Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to leave controversial buoys in the Rio Grande after the Supreme Court blocked a new state law targeting suspected illegal migrants from taking effect on Monday.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Abbott said the buoys would stay in the river, the building of a wall would continue and the Texas National Guard would erect razor wire barriers along the Texas-Mexico border.
Tensions have surged between Texan and federal authorities over how to respond to a surge in irregular migration across the southern border in recent months.
On January 22 the Supreme Court ruled federal agents could remove razor wire placed along the border on Abbott’s orders. This sparked a furious response from Abbott who claimed his state was being subject to an “invasion” and invoked “Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself.”
Irregular immigration has become a red hot political issue with Donald Trump, with the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee making a crackdown a key component of his bid for a second White House term.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Abbott referenced Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), the Texas legislation blocked from taking effect by the Supreme Court.
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