"Republican Push to Federalize Texas National Guard Amid Border Standoff"
TL;DR
Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, are rallying behind Texas Governor Greg Abbott's legal standoff with the federal government over border security, intensifying concerns about a constitutional crisis. Abbott has declared Texas under an "invasion" and is using concertina wire to prevent federal agents from accessing a 47-acre area in Eagle Pass. While some legal scholars and Democrats have condemned Abbott's actions, many Republicans across the country are supporting his defiance of the federal government and calling for other states to deploy their national guards to Texas.
- Republican Party backs Greg Abbott’s border standoff The Texas Tribune
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Just Took His War With the Feds to the Next Level The New Republic
- Republican lawmakers push to ban feds from removing border barriers after Supreme Court defeat Fox News
- Joe Biden Faces Growing Calls to Federalize Texas National Guard Newsweek
- Supreme Court razor wire ruling does not settle southern border feud USA TODAY
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