From the Texas House to former President Donald Trump, Republicans around the country defended Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s challenges to the Biden administration’s border policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the Texas House to former President Donald Trump, Republicans across the country are rallying behind Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s legal standoff with the federal government at the southern border, intensifying concerns about a constitutional crisis amid an ongoing dispute with the Biden administration. At issue is concertina wire that the Texas National Guard has been using as a barrier between the Rio Grande River and Shelby Park, a 47-acre area in Eagle Pass. In a 5-4 decision earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Biden Administration when it vacated a lower court\u2019s ruling that prevented Border Patrol agents from cutting the wire to apprehend people who had crossed the river. On Wednesday \u2014 and as the Texas National Guard and state troopers continued to roll out the wire and prevent federal agents from accessing much of the park \u2014 Abbott continued to publicly challenge the ruling and \u201chold the line.” He declared that Texas was under an \u201cinvasion,\u201d giving the state the constitutional right to defend itself and claimed that President Joe Biden\u2019s practice of paroling migrants into the country amounted to a refusal to enforce current immigration laws. “President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress,” Abbott said in a statement. “Instead of prosecuting immigrants for the federal crime of illegal entry, President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas for taking action to secure the border.”