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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during the press conference about border security, joined by 15 governors from different states, at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas February 4, 2024. — Reuters pic
EAGLE PASS (Texas), Feb 5 — Texas Governor Greg Abbott, joined by fellow Republican governors yesterday, vowed to defy the Biden administration and maintain state control of a US border hotspot “as long as it takes.”
Abbott has clashed with Democratic President Joe Biden over the state’s aggressive tactics to deter those crossing, including troops, concertina wire and a floating buoy barrier in the Rio Grande.
The Biden administration has maintained that border control falls strictly under federal jurisdiction, but Abbott has deployed the Texas National Guard at Shelby Park in the border town of Eagle Pass, where he staged yesterday’s news conference along with Republican governors from 13 other states.
They stood in front of Texas state military vehicles, just paces away from shipping containers and concertina wire that block access to the park along the Rio Grande.
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Abbott said Shelby Park, which has been at the centre of a standoff between state and federal officials, “is going stay under control as long as it takes to maintain security and to eliminate crossings.”
“We can relinquish control of it tomorrow if Joe Biden were to step up and do exactly what we’re doing here and stop people from crossing the border illegally,” Abbott told reporters.
As he spoke, activists from opposite sides of the issue staged competing protests a short distance from the park. Several dozen immigrant rights activists and people opposed to illegal immigration demonstrated without incident.
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Four of the other governors spoke at the news conference: Bill Lee of Tennessee, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Greg Gianforte of Montana and Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas. They took turns accusing Biden of being weak on border security.
Immigration has become a potent political issue in the run-up to Nov. 5 elections that will likely pit Biden against former President Donald Trump.
Trump has motivated his voting base with calls for more restrictive border policies. His critics say such policies and events such as a migrant convoy that preceded the rally could stoke tensions.
The governors gathered one day after hundreds of protesters from around the US on Saturday flocked to the Texas border town of Quemado, about 20 miles (32 km) from Eagle Pass, to vent over illegal immigration and show support for Trump at a rally that blended border politics with religious rhetoric. — Reuters
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