Texas will have its own wall on the border with Mexico, said its governor

Governor Greg Abbott assures that the construction of the wall is to “ensure and safeguard the sovereignty of the United States.”

Texas started the building your own “wall” – huge steel bars – on the border with Mexico, said on Saturday its governor, Republican Greg Abbott, who criticized the federal government for not doing enough to stop clandestine immigration.

“Texas is taking a truly unprecedented step” in the country, Abbott said at a news conference, with the construction of “a wall on our border to ensure and safeguard the sovereignty of the United States, as well as that of our own state ”.

He added that it is a measure “necessary for a single reason: the administration Biden has not done his job “said Abbott from Rio Grande City, in front of a crane and steel bars.

The governor, who has ambitions beyond the borders of his state, denounced the “Deadly consequences” of the politics of Democratic President Joe Biden.

This border wall that you see behind us is a replica of the border wall that President Trump erected. Same material, same concept.

The Republican added.

Building a wall on the border between Mexico and the United States was one of the main campaign promises of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race.

During on mandate (2017-2021), Trump built some sections, but Biden stopped work.

Abbott assured Fox News that his state was able to move “fast” with the construction, taking place on land under Texas jurisdiction or owned by landowners “who are (…) fed up with the Biden administration”.

The Democratic president receives criticism for his immigration policy on two fronts: the left reproaches him for harshness and the right laxity. (I)

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