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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) slammed the Biden administration\u2019s move to send 1,500 troops to the southern border, arguing the president was sending the soldiers to \u201cdo paperwork\u201d and not \u201csecure the border.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Biden is sending 1,500, quote, soldiers to do paperwork, and he\u2019s not going to secure the border,\u201d Abbott said in an interview with Fox News Sunday.<\/p>\n
The national focus on the southern border has increased as the federal government\u2019s Title 42 policy, a federal rule that has allowed the government to strictly regulate border entries, gets set to expire this month.<\/p>\n
Title 42 is a controversial Trump administration pandemic-era policy that has allowed the federal government to expel migrants who have come to the border claiming asylum. Biden and his team have continued to defend the use of the policy, as immigration advocates argue it is a violation of federal and international law.<\/p>\n
The movement of troops to the southern border from the White House comes as the policy is set to expire on Thursday, with a surge of migrants expected. But Abbott, who has very publicly clashed with and called out the president for his border policies, said more manpower than that was needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not need 1,500 soldiers,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cWe need 15,000 or 150,000 to secure the border because of the open border policies of the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n
When pressed on accepting similar types of reinforcements from the Trump administration, Abbott said he supported the move from the Republican president because \u201cPresident Trump sent soldiers to the border to secure the border.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a day late and tens of thousands of soldiers too few,\u201d Abbott said.<\/p>\n
The Republican governor also criticized Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his recent visit to the border, during which the secretary, who has been perhaps the most highly criticized member of Biden\u2019s Cabinet, argued the border \u201cis not open, it has not been open.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says that the border is closed,\u201d Abbott said Sunday. \u201cEverybody in America knows that the border is not closed and it\u2019s more open.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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