{"id":585426,"date":"2021-07-07T15:50:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=585426"},"modified":"2021-07-07T15:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:50:30","slug":"texas-gubernatorial-challenger-says-abbott-is-failing-to-protect-texans-from-illegal-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gubernatorial-challenger-says-abbott-is-failing-to-protect-texans-from-illegal-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Gubernatorial Challenger Says Abbott Is Failing To Protect Texans From Illegal Migration"},"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\">26<\/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-gubernatorial-challenger-says-abbott-is-failing-to-protect-texans-from-illegal-migration%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=585426&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\/07\/GettyImages-1233737951-scaled-e1625684376512.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A candidate in the Texas gubernatorial race criticized incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbot for failing to protect Texans from illegal migration in a statement Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Gubernatorial challenger Don Huffines said if he\u2019s elected governor he plans to deploy the entirety of the 20,000 Texas National Guardsmen to the border, finish former President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall and will place economic pressure on Mexico in an attempt to quell cartel activity, <a href=\"https:\/\/donhuffines.com\/news\/huffines-announces-border-plan\">according<\/a> to a statement. Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-announces-border-wall-construction-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> plans for the state to build its own border wall on June 16, while blaming the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/06\/donald-trump-customs-and-border-protection-joe-biden\/\">Biden administration<\/a> for an increasing number of migrants arriving at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur federal government has proven they do not intend to secure the Texas border and never will,\u201d Huffines said in a statement. \u201cMeanwhile, it\u2019s clear Greg Abbott is incapable and unwilling to take the steps necessary to keep Texans safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur state is under invasion. Thousands of illegal aliens have entered and are continuing to enter Texas under his watch,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I am governor, that will end.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.028169014085\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am proud to officially release my Border Security plan.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to finally close the border. We cannot wait any longer.<\/p>\n<p>Read my plan here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qyTEOk50r9\">https:\/\/t.co\/qyTEOk50r9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Huffines (@DonHuffines) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonHuffines\/status\/1412532399787884545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Huffines said if elected, he will use constitutional provisions to \u201cdefend Texas from invasion,\u201d according to the statement. He added that the solution to the border crisis is in ending \u201ctaxpayer-funded handouts\u201d that incentivize illegal migration to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexican narco-terrorist cartels are at the heart of the border crisis,\u201d Huffines said in a statement. He added that most migrants pay cartels to smuggle them into the U.S. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/donald-trump-customs-and-border-protection-greg-abbott-joe-biden\/\">(RELATED: Trump Says Southern Border Is \u2018More Dangerous Than It\u2019s Ever Been\u2019 Under Biden)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Border officials encountered over 180,000 migrants at the southern border in May, although most encounters resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/yvette-herrell-chip-roy-mexico-new-mexico\/\">rapid expulsions<\/a> under a Trump-era public health order known as Title 42, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">according<\/a> to Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n<p>Huffines proposed reallocating $4 to $5 billion spent on education services for illegal migrants towards border wall construction, initially focused on building the wall in Texas\u2019 Rio Grande Valley, according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Huffines did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A candidate in the Texas gubernatorial race criticized incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbot for failing to protect Texans from illegal migration in a statement Tuesday evening.Gubernatorial challenger Don Huffines said &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314194,"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\/07\/GettyImages-1233737951-scaled-e1625684376512.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Gubernatorial Challenger Says Abbott Is Failing To Protect Texans From Illegal Migration","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-585426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233737951-scaled-e1625684376512.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Gubernatorial Challenger Says Abbott Is Failing To Protect Texans From Illegal Migration","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585426","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=585426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}