{"id":544693,"date":"2021-05-28T17:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T21:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544693"},"modified":"2021-05-28T17:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T21:35:43","slug":"they-have-their-heads-in-the-ground-tx-gov-abbott-blames-open-border-biden-for-surge-of-fentanyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-have-their-heads-in-the-ground-tx-gov-abbott-blames-open-border-biden-for-surge-of-fentanyl\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Have Their Heads In The Ground\u2019: TX Gov. Abbott Blames \u2018Open Border\u2019 Biden For Surge Of Fentanyl"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fthey-have-their-heads-in-the-ground-tx-gov-abbott-blames-open-border-biden-for-surge-of-fentanyl%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=544693&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>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is ignoring a growing surge of deadly fentanyl at the southern border and has \u201ctheir heads in the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen-border Biden is what is bringing this in \u2026 I\u2019ve got to tell you, I\u2019m angry but more importantly, we have farmers and ranchers and residents in those areas that are extremely angry,\u201d Abbott told Fox News\u2019 \u201cThe Story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor said \u201cmost of this fentanyl does not stay in Texas\u201d but is being distributed nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes just two milligrams in order to kill somebody,\u201d Abbot said. \u201cThis is going to be a deadly, dangerous situation across the country. Deaths that are caused by Biden\u2019s open-border administration.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/04\/texas-greg-abbott-covid-cases-deaths-plummet-mask-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Texas COVID Cases, Deaths Plummet After Gov. Abbott Repeals Mask Mandate)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation right now is far more dire and far more dangerous than it has ever been during the course of at least this century, maybe ever before,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott claimed he has heard \u201cnothing from the president, nothing from the vice president, nothing from [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas. They have their heads in the grounds as it concerns these dangers \u2026 They don\u2019t want to do anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor insisted the lower levels of the federal government have been highly cooperative and that his state government talks \u201cto border patrol agents every single day. Our law enforcement officers work with the DEA every single day. They work collaboratively with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Abbott said \u201cat the higher levels in the Biden administration, they are completely tone deaf and non-responsive to this deadly situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/02\/texas-governor-greg-abbott-illegal-border-migrants-china-could-be-espionage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has also suggested<\/a> that migrants crossing the border from China could be coming to the United States to spy. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/09\/wild-wild-west-texas-mayor-don-mclaughlin-southern-border-not-under-control-madhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Like The Wild, Wild West\u2019: Texas Mayor Says \u2018Southern Border Is Not Under Control. It\u2019s A Mad House\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7201657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7201657\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7201657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Guatemalan migrant Douglas Marroquin stands near an improvised kitchen covered at a migrant camp outside El Chaparral in Tijuana, Mexico, on February 25, 2021. - Migrants cross through the port hopping to arrive to the United States. (Photo by Guillermo Arias \/ AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-180x120.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-620x413-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-768x512-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-1536x1024-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7201657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guatemalan migrant Douglas Marroquin stands near an improvised kitchen covered at a migrant camp outside El Chaparral in Tijuana, Mexico, on Feb. 25, 2021. \u2013 Migrants cross through the port hopping to arrive to the United States. (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/john-katko-biden-border-policies-migrants-coyotes-trafficking-the-big-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visiting the U.S.-Mexico border<\/a> in mid-March, Republican New York Rep. John Katko said that the situation there is \u201ca human tragedy\u201d that primarily benefits smugglers and drug traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s eight-year path to citizenship <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/19\/biden-citizenship-plan-illegal-immigrants\/\">plan<\/a> would allow all illegal immigrants living in the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2021 to achieve temporary legal status in five years and to apply for citizenship after an additional three years. White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/04\/jen-psaki-blamed-donald-trump-administration-influx-migrants-southern-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has blamed<\/a> the Trump administration for the surge of illegal immigrants at the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is ignoring a growing surge of deadly fentanyl at the southern border and has \u201ctheir heads in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313449,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231386574-scaled-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018They Have Their Heads In The Ground\u2019: TX Gov. 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