the gentleman from texas is recognized. the gentleman from texas reserves.an from missouri is recognized. mr. smith: i yield 30 seconds to the gentlelady from new york, ms. tenney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. tenney: thank you, mr. speaker. as a small business owner for a long time inup state new york, i join my colleagues in supporting h.r. 7024, the tax relief for american families and workers about. this kmp rehencive package -- this comprehensive package was inthaipped critical feedback from everyday americans across this nation through field hearings conducted by the ways and means committee. h.r. 7024 will have a meaningful impact in my constituents in new york's 24th district from hardworking manufacturers, multigeneration family farm, this package will have wide-ranging benefits for so many americans. i yield. mr. smith: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. smith: i recognize the gentl

how did the biden administration thank texas. they sued texas. this is the same joe biden vladimir putin can shoot down our drones, no consequences. invade ukraine? not a lot of consequences. pres presidentxi, our navy and international waterways. iran walk all over joe. what does he do? all the sudden your president wants to act tough because he is dealing with the state of texas? because the governor is doing joe's job upholding the law. governor abbott trying to secure the border in his state and enforce laws of our country. biden is enabling local law enforce immaterial -- even sued texas over installation of razor wire at the border. insane 5-4 decision. u.s. supreme court ruled federal government can take down the wire. however if you look at the ruling, didn't prohibit texas from putting it up. abbott ordered insulation of more razor wire. so now we are going to have a law enforcement bizarre showdown which is now underway between abbott and texas they want to enforce the law, secure border vs. biden and federal government ones that encour

and texas national guard? let's see. he cowers in fear when it comes to iran and china and russia and the who the rebels in yemen. why does biden seam to hate fellow americans more than the terrorist that want to kill us overseas or maybe sum that got into our country with the nearly 10 million illegal unvented joe biden immigrants? our very own sara carter traveled to the epicenter of the standoff, shelby park in eagle pass. take a look. >> reporter: john we are here at shelby park. the whole country is watching what is happening right here, right now. this is a constitutional issue. it's the federal government, the white house against the state. it's the men and women of the border patrol and our national guard and our texas dps that are stuck in the middle of it all. >> that's right. should the border patrol access the border? sure. but this is not a normal situation. the white house is preventing us from doing our job. they could be focusing on the fixing asylum and addressing all these cities in the count

bailey realized that even though tyler's texas treaty had failed in the senate, that the issue of texas annexation was still very much alive and he wanted to capitalize on it. one might ask whether bailey's timeliness in portraying texas as a young woman who resembled julia gardiner on her wedding day was mere coincidence. the answer requires us to dig a little more deeply into the lithography trade and into bailey's personal story. to start a skill, lithogphy required very little time to produce caricatures such as virtue. was harriet bailey had emigrated from the united kingdom several years earlier and had actually been a lithography distance 1838. so he was no novice in the trade, knew what to do, knew exactly how to get things done pretty quickly. and since he plied his trade in new york city, it is not unreasonable to imagine that he had heard news of the president's marriage and soon after the event took place, he hastened to his studio where either he or bucholz are sketch. the image that became virtue was harriet bailey intended to strike fast because lithograph would hit the s

the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms.ranger: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: the american people are tired of getting a complete lack of representation from their representatives. nobody in this country looks at congress and says, wow. heck of a job, guys and gals. who would do that? would we do that? it doesn't matter who is sitting in the speaker's seat or who has the majority. we keep doing the my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have no problem with wide open borders and endangering the people i represent and the people in texas are left spending $12.5 billion and have kids dying from fentanyl poisoning. it isn't fun to speak because of wide open borders, because of the policies of my democrat colleagues who refuse to do anything about it. not a thing. not a thing do my colleagues do anything about wide open borders. and i will continue to speak

the texas national guard.merican people can see what's happening because they see the illegal migrants being shipped off into housing facilities in chicago, in airports, like in boston. in new york, where we've been, sean. where we showed you right over at floyd field where over 2,000 migrants are being housed, and they can see the extreme nature of this situation where, right here, even at eagle pass, they have had people coming from, these are called special interest aliens. people from iraq. people from syria. people from pakistan. >> sean: crazy. >> that haven't been properly vetted and from all over the world. >> yes, it's absolutely insane. what's so incredible -- yes. >> sean: go ahead, finish your thought. what's so incredible? >> what i want to make clear is that what's so incredible is our border patrol, our national guard, our texas dps, even on the local level here in the county, the police officers that are working here in texas, they are working together, and they know that this is working. that'

