Abbott pulls National Guard from El Paso food bank for border enforcement efforts

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://elpasomatters.org/2021/08/24/abbott-pulls-national-guard-from-el-paso-food-bank-for-border-enforcement-efforts-official-says/

Gov. Greg Abbott’s July declaration that “more manpower is needed” at the border means El Paso’s sole food bank will temporarily shutter a third site after the likely departure of the final 30 members of Texas National Guard sent earlier this year to help staff the distribution sites.

“What we were told is that the governor would be deploying them to the border, to guard the border from people coming across and to prepare the border for the building of the wall,” said El Pasoans Fighting Hunger CEO Susan Goodell.

In late July, the governor ordered an influx of men and women from the Texas National Guard to the Rio Grande Valley and the surrounding areas to assist the Texas Department of Public Safety in its border security operations.

On Tuesday, Abbott authorized the National Guard “to enforce Texas law, including arresting people who have crossed the border illegally and violated Texas law.” He also said the Guard “is also helping with the early stages of constructing border barriers and a border wall.”

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[Comfortably_Numb]

1. There is no bottom when it comes to this petty, vindictive bag of pig shit.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Got to keep up the political theater on both fronts, "the border and the VID"....

both very important performances by the christofascists just now.

[struggle4progress]

3. Abbott's plan for Texas: Freeze! Starve! And die in a pandemic!

[viva la]

4. Eventually the voters in these States

Are going to have to decide that these political stunts aren't worth the damage they do to the wellbeing of the residents.

[Mr.Bill]

5. Since Abbott thinks it's his job to police the border,

Biden should thank him for his efforts and withdraw all federal border personnel from Texas.