Former Acting DHS Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli has frequently criticized Abbott for not doing enough to prevent border crossings into Texas.
"Texas could stop this in the middle of the river. Itself. W/o federal permission," Cuccinelli tweeted."But so far, despite [Governor Abbott] declaring that TX is being invaded , he still won't treat it like an invasion. I.e., returning illegal border crossers back into Mexico."
Abbott invoked Texas's Invasion Clauses on November 14 in relation to the border, after making border security a key theme of his successful reelection campaign against Democrat. The invocation allows the state government to"take unprecedented measures to fight back against the invasion at our border." It also allows for the National Guard to be deployed to the border and allows Texas Department of Public Safety agents to arrest undocumented immigrants and send them to the border.
In this combination image, a file photo of Ken Cuccinelli and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference on September 13, 2022, in Houston, Texas.of Abbott's declaration from the start, despite being one of the leading voices calling for the invocation of the Invasion Clauses. In a response from last month, he took issue with the fact that the declaration did not involve the seizing of federal authority to send migrants back over the border and dismissed it as a"PR stunt.
"While this sounds good—Governor Abbott has not invoked the full authority of an invasion declaration," Cuccinelli said in a joint statement released by Citizens for Renewing America."Saying you are being invaded but not blocking the invaders from coming is a hollow shell. Until Governor Abbott removes illegals back across the border and out of the country, this will continue to be a PR stunt–and Texas and the U.S. are worse off because of it.
While Cuccinelli continues to criticize Abbott's handling of the border, the governor on Friday announcedTexas is launching a new taskforce withinWhile Biden does nothing, Texas is taking unprecedented action to secure our border.
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