Texas Gov. Greg Abbott refused to comply with the Department of Justice’s Monday deadline to remove a floating barrier restricting immigration from Mexico.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in a letter Monday said he won’t remove the floating barriers or a razor wire fence he installed to deter immigration across the Rio Grande, ignoring a Department of Justice-imposed deadline of 2 p.m. to promise their removal or face a lawsuit from the federal government....
[+]Suzanna Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Imagesdated Monday, Abbott accused President Joe Biden of violating his “constitutional obligation to defend the States against invasion” and said if he would “just enforce the immigration laws Congress already has on the books, America would not be suffering from your record-breaking level of illegal immigration.”set a deadline Monday for the governor to commit to the buoys’ removal to avoid a lawsuit.
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