Douglas Andrews at Patriot Post reports that
Governor Greg Abbott and his fellow
Texans are under siege. So much so that he’s written an
urgent letter to his 49 fellow governors to ask for their help. The
letter begins:
President Joe Biden’s negligent
disregard for America’s national security hit another devastating milestone last
week when his Administration ended Title 42 expulsions. Since taking office,
President Biden has willfully refused to enforce our nation’s immigration laws
while systematically dismantling every effective border security policy that
previously led to the lowest number of illegal border crossings in decades. The
resultant surge in illegal immigration and transnational criminal activity is a
direct consequence of these misguided actions, and yet President Biden further
jeopardized our nation’s security by ending Title 42 expulsions on May 11,
2023.
Abbott then notes that while the
flood of illegals hits Texas first, it doesn’t stay in Texas. “Emboldened
Mexican drug cartels and other transnational criminal enterprises,” he writes,
“profit off this chaos, smuggling people and dangerous drugs like fentanyl into
communities nationwide.” Synthetic opioids including fentanyl, as the CDC
reported Wednesday, killed 75,000 Americans in 2022.
Abbott’s message has apparently
taken hold, as 24 Republican governors have responded. . . .
Ohio’s governor is one of them. Support includes human assets, equipment, vehicles,
and the like. The full report is here.
# # #
