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ABC News reporter Martha Raddatz called out Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and two other prominent Republicans for sending a “message” to migrants on the security of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Raddatz talked to the GOP governor for a report on Wednesday’s expiration of a Donald Trump immigration policy that allowed the “rapid expulsion” of migrants. The policy, imposed in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns, barred over 2 million migrants at the border, ABC reported.
Raddatz grilled Abbott for his previous claims of an “open border” that she said sent a message that “reverberates in Mexico.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever heard President Joe Biden say ‘We have an open border, come on over,’” Raddatz said.
“But people I have heard say it are you, are former President Trump, Ron DeSantis. That message reverberates in Mexico and beyond. So they do get the message that it is an open border and smugglers use all those kinds of statements.”
Abbott later said “it was known from the time that Joe Biden got elected that Joe Biden supported open borders.” He said smugglers know whether Biden will enforce immigration laws.
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