The Biden regime has refused Governor Greg Abbott’s appeal that the federal government reimburse Texas for millions of dollars spent responding to the migrant crisis at the southern border–a crisis caused by the misleadership of the democrat regime in Washington D.C.
It was the Texas governor’s second request. This from newsmax.com.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell denied the Texas Republican’s request to approve the state’s emergency declaration, the Washington Examiner reported.
Criswell notified the governor of the decision in a letter sent Sunday.
“After a thorough review of all the information contained in your initial request and appeal, we reaffirm our original findings that supplemental federal assistance under the Stafford Act is not warranted for this event,” Criswell wrote, according to a copy of the letter shared with the Examiner.
“Therefore, I must inform you that your appeal for an emergency declaration is denied.”
Abbott had sent a Sept. 20 letter to Joe Biden requesting help.
The governor urged the government to honor his disaster status and pay for the higher-than-normal state and local operations on the basis that “border security is a federal responsibility,” the Examiner said.
Abbott did not say how much Texas had spent to secure the border, though he did say “thousands” of National Guard members and state police have been sent to the border since Operation Lone Star was a launched in March.
After the administration rejected his first claim, Abbott appealed the decision on Oct. 7.
“In the last eight months alone, over a million individuals crossed illegally into the United States, which is now on pace for over 2 million illegal crossings for 2021,” the two senators wrote.
“The state and local communities in Texas bear direct and indirect costs of the increasing volume of illegal immigration along the southwest border, and federal assistance is necessary to further protect the lives, property, public health, and safety of the communities along the border.”
Texas officials are bracing for a possible rush of more than 60,000 Haitian migrants just weeks after thousands of Haitians arrived in the border town of Del Rio, Texas.
The Biden regime has limited the reach of Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and has also been releasing migrants into the U.S.—both of which are impeachable offenses, if not worse.
How far will this standoff go? And who will cry ‘Uncle’ first?
President Trump you are missed sir.
Good speed to the powers of right and true.
