More than two dozen Texas Republicans have written to President Biden requesting a meeting and urging him to reimburse Texas for its efforts to secure the border.
Both Abbott and the House lawmakers have accused the federal government of not doing enough to secure the border, leaving Texas to fend for itself -- noting also the national security threats posed at the border, including dozens of people on the terror watch list stopped by Border Patrol.
"Ranchers throughout west Texas routinely find bodies of dead migrants, or have their private property destroyed," the delegation writes."Drugs flowing across our border have led to a record-number of American lives being ruined by poisonings from synthetic drugs, such as fentanyl. Small localities along the border are suffering from the federal government's failures. These towns should not be forced to reallocate their already exhausted resources to secure their communities.
"Texans are united in condemning the Biden Administration’s border crisis along our border that is ravaging our state and putting the safety of every American at risk," Rep. Pfluger said in a statement to Fox News Digital."Securing the border is a federal responsibility, and the State of Texas deserves to be reimbursed for the resources spent securing the border through Operation Lonestar.
The White House, meanwhile, has looked to increase pressure on Congress to pass a sweeping immigration reform bill introduced two years ago on Biden’s first day in office. That bill, which includes greater legal pathways for migration as well as a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants, has yet to pick up any Republican support."I'll continue to call on Congress to act to pass comprehensive immigration reform to fix the system," he said to the U.S.
"So, we have a choice: They can keep using immigration to try to score political points, or we can help solve the problem. Immigration reform used to be a bipartisan issue. And we can make it that again, in my view," he said.Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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