Greg Abbott warns illegal immigrants: "We’re going to do everything we can to keep you out of our country"
The governor of Texas said at a roundtable discussion on the border crisis that the numbers from 2020 were “the lowest in decades."
Greg Abbott warned illegal immigrants that he will do everything possible to keep them out of the country. The Republican governor participated in a roundtable discussion on the border crisis this past Tuesday in Welasco. There he issued the following warning to those attempting to enter the country illegally through the Texas border:
Fox News reported that one of the measures Abbott wants to implement in Operation Lone Star is to impose a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison for anyone who brings illegal immigrants into the United States from Texas.
Greg Abbott warns of increase in illegal immigration
This proposal is just one of many that Abbott would like to implement in order to address one of the problems the state has been dealing with for years: illegal immigration. In fact, during the roundtable Abbott said that in 2020 the number of illegal immigrants was "the lowest in decades." However, by 2023, the situation changed dramatically:
He is not the only one concerned about illegal immigration in Texas. Senator Brian Birdwell was also appalled by the situation in the Lone Star State and thanked Abbott for his involvement in the matter: