Gov. Greg Abbott holds border security news conference with governors from across U.S.
RAW: Gov. Greg Abbott Border News Conference
Governor Greg Abbott was in Eagle Pass on Monday afternoon to hold a news conference about the situation at the Texas-Mexico border.
EAGLE PASS, Texas - Governor Greg Abbott was in Eagle Pass on Monday afternoon to hold a news conference about the situation at the Texas-Mexico border.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem joined Gov. Abbott for a tour of the border and to talk about the efforts at the border.
The group criticized the Biden Administrations handling of the situation at the border.
Abbott sent letters to governors across the U.S. in May requesting help at the border for Texas' Operation Lone Star, which is designed to prevent illegal border crossings.
Texas: The Issue Is - Lt. Gov. Patrick on property tax relief, border security, Paxton impeachment
In this week's edition of Texas: The Issue Is, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joins FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan to discuss property tax rebates, the floating border wall on the Rio Grande, Ken Paxton's impending impeachment trial and more.
Eagle Pass, where the news conference was held, has been at the center of the immigration debate.
Democrats say blades on border barrier are dangerous
The floating barrier at the Texas border has faced intense scrutiny from Democrats. U.S. representative Joaquin Castro showed a closer look at blades between the buoys.
The city is where Texas DPS deployed it's controversial floating border wall.
Democrats recently traveled to Eagle Pass to get a closer look at the buoy barrier.
Department of Justice sues Texas over floating border barrier in the Rio Grande
Governor Greg Abbott told President Joe Biden in a letter Monday that Texas will not remove the floating border barrier in the Rio Grande. Now, the Department of Justice is suing the state of Texas.
Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) called the border barrier ‘barbaric’ and showed what appeared to be saw-like blades.
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Texas in an attempt to get the barriers removed.
Governor Greg Abbott's office responded saying that Democrats are attempting to spread false information about the barriers.