Fact check: Abbott exaggerates COVID-19 concerns about migrants entering Texas Brandon Mulder, PolitiFact FacebookTwitterEmail Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters during a press conference about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt's District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer One day after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would lift the statewide mask mandate and allow all businesses to open to 100% capacity, the governor turned his attention to the coronavirus spreading along the Texas-Mexico border. "The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities," the governor said in a March 3 tweet. "The Biden Admin. must IMMEDIATELY end this callous act that exposes Texans & Americans to COVID."