Abbott: Biden is responsible for border mess

 The Hill:

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is ramping up his claims that the Biden administration’s border policies are to blame for the increase in migration into the United States.

In a letter to President Biden dated Tuesday, Abbott said Texas is “overburdened as we respond to this disaster caused by you and your administration.”

“This terrible crisis for border communities in Texas is a catastrophe of your own making,” wrote Abbott.

The governor’s letter comes as the border has attracted renewed attention, primarily because a large group of mostly Nicaraguan migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border en masse into El Paso, Texas, in early December.

In his letter, Abbott places singular blame on the Biden administration’s border policies while glossing over the multiple factors that led to the crisis in El Paso.

The sudden flow of people into El Paso was in large part precipitated by a mass kidnapping of migrants days earlier. Many officials from the border — including some Democrats — have used the incident to make the case for more stringent border policies.

“Texas has borne a lopsided burden caused by your open border policies. The need to address this crisis is not the job of border states like Texas. Instead, the U.S. Constitution dictates that it is your job, Mr. President, to defend the borders of our country, regulate our nation’s immigration, and manage those who seek refuge here,” wrote Abbott.

While Abbott used his letter to place blame on the administration — a political tool he’s often wielded — he also made a plea for federal dollars to care for migrants during the coming winter months.

“Your policies will leave many people in the bitter, dangerous cold as a polar vortex moves into Texas,” wrote Abbott.

“With perilous temperatures moving into the area, many of these migrants are at risk of freezing to death on city streets,” he later added.

In El Paso, migrant shelters were forced to release people out on the street, overwhelming social services in the city.
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Earlier this month Abbott called on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) to investigate NGOs that help migrants, claiming that “NGOs may be engaged in unlawfully orchestrating other border crossings through activities on both sides of the border, including in sectors other than El Paso.”
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Do not be surprised if the liar-in-chief in Washington blames the states that are the victims of his mismanagement of the border which he claims is not important.  Biden's irresponsible border policy is responsible for these people coming in droves, to begin with, and he should be held responsible for what happens to the cities they are flooding into and the of migrants trying to take advantage of his border policy.  It should be noted that Border Democrats have also been warning about the problem.

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And:

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