Gov. Abbott and rival try to out-Trump each other with a vow to build a wall in Texas but give no details how
But like Abbott, Huffines gave few details on how he’d actually accomplish that feat since the state has little authority to do so, given the fact that much of the land is privately or federally owned.said Domingo Garcia
, national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. “It’s not constitutional and we’re planning to challenge it in court once we see the final order.” None of that likely matters to Abbott or Huffines, both of whom are well aware of how Trump used xenophobic lies to help capture the White House in 2016 and know that Trump didn’t give reasonable details about how his wall would be built or paid for, even going so far as to promise that Mexico was going to fund his pet project .for military construction to go toward his precious border wall.
“Building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution. It is a waste of money that diverts attention from genuine threats to our homeland security,”
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