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr.ld three minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for three minutes. mr. big: thank you. i sure get a kick out of listening to the gentleman from new york who doesn't know a darn thing about the border crisis and gets to stand up and say, oh, by golly, you know, all the fentanyl, 90% of that fentanyl, boy, they're catching that right there in the port of entry. you know why the catch it at the port of entry? that's where you have x-rays for the vehicles coming in, you have dogs that sniff. most of the vehicles are getting picked up and looked at. same with the p.e.d.es coming -- pedestrians coming across. you know why you don't find it between the ports of entry whern under the biden administration? you know why they don't find it? because right now you can literally drive, let's say if you're on the reservation, you can drive, they have 62 miles right there along the border. you can drive that. and you're going

la polÍtica del gobernador de texas son crueles, peligrosas e inhumanas.re migrantes que se encontraban en peligro mientras cruzaban el rÍo. al no poder contactar a la guardia nacional de texas los agentes visitaron de entrada. pero se les negÓ el paso. este suceso ha causado conmociÓn entre los defensores de los inmigrantes al igual que la casa blanca ya se pronunciÓ respecto. las autoridades mexicanas recuperaron los cuerpos el sÁbado al otro lado de la frontera de acuerdo al congresista, las vÍctimas eran miembros de una familia y sÓlo fueron identificados como una mujer, madre de menores. una niÑa de ocho aÑos y un niÑo de 10 aÑos. >> las autoridades a nivel estatal de texas y la patrulla fronteriza estÁn en choque sobre quiÉn debe de estar supuestamente en control de la frontera. y lo preocupante di aquÍ es que quienes estÁn perdiendo la vida son las personas migrantes que vienen en busca de asilo. reportera: el departamentode texas dijo que recibieron informaciÓn pero no encontraron, justo este viernes el departamento justicia le dijo la corte suprem

texas or texas vs.e union, but you can split america regarding the civil war. well, the civil war in america has been going on for a long time, in the sense in which the third world war is going on in the world, for example, i am sure of this, that is, it all started back in 2020, then it all intensified after the fraud in the us presidential elections, it was january 6, all these are elements of a civil war, but it will not be the same as it was 200 years ago, of course, yes, because, well , time has changed, but what is a civil conflict and civil confrontation. “i’m out of my mind, i’m already afraid to stay with the elyushki, what was it, sklepasosovsky, we’re watching today on rtr, and soon we’re watching new episodes, all for the premiere of the new season of the series sklefosovsky. you’re watching 100 to one, what’s our task, all the boards open, we’ll handle it, if you ask, then with the swelling, the name of which character from the works pushkin, everyone knows how much it will be 7.8, 7.8, 7.

a pretty big deal in texas. they're going to defy the federal deadline despite the supreme court ruling against the state in a dispute over razor wire. the court -- >> bill: earlier in the week the court said the feds can't remove the wire. abbott says texas has the right to defend itself. >> dana: jonathan turley is on deck but let's begin with matt finn with the latest from eagle pass. >> as it stands right now the state of texas has not given up control along the property along the border or removed any razor wire. texas has been installing additional razor wire. we have some fresh video to show you. today is the deadline the biden administration issued to texas for this state to reopen this property to border patrol. the texas attorney general tells me there are no plans to cooperate with that deadline or remove texas's razor wire barrier that is serving as a border wall here. >> walls and fences work everywhere. there is a reason that people build them and a reason that they are working. they make it hard f

he ruled that texas authorities must tear down the fence.sident biden gave the state 24 hours to tear down the fence. the ultimatum expired, but the warnings did not begin to be obeyed. the governor, who these days is establishing business relations for his state. i don’t intend to give up with an entire country, and not just any country, with india. criminals cross our border, texas as a state has the right to stop criminals coming into our state and arrest them. we have the national guard along with texas department of public safety officers who are there to make these arrests and stop people from crossing the border illegally. it got to the point of talk that texas does not need such a federation in a state that is in the middle. in the 19th century, it was an independent state for 8 years, and again they started talking about independence. newsweak magazine will be out next week with breakaway texas on the cover. there was no need to think long about what the secession of a part of the country could be called. possible events in the sout

