Texas officials took another step Tuesday morning to fulfill their pledge to continue construction of a southern border wall. After purchasing a 1,400 acre ranch along the Rio Grande River in a crisis area that officials say is a center for human trafficking, as well as weapons and drug smuggling.
“I made a promise to all Texans that as Land Commissioner I will do everything in my power to stop the pain and suffering being caused to this land,” Dawn Buckingham said during a news conference with other officials. on Tuesday “The previous owner did not allow law enforcement to be enforced on this farm.”
said Buckingham. Officials will build another mile of the wall in the coming weeks. The first panels were installed on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the family of Jocelyn Nangaray, who was killed by a suspected illegal immigrant, is watching
BATTLEGROUND STATE RANCHER ‘OUTRAGED’ BY BIDEN STOPS WALL CONSTRUCTION AS Immigrants Flow Into USA
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and her ranch on the Rio Grande River (Texas Land Office | Fox News Digital)
“Every day is hard, every day is hard, some days are easier than others, but it never takes away from the fact that she is no longer here because of the pain of people being left in this country doing things. They did her,” said Alexis, Jocelyn’s mother. Said during the press conference
Gov. Greg Abbott announced funding for state programs to continue in 2021. wall construction after the Biden administration abruptly ended the Trump-era program. Abbott also built floating barriers on the Rio Grande. His administration bridged the barriers. and the broader efforts of the state matched with reduced fear
Buckingham said she has offered President Donald Trump and incoming border mogul Tom Homan the use of 1,400 acres “to create a facility for processing, detaining and coordinating things. That would be the largest deportation of a violent criminal in the history of our country.”
Homan and Abbott greet and serve food to Texas National Guard soldiers. and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers. also in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Tuesday.
‘Shut it down’: Red states make massive land purchases to boost border wall efforts amid rising immigrant flows
Drone image of a farm in Starr County. (Texas Land Office)
Rep. Chip Roy, who was also at the event, urged fellow Republicans to pass stricter immigration policies. When Trump took office in January
“There are no excuses,” he said.
“Americans are dying. That is why President Trump was swept into office. That is why Republicans won three chambers in Washington,” Roy added.
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Immigrants at the southern border and President Trump (Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
