{"id":781394,"date":"2021-09-17T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=781394"},"modified":"2021-09-17T13:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T17:29:14","slug":"abbott-reverses-course-on-border-shutdown-claims-order-biden-admin-flip-flopped-on-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-reverses-course-on-border-shutdown-claims-order-biden-admin-flip-flopped-on-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott Reverses Course On Border Shutdown, Claims Order Biden Admin \u2018Flip-Flopped\u2019 On Order"},"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\">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%2Fabbott-reverses-course-on-border-shutdown-claims-order-biden-admin-flip-flopped-on-order%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=781394&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\/09\/abbott.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott reversed course on an order shutting Adown at least six points of entry along the Texas-Mexico border on Friday, claiming that the Biden administration \u201cflip-flopped\u201d on border strategy, effectively abandoning a planned immigration enforcement partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix hours after U.S. Customs and Border Protection requested help from Texas to close ports of entry and secure the border, the Biden Administration has now flip-flopped to a different strategy that abandons border security and instead makes it easier for people to cross illegally and for cartels to exploit the border,\u201d the Texas governor\u2019s office said in a statement emailed to media.&nbsp;\u201cThe Biden Administration is in complete disarray and is handling the border crisis as badly as the evacuation from Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-abbott-shuts-down-border-entries-illegal-migrant-caravans-overrunning-our-state\">Daily Wire reported on Thursday<\/a>, Abbott \u201cshut down six ports of entry from Mexico into the United States to curb a surge in illegal migrants crossing over the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sheer negligence of the Biden Administration to do their job and secure the border is appalling. I have directed the Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to surge personnel and vehicles to shut down six points of entry along the southern border to stop these caravans from overrunning our state,\u201d &nbsp;Abbott said.<\/p>\n<p>The move came following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1438488795398250500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1438528534318833664%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fbreaking-abbott-shuts-down-border-entries-illegal-migrant-caravans-overrunning-our-state\">reports that thousands of immigrants<\/a> were sheltering under a bridge near a border crossing in Del Rio, Texas. Fox LA\u2019s Bill Melugin obtained footage of the Del Rio situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.682451253482\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Our drone is back over the international bridge in Del Rio, TX. Per source, the number of migrants waiting to be processed has now swelled to approx 8,200. It was 4,000 yesterday AM. Doubled in one day. BP overwhelmed, &amp; I\u2019m told situation is \u201cout of control\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ThJJJ0JWCT\">pic.twitter.com\/ThJJJ0JWCT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1438488795398250500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melugin later added that Fox News was able to obtain drone footage, giving viewers a better idea of the scope of the problem.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.931818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Another stunning image from our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> drone team showing the situation at the international bridge in Del Rio, TX, where a law enforcement source tells me there are more than 8,000 migrants waiting to be processed by Border Patrol after crossing illegally into the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/opey70NBNt\">pic.twitter.com\/opey70NBNt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1438528534318833664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the Daily Wire noted Friday, the Biden administration has now declared a halt to air traffic over the bridge through the Federal Aviation Administration over an unspecified \u201csecurity\u201d concern.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott claimed Thursday that he was moving to fill a role the Biden administration was unwilling to take on or perform effectively. Friday\u2019s statement seems to indicate that Abbott had planned to shut down the border as part of a larger immigration enforcement strategy, designed in partnership with the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>That partnership appears to have crumbled.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Abbott now says that Texas Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement agencies will guard border crossings and that he has \u201cdirected the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to maintain their presence at and around ports of entry to deter crossings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott has limited power to enforce border restrictions. Typically immigration enforcement is the federal government\u2019s purview, but Abbott has created a series of plans for immigration interdiction that work around the federal government\u2019s control of border crossings, including building a Texas-specific border \u201cimpediment,\u201d and policing within just a short distance of the border itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllegal immigration has surged since Biden won the election last year in November. Last month, the number of illegal immigrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-border-crisis-continues-to-worsen-illegal-border-crossings-up-300-compared-to-same-time-in-2020\">crossing<\/a> into the U.S. numbered over 200,000, the second consecutive month to hit over that benchmark,\u201d the Daily Wire\u2019s Tim Pearce noted Thursday. \u201cThe roughly 208,000 illegal immigrants that crossed into the United States in August is an over 300% increase in illegal immigration over August 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Gov. 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