leaders of 25 states already support texas.express support for ebot and appeal to the main document of the country. constitution, according to which local authorities can pursue their own policies to protect against external threats if the central authorities are unable to do so. an external threat in texas is considered to be the thousands of migrants who enter the united states every day. since december last year, a migration record has been set. 300,000 people entered american soil, most illegally. the supreme court must put a legal end to the case; a hearing on the issue of texas self-government will take place next month, but texas declared the right to self-defense and established an invasion regime that allows you to send even more security forces to the border. it turns out that the former confederate leaders are again preparing to give the washington yankees a decisive battle. biden gave texas exactly 24 hours. to open borders, otherwise he said that nothing good would come of it. the national guard from other states h

texas is overrun with illegals. border protection is outnumbered by the fentanyl and text traffickers and texas and the rest of our united states are out of time. the border is a disaster. governor abbott says texas has the right to defend itself against an invasion and it will. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." let's take a look at the area in question. it is shelby park. we'll take a live look. 47 acres along the rio grande in eagle pass. the u.s. supreme court ruled the government can choose to enter that park and remove that razor wire. they chose against texas. but abbott, as i said, is not caving to the administration's demand. in fact, he has been installing even more razor wire. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick is warning the white house. >> if joe biden wants to come and split us apart. for what reason? they are trying to make this a fight. we're trying to protect our border. we are trying to protect american lives and texas lives. he is trying to turn it into a political battle

i represent the first district of texas, which is a rural district loced texas comprised of■ 17 countiesorders louisiana and arkansas and although not physical the southern border, may districtmpn border policies of the biden administration. as is every corner of america today. the text of my proposed resolution is simple, straight forward, and to the point. it denounces the biden administration's open border policies, condemns the national security crisis caused by these policies, and it urges president biden to end them why do we need to actually have this resolution on the house today? well, i'll tell you. it's for two primary reasons. one, because we need to admit that there's a problem. this house needs to admit there's a problem on the border. and number two,■l w identify the source of the problem itself. why do we have open borders is because of the policies of this administration. those two things today, to admit and to identify, will help us lead to a solution from this house body. across the three brf government. the border numbers do not lie. in fact, they tell a clear story a

but, you know, texas has to look out for texas. and we will take anyone's help.t to do like california. in texas, we have -- we hold certain principles and values close. we are going to stand up for them. >> brian: california says not only can you council we are giving you free healthcare. we know exactly where stand and putting the american people second or even third. brent, do you feel as though there is a chance that border patrol is going to try to go into a shelby park and the texas national guard is going to say no, you can't. there could be a physical confrontation. >> i know a the loft agents on both sides of that question. they work well together. the conflict isn't be with them. it's for their higher ups. i don't see any physical confrontation. they might be ordered to do something but i don't see it going anywhere. everyone down there from texas. border patrol agents or dps troopers or texas national guard. we are all on the same side on the ground. it's the leaders in washington violating their oath and their oath to office. >> brian: i know. if they

thank you texas.and it is because of the afl-cio, transportation trade united steelworkers, interfcial brotherhood of electrical workers. united autoworkers. siemens. alliance for american manufacturing, working for these e.v. chargers and to make sure only this for five months will we have the waiver and then we'll have where all the chargers will be required to contain 55% domestic content on the cost of components. the infrastructure in which e.v. chargers are housed are predominantly steel and iron which are excluded from this waiver now. so the explanation is this is to do better. to help america do bert. an to get us ready for july, 2024. and to help more states have investments that create jobs. moves us into a new level of technology. and provides the opportunity for more science-based mobility. transportation that is safe that is clean and that is job can we want? i rise to oppose this legislation because i want more jobs, i want more safe environment, and i want us to do the right thing. i y

i think that what's happening in texas is not just the texas issue. it's an american issue, and you have a situation you have a situation, we kind of are 8000000 people pour into this country, illegally adjusted in the last 3 years. oh, this has led to not only talks regarding the potential for civil war, but the breakup of the united states as a whole popular bloggers already making videos, exploring the possibility and practicality offices, sation the following video, for example, good offer and 1000000 views in just 24 hours a march 2023 pulse suggested around one 5th of the population, or 66000000 americans. if he could extrapolate from that, are amenable to a national divorce. looks like the 250 year it's is real. and even soon as we also rand nikki haley is on tape claiming the constitution allows students to succeed constitutions. the problem is that americans are becoming increasingly more divided on a number of issues, something which can be seen by the partisan differences. for example, in the white house as well. now take this survey for ex

