Man, Abbott just keeps on making all the right moves, don’t he?
Abbott Seizes All City Property Along the Riverfront at the Border in the Eagle Pass Area
Texas Governor Greg Abbott used his emergency powers and seized city property along the riverfront at the border in the Eagle Pass area. This includes federal processing locations and equipment.#BREAKING The state of Texas has seized all city property along the riverfront at the border in the Eagle Pass area under governors emergency powers, including federal processing locations and equipment—This is according to multiple sources.
All access to the property is limited to state authority only. Border Patrol will be permitted to enter the property to remove their equipment and supplies—Agents will not have access to the area unless there is a medical emergency.
I am told that the state plans to start arresting all who cross for criminal trespass—This is not under the new illegal entry law #SB4– They have been arresting for criminal trespass for months.
This is Abbott’s latest attempt to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into Texas. The Texas Department of Safety (DPS) closed and took over a park in Eagle Pass that is on the banks of the Rio Grande River. This didn’t sit well with Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas, a Democrat.
Thursday, Mayor Salinas posted a video on Facebook. He said he received a call from DPS on Wednesday which alerted him to the fact that Governor Abbott signed an emergency declaration. Officers will take full control of Shelby Park indefinitely. The park is 47 acres.
“That is not a decision that we agreed to. This is not something that we wanted. This is not something that we asked for as a city,” Salinas said in the video.
Salinas said he was told that the reason for the operation is to prevent immigrants from illegally crossing the Rio Grande into Texas.
Good on ya once again, Guv. Bill Melugin Tweets the deets.
NEW: In overnight DOJ filing, Feds confirm that the TX National Guard “has deployed armed soldiers and vehicles to block federal gov from accessing the river” in Eagle Pass, & TX informed them no BP agents will be allowed to enter Shelby Park “in any operational capacity”.
This… pic.twitter.com/vzIOnCL63i— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_)
Matt Gaetz follows up with some explanatory background, featuring Border Patrol swine engaging in some truly despicable, nefarious actions.
Looks like Texas got tired of the federal government cutting their razor wire. pic.twitter.com/iSiMuxbzT0
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz)
Worthless bastards.
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I’m too humble to think that Abbott has been reading my Soft Secession Theories here and elsewhere…
One wonders if the pols are smart enough to read real people…
Word is the Border Patrol Union is actually quite fine with this: https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1745630896202424469
I don’t know that he’s doing all the right things, but I’ve got no argument about this one.
Hopefully some other milquetoast governors will catch a cluebat, and repeat this sort of thing.
Feds over-reaching in your state?
Lock them in a cage. Literal, figurative, whatever.
Make the 10th Amendment Great Again.
The final nail in the “DeSantis is a GOPe Engineering job” coffin was his hiding for the week after the FIB raid on Mar a Lago. There is a lot the gove can do and even more if he chooses to outright oppose the feds with the state nat guard.
Abbot’s always been a hard one to figure for me.
About time. Add machine gun nests, and the border will be secure.
Irish has a good post showing how Texans deal with dumbasses in Abbots presence
Apparently, it’s just more security theatre, it has no real effect and does not change the situation: “Yet despite the addition of personnel, barriers, gates, concertina wire, and “military Humvees” to the area, Abbott has not authorized the Texas National Guard to detain and deport illegal immigrants, who are still being turned over to Border Patrol for processing and, in most cases, release.” https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/12/texas-stages-more-border-security-theater-with-national-guards-eagle-pass-seizure/
Texas is still surrendering its sovereignty and control of its borders to the Feds, who continue on as before. If this were real, it would be a significant change, but the Republicans have shown time and again that they will bow to the Democrats, follow their party line, and lose, lose, lose – but gracefully.
Thanks for passing that along. Abbot, he’s never been what he pretends IMO.