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Open Border: Beto O’Rourke

O’Rourke Wants To Curtail Immigration Enforcement, “All But Eliminating Immigration Detention,” And Grant Citizenship To Illegal Immigrants Currently In The U.S. “O’Rourke’s plan focuses on curtailing immigration enforcement — in particular, all but eliminating immigration detention — and focusing instead on building up immigration courts and case management systems for newly arriving asylum seekers, while returning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests and deportations of immigrants already living in the US to the constraints of President Barack Obama’s last years in office. … But beyond the now-standard Democratic promise to pass a bill that allows the 11 million unauthorized immigrants currently in the US to apply for legal status and ultimately citizenship, and to expedite legalization and citizenship for DACA recipients and TPS recipients, there isn’t a complete bill framework here.” (Dara Lind, “Beto O’Rourke’s Immigration Plan Would Go Even Further On Executive Power Than Trump,” Vox, 5/31/19)

Governor Greg Abbott has done more than any other Governor in HISTORY to secure our border, including:
  • Securing $4 billion in funding for Texas’ border security efforts
  • Launching Operation Lone Star and deploying thousands of National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers
  • Arresting and jailing criminals trespassing or committing other state crimes along the southern border
  • Building a border wall
  • Signing a law to make it easier to prosecute smugglers bringing people into Texas
  • Signing 15 laws cracking down on human trafficking in Texas
  • Signing a law enhancing penalties for the manufacturing and distribution of fentanyl
  • Bussing migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago
  • Signing an agreement between the State of Texas and border states in Mexico, including Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to work together on border security and stop illegal immigration from Mexico
  • Creating DPS strike teams and establishing new vehicle inspection checkpoints targeting semi-trucks
  • Authorizing the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to apprehend illegal immigrants who cross into Texas and return them to the border