>> it's a pretty poor use of money and texas race in the state of texas and we know how to stop georgeoros and it's good candidates and texas rent. >> back to the story and the texas national guard governor and this weekend with more razor wire in shelby park and just one week border patrol there called a convicted murder and two child sex offenders and another felon trying to cross illegally and terrorists were caught last quarter trying to cross illegally and tracking 1300 terrorists under the biden white house and ports of entry and in between and get your reaction to south dakota south dakota governor kristi noem, watch. >> texas should stand their ground and enforce the state laws and back to the constitutional rights they've been granted to protect their state's sovereignty. that's what so many of us as governors were offended by and democrats were threatening to encourage the president and activate our guards in order to get them to stand down and not protect our state and it's a dangerous situation and war zone at southern border and the humanity of what's happen asking strikin

this area of texas. that's 43 acres, okay? this is the del rio sector that contains shelby park. it's 55,000 acres, okay? apprehensions 4100, okay? that's just in seven days' time. gotaways more than 500. of them 26 criminals they find. smuggling cases. this is happening every week and just going on and on. slide back over here. now the biden administration has taken its position, the state of texas has fought back and lost a lot of these so far. it appears right now the rubber is about to meet the road. >> dana: as it continues going up on the merits of the case it looks like texas could be in a strong position. joining us now is the governor of texas and great to have you here with us, sir. can you explain what did you decide was the breaking point for you to take the steps that you did? maybe also just back up and let people know what are you saying about the compact between the federal government and the state of texas today? >> so it was the states that created the united states. when the states vot

this is texas land. shelby park belongs to the state of texas. it's a part of the united states of america and the president is refusing to defend it from an invasion. today was the deadline that president biden gave texas that they would start cutting down the razor wire. there's been none of that happening here today. i as the governor of south dakota see the effects of joe biden ignoring federal law and allowing this invasion every day in my home state. the funneling of the human trafficking and the drugs comes across this border comes in my state through my travel reservations, devastates my people. i'm proud to stand with the governor and his people here working to keep america safe. >> trace: do you worry, governor, that texas might be seen as defying the supreme court, defying the federal government, especially when republicans mainly support the makeup of this supreme court? >> you know, it's interesting the decision that came out of the supreme court. they talked about the fact that biden could take down razor wire. texas will put it bac

more on this story later in the hour with texas congressman pat fallon from texas. donald trump and nikki haley ron desantis in new hampshire today. six days until primary tuesday. trump is in the lead but haley closing in after coming in fourth in iowa and suspending his campaign, vivek ramaswamy joined the former president on stage in new hampshire last night. >> we are in the middle of a war in this country. that's what this is. it's between the permanent state and the everyday citizen. between those of us who love the united states of america, and a fringe minority who hates this country and what we stand for. and right now we need a commander-in-chief who will lead us to victory in this war. >> harris: in "focus" yesterday former new hampshire governor judd gregg said he endorsed nikki haley. >> the path to the nomination is narrow. there is no question about that. desantis doesn't have a path. but haley does. it is very narrow. there are a large number of states on super tuesday that trump won't do well in. massachusetts, maine, vermont, california, colorado.

now, he wants to get tough with with the state of texas and have a showdown in texas . he's, you know, precipitating here with a deadline of today. i don't think that's going to work out well either, especiallyutther looking at the new hampshire polling data. e number one issue in newllegal hampshire, illegal immigration. unvetted, illegal immigrants and joe biden. >> yeah, it is ammigrant huge p. it was the number one issue for voters in the iowa caucuses. issue fothe iowait was the numbr new hampshire voters. and i would guesue for ns if yon around this country and asked people in every single statesues how an issue for you is illegal immigration, it will be at the g top of the list. they know who protected this country and who ha.d most secure border in the history of this country was donald j. trump. not only that, but the democrat partnoy is hemorrhaging voters left and right. joe biden won. womeftn by about 58%.bout right now, his approval rating ,women hovers below 30%. >> you want to look at as statisti c is really frightening to the democrats. it's young voters

