great neighbor to us,&rdquo; Landry continued. &ldquo;If they&rsquo;re calling, we should heed that call,&rdquo; adding that legislative leaders &ldquo;all agreed that we should do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana cities were combating crime &ldquo;we can directly trace to a border that is wide open that is letting the cartel do as they please into this country. Because the federal government will not act, because the president will not do his job &hellip; then the states are going to act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With the help of partnering states, Texas OLS operations began shutting down illegal border crossings, forcing cartel operations west into New Mexico, Arizona and California, The Center Square first reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since March 2021, OLS officers have apprehended more than 520,600 illegal border crossers, made more than 47,000 criminal arrests, with more than 40,800 felony charges, and seized more than 543 million lethal doses of fentanyl&mdash;enough to kill everyone in the United States and Mexico combined, according to the latest data from Abbott&rsquo;s office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every individual who is apprehended or arrested and every ounce of drugs seized would have otherwise made their way into communities&rdquo; across America, Abbott argues. &ldquo;With the support of half of America&rsquo;s governors, Texas continues to step up and deploy every tool and strategy to stop the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-unprecedented-illegal-immigration-driven-by-people-fleeing-falling-regimes\/\" title=\"White House Says Unprecedented Illegal Immigration Driven by People Fleeing \u2018Falling Regimes\u2019\">unprecedented illegal immigration<\/a> at our southern border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1764901\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1764901\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact Check: Is Texas a Bad Neighbor? New Mexico Governor Criticizes Texas for Border Security Measures (The Center Square) \u2013 New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has voiced her anger over what she calls \u201cTexas\u2019 latest move\u201d to install barriers in a region where they have been present for almost a year. According to a report from KRQE News, Texas Army National Guard troops were putting up concertina wire fencing along the Rio Grande River near El Paso, specifically on the riverbank facing New Mexico rather than Mexico. A British news outlet noted that New Mexico is upset about Texas placing razor wire along its border. However, these barriers are not new; they have been in place since October as part of Texas Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s border security initiative known as Operation Lone Star. The area under discussion is located near West Paisano Drive in El Paso and extends toward the Anapra bridge connecting to New Mexico, which The Center Square observed last May. Andrew Mahaleris, press secretary for Gov. Abbott, stated that due to successful border security efforts by Texas, migrants are now crossing illegally into New Mexico before entering Texas. He clarified that the installation of barriers on the New Mexico border began last October and has effectively deterred illegal crossings into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Lujan Grisham criticized Abbott&#8217;s actions as a \u201cpolitical stunt\u201d with no real effect on immigration issues and accused him of attempting to isolate Texas from its neighbors. This statement followed reports of arrests related to human smuggling operations linked to Mexican cartels occurring in both El Paso County and Sunland Park in her state, where authorities seized weapons and apprehended suspected smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has identified the area around El Paso as a significant hub for human smuggling and kidnapping activities due to its proximity across from Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, where rival gangs vie for control over lucrative trafficking routes. The Santa Teresa CBP station in New Mexico is noted as one of the busiest within the El Paso sector.<\/p>\n<p>While Lujan Grisham did not respond positively when Abbott sought assistance securing his state\u2019s border during heightened crisis periods, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt was among those who pledged support early on alongside other Republican governors advocating for stronger border measures since September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In their joint statement regarding Operation Lone Star (OLS), participating governors expressed concern over President Biden&#8217;s failure to secure borders effectively while emphasizing their commitment to addressing illegal activities crossing state lines.<\/p>\n<p>Stitt deployed Oklahoma National Guard troops into Texas out of concern for both states&#8217; interests amid federal shortcomings regarding southern border security measures.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry also supported this initiative after being elected; he visited Texas shortly thereafter seeking ways his state could assist OLS efforts against crime linked directly back through an unsecured southern boundary allowing cartel operations unchecked within U.S territory\u2014prompting states like Louisiana stepping up action given federal government inactivity concerning immigration enforcement policies overall.<\/p>\n<p>Since March 2021 under OLS operations led by Texan authorities more than 520 thousand individuals attempting unlawful entry have been apprehended alongside nearly 47 thousand criminal arrests made resulting ultimately leading towards seizing vast quantities\u2014over half-a-billion lethal doses worth fentanyl alone according data released recently by Abbott\u2019s office indicating every arrest or drug seizure prevented potential harm reaching communities nationwide thereby showcasing ongoing collaborative efforts between various states tackling unprecedented levels illegal immigration challenges faced today at our borders!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2344541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Border-Wall-Poll-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33709,13420,34818,35795,3694],"class_list":["post-2344540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-border-security","tag-fact-check","tag-new-mexico","tag-political-criticism","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Border-Wall-Poll-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344540","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=2344540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}