Greg Abbott and former President Trump arriving at El Paso International Airport in 2019.
Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued a disaster declaration for Texas Southern border, citing “an ongoing and imminent threat of widespread and severe damage, loss of life, property damage, human trafficking, violent crime, and threats to public health” that he attributed to a recent rise in migration.
The declaration gives the directive and the power to border security agencies to use any means necessary, including requesting the suspension of law, to cope with what the governor is calling a “violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Leaders in border communities responded quickly.
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A Honduran woman’s body was found dumped in the brush on private property in Goliad County, Texas, after she had been smuggled hundreds of miles north from the border in March, according to county Sheriff Roy Boyd. In another case, an old shed on a ranch was being used to strip stolen vehicles in preparation for smuggling people.
Seven illegal aliens and a driver are apprehended in La Salle County, Texas, on April 24, 2021. (La Salle County Sheriff s Office)
Boyd says the county which sits about 200 miles north of the U.S.–Mexico border is used as a staging area for smuggling illegal aliens to Houston.
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