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. moran: i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr.ounce president biden's open border policies thaton, i repeat our country through our southern border. i wonder how many of my liberal friends across the aisle have actually even bng> the border. let us be clear, this is a crisis of biden's making. he has not been to the border. nor has vice president harris been to the border. they've been to a parking lot in el paso, texas, and that's as good as they can do. so for three years biden has ignored■z calls to the american people to secure the border and protect american lives. this administration's failed policies have allowed over eight million illegal immigrants to cross into country, forcing my home state of texas to take matters into their own hands, only to be attacked by biden's out of reach be sued forro texans. it's time for president biden and his administration are held accountable for the lack of action at our southern border. from my very f!pirst day, i have fought against the radical left's open border and amnesty policies,

the tomatoes are ripe and texas turns blue. every state must stand with texas.we lose that battle you're next. former texas governor rick perry joins us now. so, what is next, governor, if this thing looks to be on a coalition course and doesn't stop? >> well here is what i think will happen from a political standpoint. it's intriguing to i wills ten to the castro brothers talk about texas turning purp and blue. they're dreaming. what this administration is doing is turning texas even more red and it's really going to start getting red along the border where the historic democratic party was strong. because of this open border and open crime and open problem we have with drugs and other things happening on the border of texas. those hispanic, historic democrats are becoming republicans. becoming republicans overwhelmingly. i would suggest to the castro boys they may of been talk ing about their pipe dream of seeing a blue texas. texas is going to be even redder from a political stand point. now god bless governor abbott for what he's doing. he's fighting the fig

i think that what's happening in texas is not just the texas issue. it's an american issue. and you ever situation you have a situation, we kind of are 8000000 people pour into this country illegally just in the last 3 years. all this has led to not only talks regarding the potential for civil war, but the breakup of the united states as a whole popular bloggers already making videos, exploring the possibility and practicality offices sation the following video. for example, good offer a 1000000 views in just 24 hours a march 2023 pulse suggested around one 5th of the population, or 66000000 americans. if you can extrapolate from that, are amenable to a national divorce. looks like the 250 year it's is real. and even soon as we also ran nikki haley is on tape claiming the constitution allows students to succeed. besides the constitution. the problem is that americans are becoming increasingly more divided on the number of issues. something which can be seen by the partisan differences, for example, in the white house as well. now take this survey for example, which looks at

that border officials are siding with texas and texas is going to put the fencing back up and border officials are siding with texas and is that what you're hearing? >> that's what i'm hearing from my friends and texas is a multiplier and texas takes control in the area and it releases more to go to the unguarded areas and the big part of the border isn't being in patrol to the border patrol and and more going to the area and the galloways getting through and get them back in patrol and national security duties rather than being a welcoming party and uber drivers to the airport. that is my sources saying they're grateful to have the texas dps standing up for them. elizabeth: grateful. this to you and the governors of half the nation siding with texas. the media said the supreme court ruling was a victory for the biden white house and we want to see if you agree and also, tom, the ruling actually does not explicitly say the razor wire fencing needs to be removed. just that federal border agents can cut it when they think it's necessary and texas looks like it can keep putting up the f

texas i think will try to implement this law.e should expect a prolonged legal battle, margaret. >> potential development as soon as this wednesday. >> that's right. >> so that brings us back to what's happening here in washington or what's not happening, frankly, with lawmakers talking about trying to put together some piece of legislation. >> yes. >> to change immigration laws which haven't been updated in decades. >> since the 1990s. >> right. >> and to put in the funding that president biden has asked them for. >> that's right. >> where are we in those negotiations. >> the white house is currently entertain something sweeping border restrictions, including an authority to expel migrants when border patrol is overwhelmed and to suspend asylum, just like the title 42 pandemic era policy that ended this year to convince republicans to get on board in terms of backing additional aid to ukraine. that would have been unthinkable three years ago and speaks to the situation we're in at the u.s.-mexico border. i think that these talks

