Texas Governor Abbott creates “steel barrier” of vehicles to prevent migrants from entering the United States

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday described how law enforcement created a “steel barrier” of vehicles to prevent migrants from entering the United States – as Lone Star State strives to put an end to a wave of illegal migration.

“They created a steel barrier preventing people from crossing the border,” Abbott said at a press conference on the migrant crisis in Del Rio, where thousands of Haitian migrants flocked last week.

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“One day countless people were crossing the border, then the same day the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) put all these DPS vehicles in, and suddenly, in an instant, people stopped crossing. the border there. the strategy is working. “

He said the vehicles traveled for miles and that this was one of many “unprecedented” measures taken by Texas to stop the border crisis – including a $ 3 billion investment by the legislature for Try the challenge.

Abbott said Texas was stepping up its efforts as the Biden administration “favored and allowed open border policies.”

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“The only thing they have shown is an inability to deal with this crisis, frankly in a way that they claim it doesn’t even exist,” the Republican governor said at a press conference. “And we’re here to tell you, it exists and it’s total chaos and the Biden administration – they have to improve their game, a lot of the time.”

There were over 200,000 migrant encounters in July and August as part of an ongoing wave of migrants. Last week, more than 14,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, camped under the Del Rio Bridge. The Department of Homeland Security sent resources and agents to the area in response, and the number on the bridge fell to around 8,000.

The Biden administration blamed “root causes” like poverty and violence in Central America, as well as the Trump administration for shutting down legal asylum routes. Republicans criticized the administration for overturning Trump-era policies such as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPPs) and reinstating “catch-and-release.”

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Abbott has tried to take matters into his own hands and earlier this year announced plans to build a South Texas border wall and also launched Operation Lonestar – which involves the deployment of law enforcement to the border to stop those who come in illegally.

“If they are planning to come and cross that river here in Texas, you might end up in handcuffs and going straight to jail rather than being released into the general population,” he said. .