Governor Greg Abbott announced the new position of Texas Border Czar to oversee security as the state faces a record number of illegal immigrants at the border.
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan (R-OH) will begin the hearings relating to the Biden administration's handling of the U.S-Mexico border.
Article IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution authorizes the governor to “call forth the militia to execute the laws of the state, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.”
Texas Gov. Abbott referred to Biden's plan to end the Trump-era COVID border policy known as Title 42, which was upheld by the Supreme Court, as a "reckless decision."
Texas Governor transports migrants to Washington D.C. in an effort to pressure the Biden administration on immigration and border security, causing widespread criticism.
Border Patrol agents assigned to a remote part of South Texas arrested three sex offenders who had abused children and been previously deported over the Thanksgiving holiday as they attempted to reenter the United States from Mexico illegally.