seen there in uvalde, texas. e. jean carroll is off the stand after it day and a half of testimony in the damages trial against donald trump. what happened in court is that she says she is fighting to bring her reputation back. important news out of capitol hill. just into cnn, they have passed a stopgap funding bill that would keep the government open and avert a partial government shutdown that was set to kick in tomorrow night. the shutdown was one of two that were set up by a previous continuing resolution that was set up by congress. the vote ultimately was 77 to 18. this now sets up a funding extension that would have a deadline on march 1st and march 8th. of course the house is set to take up the continuing resolution later this afternoon. they are rushed to avoid bad weather that is said to hit d.c. tomorrow. capitol hill lawmakers in the house are on recess next week, they want to avoid that and get to recess early. that's why they're holding the vote right now. >> not a lot of love for this deal with house

the borderst they serve texas? now, this is the same joeadimir biden. you know, vladimir putin can shoot down our drones. ou consequences invade ukraine. not a lot of consequences. president cheese by balloons, unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, confronting our air force our and an international airways. and an international airways. the mullahs in iran walk all over. joe, what does he do? nothinirl overg. e all of a sudden now your president wants to act tough becausr e is dealing with the state of texas, because the governor is doing joe's job, that the governor is upholding the law, that governor abbott is tryingce to secure the border in his state and, enforce the laws o of our country to keep not only his citizens stay safe, but all of us. and biden is suing the state over a new law enabling local law enforcement to arrest enfoenforcement to arrest country. and he even sued texas ovee imr the installation of razor wire at the border. and what was that in five four 4 decision, the u.s. supreme

i asked texas lieutenant governor dan patrick if right now texas would be open to a scenario in whicher patrol is allowed back into 24 park as long as it didn't touch the razor wire, and patrick says texas does not want biden's border agents in here at all. >> we've got it covered. mr. president, mr. president, you say you want to secure the border, texas has secured it. leave it alone. we don't need you down here, we got it. eagle pass is secure. >> reporter: so texas has not cooperated with two federal deadlines here in shelby park, and in its latest letter, texas now issued a deadline to the biden administration asking the biden administration to prove why it thinks this land that i'm standing on is owned by the united states. texas argues that this is state land, and it has the constitutional a right to protect it. eric, arthel? eric: standoff on the rio grande. math, thank you. arthel? arthel: all right, more on more than two dozen republican governors siding with texas in this border battle. that includes florida. governor ron desantis says he is willing to send the florida stat

the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i yield three minutes to my colleague from texas, mr.ran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has three minutes. he's recognized.. moran: thank . speaker. i rise today in support of this bill. this act is one step in the reform process to return spending power back to the hands of congress and ensure the proper use of every dollar that comes into the treasury. this bill will help to ensure the damages owed to victims of wrongdoing actually reach them rather than being used to support organizations that are friends of the executive branch. regardless of the party. for those who don't know, settlement slush funds result when defendants set well government agencies and based on the terms of that settlement, direct the settlement proceeds to politically favored third parties instead of victims or the u.s. treasury for use in correcting the actual wrongdoing. in these cases, the victims are often -- often have little to no say in how the settlement will be structure and have no redress when the government directs these monetary

, the texas texas rangers, so to speak, took over border control with mexico, what is true, what is falseppening in the united states now? there is a confrontation between the state of texas and the federal government of the united states, there is such a situation that, despite the fact that the supreme court of the united states ruled on monday that it is necessary to ... comply with its order and take away the barbed wire that the national guard of the state of texas has placed on the border with mexico, in one of the parks, on the border with the rio grande river, here we see it on the screen now, the governor of the state, referring to the fact that there is such a provision both in the constitution of the united states and in the constitution of the state of texas, because the state... has its own constitution, this, as we remember, was once the independent republic of texas, which ceased to exist only in 1845 to be a republic and joined the united states of america as the 28th state, and before that it separated from mexico, so there is a lot of latin american population there, the

texas dps tells me that's because texas feels it is just better at deterring migrants from crossing the river into this park because texas feels the biden administration wants an open border. >> we're trying to prevent illegal border crossings so we don't see this loss of life. it is not normal. it is not humane for anyone to cross a river including children. but it contradicts what we're trying to do and really shows how the federal government is attacking texas for trying to prevent that. what they want to do is keep the border open. >> governor abbott's emergency declaration and they're arresting migrants who illegally cross into this park and this state. we just want to tell you from our observation on the ground, that's a massive change in procedure in this park because for nearly three years, leading all the way to this past december migrants have not only been able to freely cross the river into this park, sometimes they were ushered across the river by the united states and processed by border patrol which is part of the reason texas says it kicked out biden's border agents. tex

