- Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that on Tuesday shipping containers were added to the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, serving as a blockade, as the city declared a state of emergency earlier in December to deal with the surge of illegal immigrants crossing into the US.
- Abbott tweeted on Wednesday, “Texas is adding shipping containers to the US-Mexico border in El Paso.
- This is in addition to the razor wire and National Guard. Together, the strategies are causing illegal immigration at that location to plummet.”