BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Idaho Governor Brad Little has joined 24 other governors in supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott in battling the border crisis.
In a post on the social media platform X, Little commented that “The lawless southern border threatens the lives of all Americans, including Idahoans. Idaho is proud to support @GregAbbott_TX’s efforts to secure the border, fight fentanyl, and combat human trafficking.
Idaho will continue to step up, even when the @POTUS won’t. “
Little is the latest governor to voice support for protecting the southern border after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that granted Biden administration’s request to be able to remove razor wire that Abbott installed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
After that ruling, Governor Abbott released a letter Wednesday that accuses President Joe Biden of “breaking the compact between the United States and the States.” And that “President Biden has ignored Texas’s demand that he perform his constitutional duties.”
On Thursday, Little’s office issued a joint statement with 24 other governors in support of Texas’s constitutional right to self-defense. As the governors claim that the Biden administration continues to attack Texas and refuses to act or take responsibility for the crisis at the southern border.
Below is the press released that was issued by Gov. Brad Little’s office on January 25, 2024.
“President Biden and his Administration have left Americans and our country completely vulnerable to unprecedented illegal immigration pouring across the Southern border. Instead of upholding the rule of law and securing the border, the Biden Administration has attacked and sued Texas for stepping up to protect American citizens from historic levels of illegal immigrants, deadly drugs like fentanyl, and terrorists entering our country. “
“We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border. We do it in part because the Biden Administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books and is illegally allowing mass parole across America of migrants who entered our country illegally.”
“The authors of the U.S. Constitution made clear that in times like this, states have a right of self-defense, under Article 4, Section 4 and Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Because the Biden Administration has abdicated its constitutional compact duties to the states, Texas has every legal justification to protect the sovereignty of our states and our nation.”
Governors Kay Ivey (AL), Mike Dunleavy (AK), Sarah Sanders (AR), Ron DeSantis (FL), Brian Kemp (GA), Brad Little (ID), Eric Holcomb (IN), Kim Reynolds (IA), Jeff Landry (LA), Tate Reeves (MS), Mike Parson (MO), Greg Gianforte (MT), Jim Pillen (NE), Joe Lombardo (NV), Chris Sununu (NH), Doug Burgum (ND), Mike DeWine (OH), Kevin Stitt (OK), Governor Henry McMaster (SC), Kristi Noem (SD), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Jim Justice (WV), and Governor Mark Gordon (WY) are among the signatories.
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