The Lone Star State has a posse: governors and state officials across the nation, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), are among those who have stood with the state in its standoff with the Biden administration over the southern border.
On Jan. 24, after the Supreme Court ruled that U.S. Border Patrol could remove razor wire placed by Texas authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott posted a statement on X accusing the federal government of having “broken the compact between the United States and the States.”
The governor argued that Texas must now exercise a right to self-defense against a record-breaking influx of illegal immigrants crossing its border under the Biden administration….