matt finn following it all in eagle pass, texas again tonight.ood evening, matt. >> texas officials don't have plans to comply with president biden's deadline tomorrow to remove the barbed wire here. in fact, right now, the texas national guard is installing additional razor wire here in shelby park. >> the texas attorney general tells fox that his state does not plan to comply with the biden administration's deadline for texas to reopen shall be park to the biden border agents. two give the biden administration doesn't even pretend to care. we're talking about to in a hal miles of a 1260-mile border along texas and suddenly they have to have access right here? he gave the federal government calls the seizure of shelby par and its new razor wire problem profoundly problematic saying that texas is impeding border patrol agents from accessing th land on the other side of the wire for patrolling, and responding to emergencies. >> it is such a mockery of what has actually happened for the last three and half years. they have been cooperated with us o

the texas national guard. but the american people can see what's happening because they see the illegal migrant being shipped off into housing g facilities in chicago, in airports like in boston, in new york, where we've been, sean, where we showed you right over e we at floyd bennett field, where over 2000 migrants and are being housed. and they can see the extreme of this situation where right here, even in eagle pass, they'v ae had people coming fro. these are called special interest aliens. lledal people, iraq, people frm syria, people from pakistan, crazy who haven't been properly vetted and from all over the world. yeah, it's absolutel froy insan. and i got to ask you this. what is so incredible is our. yes, go ahead, finish, finish your thought. what's so incredible? ar what i wan it to make clear isso that what's so incredible is that our bordere patrol, our national guard, our texas dps, even on the very local level here in the county, the policee local officers tha, working here in texas, they are wo

texas goes to abank on the border with mexico.g feds' demands to allow border patrol into eagle pass. national guard soldiers block off the park with military vehicles and fences topped with barbed wire. it's the razor wire that's at the center of the intensifying political battle between the state of texas and the biden administration. texas says it stops migrants from crossing the border illegally, but the biden administration says it prevents the border service from doing its job. support eboto and his actions at the border. 25 republican governors wrote a letter of support for eboto, arguing the state has a constitutional right to defend itself. governor abbott says he believes these states want to send troops to the border if necessary. the border patrol is trying to enter the farc through the rio grande to process migrants, but the state is not letting them through because it has its own troops. the texas national guard will continue, quote: keep the line in iglepas and will not retreat. if every state starts making up reaso

the texas national guard, the governor of texas. the 2nd a, we're going to police as border in the federal government is not going to police this border because we've got over 6000000 immigrants just through texas along in the past few years that you know, they consult, they, they consider that an invasion. and they're saying we're gonna police this border and even the united states thing. well, it's actually our border. so now you have a dispute to head piece in texas, whose job is it just because you know who the border is that right? that's exactly the case. and you're right, you're another lawyer, but you know everything, borders about around whether this is even legal for him to say no, to the supreme court ruling any one wonders really what this risk between the feds and texas is really all about. is it political as alleged by democrats, or is there more than meets the eye or as well? i think there's much more, i mean there's, there's a fundamental frustration of people, as i mentioned, know the number of 6 over 6000000 that d

lawmakers in texas remain defiant. they will act to protect their state especially since the feds can't or won't. >> we are not looking for a confrontation. we are looking for them to do their damn job and protect the guards in this country. >> don't mess with texas. the lone star state rebuffing the biden administration deadline to reopen shellby park to border agents. >> the biden administration abdicated its responsibility to enforce the law. >> texas seized this border property and banned federal agents from it 3 weeks ago. governor abbott declaring that an invasion is under way. the department of home land security is asking texas to indicate how much if any of the park texas will reopen. texas is not alone in its battle with the government. republican governors from several states declared their support. former president trump said if elected again in november, on day 1 instead of fighting texas, i will work hand in hand with governor abbott and other border states to stop the invasion, seal the border and rapidl

