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Republicans across the country are rallying behind Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott’s legal standoff with the federal government and an
ongoing dispute with President Joe Biden over the ongoing rush
of illegal immigrants across the border.
A letter signed by 25 Republican governors throws support behind
Abbott after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of federal
agents’ power to remove wire that had been placed in Eagle Pass,
Texas, along the border.
“President Biden and his Administration have left Americans and
our country completely vulnerable to unprecedented illegal
immigration pouring across the Southern border,” the letter
reads.
More than 35,000 migrants have come to Illinois since August
2022, many of them arriving on buses from Texas.
State officials have been calling on President Joe Biden for
extra funding for the issue. State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago,
proposed the idea of refusing to host the Democratic National
Convention until more federal dollars are sent to Chicago to
deal with the issue.
“The southern border issue probably has a more near-term effect
on the safety of U.S. citizens, whereas the Middle East has the
ability of truly changing our standing as a world power if we
fail to respond to this escalating structure of attacks on U.S.
forces,” Illinois state Sen. Craig Wilcox told The Center
Square.
Wilcox, R-McHenry, was referring to the drone attack in Jordan
that recently killed three U.S. soldiers.
On his Truth Social platform, former President Donald Trump
encouraged states to deploy their National Guards to Texas.
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