Correspondent in Washington
The migration crisis is straining relations between Texas and the American federal government more than ever, while in Washington electoral calculations are grafted onto partisan divisions to maintain the paralysis of Congress.
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, is now competing with federal agents for control of the border with Mexico, going so far as to deny them access to certain sectors.
After a Supreme Court ruling last Monday authorizing Border Patrol to remove barbed wire installed under his authority, Governor Abbott accused the federal government of breaking the constitutional pact that gives him control of security borders.
“President Biden refused to enforce the laws, and even violated them,”
accused the Republican governor of Texas.
Defying the Court's decision, he announced that he would order the installation of additional barbed wire to discourage immigration...
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