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Jan 26 2024
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Greg Abbott escalates fight with Biden in latest Operation Lone Star update
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) issued the latest update on his Operation Lone Star effort to secure the border Friday amid Texas’s fight with the Biden administration. The latest press release highlighted crimes that were prevented thanks to the cooperation of multiple agencies. Since the operation’s beginning in March 2021, officials seized more than 454 million lethal doses of fentanyl, which is
Washington ExaminerNov 19 2023
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Trump picks up the endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Donald Trump picked up the Texas governor’s endorsement Sunday during a visit to a U.S.-Mexico border town and promised that his hard-line immigration policies in a second presidential term would make Greg Abbott’s “job much easier.” “You’ll be able to focus on other things in Texas,” Trump told Abbott as they each appeared before a crowd of about 150 at an airport hangar in Edinburg. Abbott,
Dallas-Fort Worth NewsNov 19 2023
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Gov. Greg Abbott set to endorse Donald Trump for president
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is expected to endorse Donald Trump during their meeting in Texas on Sunday. Trump is visiting during the governor's annual tradition of delivering tamales to Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Texas National Guardsmen stationed at the border ahead of Thanksgiving. The troopers' and guardsmen's efforts led to the apprehension 484,100 illegal migrants since
Washington ExaminerJan 25 2024
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Greg Abbott urged to "fully militarize" Texas State Guard to counter Biden
A leading Texan nationalist has urged Governor Greg Abbott to dramatically expand and militarize the Texas State Guard if President Biden federalizes the Texas National Guard, as some Democrats are demanding, in response to the ongoing border crisis. Texan House Democrats Greg Casar and Joaquin Castro have suggested Biden should bring the Texas National Guard under federal control using a
NewsweekJan 25 2024
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Greg Abbott Defies Supreme Court, Will Continue Securing Border at State Level
On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) issued a bold statement refusing to follow a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, and will continue using state law enforcement and the Texas National Guard to secure the southern border. As reported by the Daily Caller, Abbott’s declaration follows the controversial ruling by the Court on Monday, which decided in a 5-4
American GreatnessJan 23 2024
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Greg Abbott vows "this is not over" after Supreme Court border loss
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said "this is not over" after a divided Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a victory on Monday by allowing federal agents to remove razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border. The installation of the razor wire near the border city of Eagle Pass was among several aggressive measures the Republican governor has taken in a bid to
NewsweekMay 06 2024
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Abbott says flooding still a threat as recovery begins
Gov. Greg Abbott, second left, holds a press conference with local officials to update the state's ongoing response to severe weather and flooding conditions that impacted East Texas communities during a press conference Monday, May 6, 2024 at Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management Warehouse in Conroe. Abbott urged people whose properties are damaged to report to the state government
Houston ChronicleFeb 19 2024
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Greg Abbott to build National Guard base in Eagle Pass Texas to fight border invasion
The Post MillennialJan 25 2024
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Greg Abbott has new Supreme Court plan after justices side with Biden
Texas Governor Greg Abbott believes the latest Supreme Court rulings suggest an "appetite" among justices to hand him a win on his border feud with the Biden administration. "I don't know how and why the justices voted the way they did, but there seemed to be four justices who indicated, at least an appetite, to keep the case as is," Abbott told Fox News on Thursday. The Supreme Court dealt
NewsweekDec 26 2023
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How Gov. Greg Abbott lost a yearlong fight to create school vouchers
Sharing the stage at the Brazos Christian School gymnasium in Bryan, Rep. John Raney rose from his seat next to Gov. Greg Abbott during a pro-school voucher rally and lavished praise on the governor’s education agenda.
“Gov. Abbott understands the value of a good education and the importance of giving parents control over their children’s education,” Raney said at the March event,
The Texas Tribune