Greg Abbott Says Texas Border is Solved—Is He Right?

On August 27, Texas Governor Greg Abbott claimed the state's issue with migrants coming across the southern border from Mexico had been "solved" during an interview with NewsNation's Ali Bradley.

The Republican governor has poured substantial resources into Operation Lone Star, a program he launched in 2021 in a bid to control migration. The operation has seen large quantities of razor wire and other barriers installed along the Texas-Mexico border, with floating buoys used to block crossing of the Rio Grande. At times the governor has clashed with the Biden administration, including in January when he invoked the state's "right to self-defense" after the Supreme Court ruled federal agents could remove razor wire installed on the governor's orders.

During his NewsNation interview, Abbott took credit for the recent fall in encounters across Texas, saying: "We've solved the Texas problem, but the United States problem—that requires a new president to make sure that we are actually going to secure our border."