The crackdown by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deal with the influx of migrants across the Mexican border has the open support of the Republicans and the U.S. right[.]
Abbott wants to be a Republican U.S. presidential candidate, like Donald Trump, and seeks to make a hard stance against migrants his political platform.
Georgia and Florida have also passed new voting restrictions, and President Biden on Saturday unfavorably compared Texas’ bill to election changes in those states as “an assault on democracy.”