| Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency. Emily Scherer for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. Source images: The Texas Tribune and documents obtained by ProPublica. Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repeated a claim he's made for the past five years. He stated that the number of people crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally 'posed an ongoing and imminent threat' across the state. In doing so, he renewed a border security disaster proclamation that has greatly expanded his powers without going through the state Legislature. |
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