Published February 18, 2024
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced plans to build a military base camp near El Paso, Texas, while responding to President Joe Biden’s ongoing immigration crisis.
The military base will house National Guard troops tasked with the sole responsibility of keeping the southern border secure and free from illegal migrants crossing into the U.S.
Abbott said on Friday that the camp will be built on 80 acres of land in Eagle Pass and hold up to 1,800 Texas National Guard members. It will also have room to house an additional 500 members in an effort to keep the border’s security on lockdown.
“This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas Military Department soldiers in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and efficiently,” Abbott said during a press conference.
The governor said the first 300 beds should be ready by April, promising not to reduce Texas resources on the border any time soon.
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SOURCE: www.townhall.com
RELATED: Texas starts construction on new 80-acre military base camp in Eagle Pass for 2,300 soldiers as Gov. Greg Abbott promises to ‘amass a large army’ to combat migrant invasion
Published February 18, 2024
- Texas is building a military ‘base camp’ in the city of Eagle Pass near the Mexico border as the state’s Republican governor looks to deter illegal immigration
- The facility – dubbed Forward Operating Base Eagle – will be an 80-acre complex along the banks of the Rio Grande and house up to 2,300 troops
- Record numbers of migrants have crossed illegally into the U.S. since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, including several million crossing into Texas
Texas plans to construct a military base along the border with Mexico, the state’s Republican governor announced on Friday, as his election-year tug-of-war with the White House over migration continues to broil.
A wave of illegal border crossings in recent months has made migration a key talking point in the US presidential election campaign once again, with Republicans seeking to pin blame for the record-high numbers entirely on Democratic President Joe Biden.
Governor Greg Abbott made the announcement of the new base in the flashpoint border town of Eagle Pass, where he has amassed national guard troops from Texas and other Republican-led states to erect razor wire and other barriers in a bid to block migrants from entering the country.
The town lies along the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border with Mexico.
