I am glad to see 25 Governors stepping up & supporting Gov. Abbott's efforts to secure the Southern Border
By Cong. Randy Weber
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Last weekend, I joined Chairman Michael McCaul, Rep. Henry Cuellar, Rep. Tony Gonzales, and Rep. Monica De La Cruz at the southern border. We then traveled to Mexico City to meet with government leaders in Mexico.
In McAllen, we toured the Customs and Border Detention facility, got a briefing by the FBI to discuss the dangerous trends and drugs they see pour across our border, talked with Texas DPS on their efforts to secure the southern border and rode down the Rio Grande where migrants cross daily.
In Mexico, we met with the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the Mexican security cabinet. We discussed strategies to address migration and increase trade between our two nations. Moving forward, we cannot continue playing defense on the 1-yard line called the US-Mexico border. We must work with Mexico to stop migrants before they arrive in the United States.
For the last couple of days, Texas has been in the news. This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden Administration can cut the razor wire that Texas has put up on the southern border to deter illegal immigrants from crossing.
The administration no doubt will say this is a win for border security, but if they sought rank and file input, which I got during my trip to the southern border, they would understand this would do the exact opposite. Agents support what Texas was trying to accomplish in the absence of true border security policies from this administration.
This is a federally sanctioned invasion. If the federal government won't do its job to secure the southern border, then TEXAS has the authority to step in and protect its citizens and communities. In my opinion, it would be easier for Joe Biden to pick up the phone and enforce the laws in the book than go after Texas as ruthlessly as he has for them securing the border.
I am glad to see that 25 governors from other states are stepping up and supporting Gov. Abbott's efforts to secure the southern border. The impacts of the border crisis go beyond what we are even seeing in the media. It will impact our schools and our health care system and will continue to kill people with the thousands of pounds of fentanyl that is pouring across the border.
The situation at the southern border is a MAN-MADE problem by Joe Biden. The consequences of open border policies are not a force of nature; they are the result of decisions made in Washington. It's actually pretty simple: ENFORCE the laws on the books, STOP flooding our backyards with millions of lawbreakers, and STOP catch and release.
Congressman Randy Weber represents the 14th District of Texas, and serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which has the broadest jurisdiction of any legislative committee in Congress. He also serves on the Science Space & Technology. Prior to being elected to Congress, Weber served four years in the Texas State House, where he served as Vice Chair of Border & Intergovernmental Affairs.
