Texas Governor Greg Abbott will announce next week his plan to build a border wall between Mexico and the southern state of the United States, he told a press conference on Thursday.
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Denouncing illegal immigration
"out of control"
and announcing a series of measures to strengthen police resources for the arrest of migrants, the Republican governor declared that he wanted the resumption of the work launched under the presidency of Donald Trump and stopped on the first day of the Joe Biden's tenure. Greg Abbott, however, did not provide more details on his plans for the construction of this wall and doubts remain on the feasibility of such a project for Texas since part of the land at the border belongs to the federal government or to individual.
The construction of an
“anti-migrant”
wall
on the border between Mexico and the United States was one of Donald Trump's main campaign promises for the 2016 presidential election. The barrier, along some 3,200 kilometers from the border with Mexico, should, according to him, protect the country from illegal migrants, criminals and drug traffickers.
"Promise made, promise kept"
, assured the White House in January, during Donald Trump's visit to Texas to mark the completion of more than 700 kilometers of this wall. In fact, a third of the border already had a wall or barrier before he came to power, and the work under his tenure mainly consisted of improvements or reinforcements of existing structures.
"Call for air"
Arrests of migrants on the US border with Mexico reached their highest level in 15 years in March, statistics released in April show that increased pressure on Joe Biden, accused by the opposition of downplaying the crisis . Texas Governor Greg Abbott will announce next week his plan to build a border wall between Mexico and the southern state of the United States, he told a press conference on Thursday. Denouncing illegal immigration
"out of control"
and announcing a series of measures to strengthen police resources for the arrest of migrants, the Republican governor declared that he wanted the resumption of the work launched under the presidency of Donald Trump and stopped on the first day of the Joe Biden's tenure.
Greg Abbott, however, did not provide more details on his plans for the construction of this wall and doubts remain on the feasibility of such a project for Texas since part of the land at the border belongs to the federal government or to individual. The construction of an "anti-migrant" wall on the border between Mexico and the United States was one of Donald Trump's main campaign promises for the 2016 presidential election. The barrier, along some 3,200 kilometers from the border with Mexico, should, according to him, protect the country from illegal migrants, criminals and drug traffickers. "Promise made, promise kept", assured the White House in January, during Donald Trump's visit to Texas to mark thecompletion of more than 700 kilometers of this wall.
In fact, a third of the border already had a wall or barrier before he came to power, and the work under his tenure mainly consisted of improvements or reinforcements of existing structures. Arrests of migrants on the US border with Mexico reached their highest level in 15 years in March, according to statistics released in April that increased pressure on Joe Biden, accused by Republicans of downplaying the crisis. They accuse the president of having caused a
"breath of fresh air"
by relaxing the migration policies of his predecessor Donald Trump, and of ignoring the problem thus created.