texas has not removed any razor wire. right now live texas is installing additional razor wire. today is the day the biden administration issued the deadline to texas to respond to the federal government about how much, if any, texas plans on reopening this park to the feds. the texas attorney general tells us as it stands there are no plans to cooperate with that deadline or remove any more razor wire as it's basically serving as a border wall here. biden administration made it clear it wants full access to shelby park and the boat ramp and the international bridge. texas says border patrol has had access to the river and the boat ramp. the state does not want border patrol interfering with its razor wire mission on land. >> and we haven't said, if they have a medical emergency they can tell us and they will deal with it. they are bullying us and trying to get control of the two and a half acres, more for the point than actual need or any kind of necessity of saving anybody's life. that's just not true. they are lying. >> texas is now in its third week of seizing shelby park an

so, governor abbott in texas is testing the limits. he is operating operation lone star where he authorized texas rangers to arrest migrants and prosecute people as trespassers. and, so, we are heading for a clash. this is going to the suspect. this last week -- this week when the texas border rangers refused access to the border patrol to save the lives of the three migrants that died, that is the precursor to this clash getting to the supreme court. within the next two years, the supreme court will have to decide again, can texas also regulate immigrants or are we going to go by 200 years of past precedent which only the federal government can regulate immigration. >> what do you think the supreme court will do. >> the composition has changed in the last 12 years. i think it's a crap shoot. i think it will be a close call whether or not this very conservative court might let states do a certain amount of immigration enforcement. i worry. >> well, the biden administration says texas officials blocked border patrol from saving the live

texas border.g the u.s. speaker of the house and at least six other republican governors are backing governor abbott in his fight against the biden administration, and the u.s. speaker of the house said the united states house will do whatever it can to support the texas governor. so the showdown continues with the deadline tomorrow, stu. stuart: got it, matt. thanks very much, indeed. national border patrol council vice president art del cueto joins me now. governor abbott is holding out against the feds. how do you see this playing out? >> well, look, it's very difficult to even know what's going to happen, but let's see what's happening so far. we have the administration that now admits there's a problem. the american public knows there's a problem. the media has reported this there's a problem, and the texas governor is trying to do something to fix the problem -- stuart: yes. >> but -- [inaudible] knowing it's a problem, doesn't want any help. stuart: can you, wait a second. can you see a stan

>> reporter: well, jake, texas governor greg abbott says texas has the legal authority to restrict accessthe state and the texas military department is doubling down on that, issuing a statement saying in part, "the current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and the greater eagle pass area, but here's the backstory of this latest feud between texas and the biden administration. on wednesday the state of texas took custody and control of a public park in eagle pass. it surprised officials there in the city of eagle pass, but the situation escalated when texas military department members did not allow border patrol to gain access to that area. process this with me because this is a state authority not giving a federal law enforcement agency, border patrol, access to the area where they inspect and apprehend migrants who have entered the country illegally. this is the area where border patrol does that and they don't have access to it anymore. now the biden administration is

texas strong. more support for the lone star state as it battles president biden in an effort to keep illegals out. a live look now at eagle pass in texas. plus there is this. >> i think that's a huge red flag for donald trump. he is weak, he is more unhinged than he has ever been. >> dana: gavin newsom taking a swipe at former president donald trump. wait until you hear the name calling from president biden over the weekend. then there is this. >> protection. it goes long and on his back to ice it. >> bill: the stage is set. chiefs head to their fourth super bowl in five years. just remarkable. sports and pop culture about to collide in sin city. what is match-up that is, huh? come on back. ♪ roughly 37% of taxpayers qualify... form 1040 and limited credits only... see how at turbotax.com... that's me! i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein! those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. -ugh. -here, i'll take that. woo hoo! ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram su

in a cease and desist letter to the texas attorney general, the top lawyer for dhs said, texas' failuree access to the border persists even in instances of imminent danger to life and safety, calling the state's actions clearly unconstitutional. >> it's all politics. >> reporter: texas congressman henry cuellar says the state prevented federal agents from using specialized equipment to save the migrants who died. >> a scope truck is a truck that has this camera that can see what's happening in the river that could have had an impact of what happened here. >> what is your message to governor abbott? >> you cannot do this. this type of standoff is not helpful. >> reporter: the texas military department says two of the migrants had already drowned by the time border patrol asked to enter the area. governor greg abbott says he has the legal authority to control areas of the southern border within state boundaries. >> that authority is being asserted with regard to that park in eagle pass, texas, to maintain operational control of it. >> reporter: texas blames the biden administration for no