This is Part 2 of “Bedlam at the Texas Border,” direct from the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexican border with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
In Part 1, we heard from frustrated locals in the Rio Grande Valley—politicians, ranchers, law enforcement, and others on the river who describe how cartels control the border, and they can’t understand why the federal government is allowing it to happen. They say it’s a national security nightmare and they’re the ones paying the price for the rest of the country.
In Part 2, we look at what Texas is doing to fill the security gap under the leadership of Governor Greg Abbott, especially as the state braces for the next surge of illegal migrants that’s expected as Title 42 ends next month and new rules for asylum-seekers begin.
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