{"id":560749,"date":"2021-06-11T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560749"},"modified":"2021-06-11T11:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:06:47","slug":"texas-gov-greg-abbott-says-state-will-build-its-own-border-barriers-if-biden-wont-address-immigration-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-says-state-will-build-its-own-border-barriers-if-biden-wont-address-immigration-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says State Will Build Its Own Border Barriers If Biden Won\u2019t Address Immigration Crisis"},"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%2Ftexas-gov-greg-abbott-says-state-will-build-its-own-border-barriers-if-biden-wont-address-immigration-crisis%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=560749&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-10.02.06-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott said late Thursday that he is considering building a barrier along the state\u2019s border with Mexico because the Biden administration has largely ignored the ongoing immigration crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Breitbart Texas ahead of a summit on immigration and border policy, Abbott suggested that the Biden administration is abrogating its duty to the state of Texas by failing to appropriately address the record numbers of child migrants, asylum seekers, and illegal immigrants being apprehended along the United States\u2019 southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe influx across the border is out of control, and the Biden Administration has shown that is not going to step up and do its job,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cAnd amidst reports of even more people coming in across the border, we know we have to step up and do more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott noted that if the Biden administration will not enforce its message that the borders are not open then the state of Texas will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat people have seen in videos across the country seems to be the Biden Administration welcoming these people to the United States. We won\u2019t be sending that message,\u201d Abbott told Breitbart in an interview. \u201cIf you come to Texas, you\u2019re subject to being arrested. You\u2019re not going to have a pathway to roam the country. You\u2019re going to have a pathway directly into a jail cell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The border barriers Abbott plans to erect serve a double purpose. They are physical deterrents, Abbott said, but they also allow Texas to take a more active role in border enforcement, something that states are generally prevented from doing through the separation of powers, which leaves the job of protecting the country\u2019s borders largely to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 2010 Supreme Court case involving an Arizona law limits what states can do in the field of immigration. They cannot make illegal presence itself a crime, though state police-power laws were upheld,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/jun\/10\/greg-abbott-texas-will-build-its-own-border-barrie\/\">Washington Times explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But, if immigrants \u201cmove or interfere with that barrier, they have committed several crimes\u201d on a state level Abbott noted in the interview, giving Texas the right to arrest illegal immigrants not for immigration violations but for \u201ccriminal mischief, criminal trespass, and vandalism of state or local government property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething that may be a Class B misdemeanor right now turned into a class A misdemeanor,\u201d Abbott added, noting his own \u201cState of Emergency\u201d declaration related to immigration allows Texas to hike some applicable criminal penalties. \u201cThat means up to 180 days in jail\u2026there\u2019s even potential for state jail felonies for some of these crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott told Breitbart that he plans on instructing law enforcement to be aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>We want to be very aggressive in working with local officials and begin making mass arrests,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cIn working in collaboration with a large number of counties \u2014 that means we\u2019re going to be arresting a lot more people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has fallen under increasing scrutiny for its border policies, particularly this week. Vice President Kamala Harris has been touring Northern Triangle countries, discussing the \u201croot causes\u201d of migration to the United States-Mexican border, but appears to have made little progress in handling the problem.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott said late Thursday that he is considering building a barrier along the state\u2019s border with Mexico because the Biden administration has largely ignored the ongoing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280014,"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\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-10.02.06-PM.png?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Gov. 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