Texas Gov Greg Abbott ripped for claiming Joe Biden's border policy encourages more 'illegal crossings'

WASHINGTON, DC: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sharply criticized President Joe Biden's recent executive order aimed at combating the border crisis, asserting that it will exacerbate illegal crossings rather than curb them.

According to Abbott, the new policy, which was announced by the White House last week, will worsen the situation at the border.

Greg Abbott claims Joe Biden is 'authorizing more people to cross border illegally'

The executive order intends to temporarily suspend the entry of non-citizens once the daily average of border encounters surpasses 2,500 over a seven-day period, as previously reported by Fox News Digital. This measure will remain in place until the seven-day average of encounters drops below 1,500 for two consecutive weeks.

"As long as the Biden administration refuses to provide any type of enforcement, any type of blockage of people crossing illegally, all that this new Biden policy is going to do is to actually attract and invite even more people to cross the border illegally," expressed Abbott during an appearance on 'Sunday Morning Futures' with Maria Bartiromo. 

"There's no slowing down of people crossing the border. In fact, it's just accelerating. This is gaslighting our fellow Americans. When Biden gets up and says, ‘This is going to stop people from coming across the border', when he says, 'It's going to secure the border', in fact, it is making illegal border crossings worse."

Critics of President Biden argue that the executive order is a political maneuver designed to address mounting criticism of his border policies ahead of the November election. Abbott and others contend that the order will encourage more non-citizens to attempt illegal crossings.

"He's not doing anything to actually secure the border — in fact, it's the opposite, because he's actually authorizing more people to cross the border illegally," Abbott told Bartiromo. "When you get to that 2,500 number of people crossing the border a day that he says he will allow, but only then stop the asylum process — when he stops the asylum process, there's nothing that Biden is doing that actually is preventing anybody else from crossing the border. There's no type of enforcement mechanism in place."

Since taking office, President Biden has faced significant criticism from Republicans for rolling back Trump-era border protections, which many believe have led to a substantial increase in crossings. Over 7 million migrant crossings have occurred under the current administration.

Netizens react to Greg Abbott's criticism of Joe Biden's border policy

A user tweeted, "Biden needs to be held accountable for failure to enforce the law."

Another added, "All bidens order did was stop the legal process, it did NOTHING to stop or even slow the illegal alien crossings but it probably added to their numbers due to the lack of a legal avenue."

A user tweeted, "It's almost the same EO Trump pushed ... why didn't he complain then?"

"Blame Biden for doing nothing, Blame Biden for doing something," read a tweet.

"Sort of what you are doing with your border jijinks huh Greg? Except you have soaked Texas taxpayers for a close to a billion dollars for Nothing," claimed a user.

"Then let the GOP get off their collective a**es and put forth proper legislation and not just delay tactics. shut up and do your job," asserted another.

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