Abbott Criticizes Biden’s Order, Claims It Encourages Illegal Border Crossings

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) harshly criticized President Joe Biden's recent executive order on immigration, arguing that it exacerbates the border crisis rather than solving it. Abbott made these remarks during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” highlighting the shortcomings of Biden's approach to securing the U.S. southern border.

• Abbott claims Biden's executive order worsens the border crisis.

• The order allegedly attracts more illegal crossings instead of preventing them.

• Abbott calls out the lack of effective enforcement measures.

“As long as the Biden administration refuses to provide any type of enforcement, any type of blockage of people crossing illegally, all that this new Biden policy is going to do is to actually attract and invite even more people to cross the border illegally,” Abbott asserted.

Abbott emphasized that the situation at the border is deteriorating, with illegal crossings increasing rather than slowing down. “There’s no slowing down of people crossing the border,” he said. “In fact, it’s just accelerating. This is gaslighting our fellow Americans. When Biden gets up and says, ‘This is going to stop people from coming across the border,’ when he says, ‘It’s going to secure the border,’ in fact, it is making illegal border crossings worse.”

He pointed out the inadequacies of Biden's executive order, stating that it does nothing to genuinely secure the border. “When you get to that 2,500 number of people crossing the border a day that he says he will allow, but only then stop the asylum process — when he stops the asylum process, there’s nothing that Biden is doing that actually is preventing anybody else from crossing the border,” Abbott noted. “There’s no type of enforcement mechanism in place.”

Abbott's comments underscore the frustrations and challenges faced by border states under the current administration's policies. The lack of robust enforcement and the perceived invitation for more illegal crossings continue to be major concerns for those seeking effective border security solutions.

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