Half of US governors side with Texas in border dispute with Biden, say prez is leaving country ‘vulnerable’ to illegal immigration
NY Post
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott received the support Thursday of all but one of the nation’s Republican state governors in his feud with the Biden administration over border security.
GOP governors from 25 states signed onto a joint statement in support of Abbott and the Lone Star State’s “constitutional right to self-defense” days after the US Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration could remove razor wire installed by Texas along a 30-mile stretch of land near the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, who says he voted for President Biden in 2020, was the only GOP holdout.
“We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border,” the statement released by the Republican Governor’s Association read.
“We do it in part because the Biden Administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books and is illegally allowing mass parole across America of migrants who entered our country illegally.”
“Because the Biden Administration has abdicated its constitutional compact duties to the states, Texas has every legal justification to protect the sovereignty of our states and our nation,” the statement concludes.
