Republican Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott</a> signed a bill into law on Friday that makes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> the largest state to protect children from life-altering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender-surgery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender procedures</a>.
The bill, <a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/SB00014F.pdf#navpanes=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SB 14</a>, bans children from being given puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones and undergoing surgical procedures such as a double mastectomy for girls who identify as boys. It also prohibits state dollars from being used to fund such procedures for children. 
“If there comes a time when a profession such as the medical profession cannot regulate itself to protect patients — protect children — then the government needs to step in,” <a href="https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/texas-lawmakers-debate-campbell-s-gender-affirming-care-ban-for-minors/article_20d2bcbe-c505-11ed-b10d-8f9a9faadec7.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> state Senator Donna Campbell, the author of the bill, during previous debate on the issue. 
“Our children need counseling and love, not blades and drugs,” she added. 
With Abbott’s signature, the Lone Star State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nebraska-becomes-18th-state-to-ban-transgender-surgeries-on-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joins at least 18 other states</a> that have banned transgender surgeries for minors, with many prohibiting both surgical and chemical procedures. 
The Texas law says that the procedures are prohibited “for the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological  sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s  biological sex.”
The legislation took a while to get through both chambers of the Texas legislature as Democrats used parliamentary tactics to stall it. Notably, Democrat Rep. Shawn Thierry voted for the bill, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-democrat-lawmaker-cites-science-to-support-banning-minors-from-trans-medical-procedures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">citing scientific evidence</a> showing the long-term impacts of transgender procedures. 
Thierry said in a statement that she voted to ban minors from receiving “GnRH-analogs, (i.e. “puberty blockers”), cross sex hormones, and to undergo irreversible surgeries when experiencing gender dysphoria” after speaking with constituents and “reviewing the scientific data in this country and around the globe.”
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Left-wing legal groups, like Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Texas, <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/02/texas-gender-affirming-care-ban/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have said</a> that they will take legal action against the Texas law. 
“Transgender people have always been here and will always be here,” said Ash Hall of the ACLU of Texas. “Our trans youth deserve a world where they can shine alongside their peers, and we will keep advocating for that world in and out of the courts.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-childrens-hospital-performs-sex-change-procedures-on-children-as-young-as-11-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law comes afte</a>r a report alleged that a children’s hospital in Houston was performing transgender procedures on children as young as 11. 
According to whistleblower documents <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/sex-change-procedures-at-texas-childrens-hospital#:~:text=Last%20spring%2C%20executives%20at%20Texas,affirming%20therapy%2C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> by City Journal’s Christopher Rufo, Texas Children’s Hospital, the largest children’s hospital in the U.S., inserted an implantable puberty blocker in multiple children, including at least one 11-year-old.

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This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/trial-begins-three-men-accused-pressuring-expats-return-china-rcna87266" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese Conspiracy Trial Starts</a>
One American and two Chinese nationals faced a jury Wednesday in the first trial stemming from U.S. claims of a Chinese government conspiracy. Officials say that China’s government has tried to harass and intimidate dissidents and others abroad into returning home. The three men are charged with conspiracy to hound a former Chinese city official, his wife, and their adult daughter to get him to go back to his homeland, where the government alleges he took bribes.
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/latvian-parliament-elects-first-openly-gay-president-baltic-nation-rcna87077" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World&#8217;s First Openly Gay President Elected In Latvia</a>
The world’s first openly gay president has been elected in Latvia by the country’s parliament. He received 52 votes — or just one more than necessary to win — in a close contest. Gay marriage is currently illegal in Latvia.
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/31/ftc-sues-amazon-over-ring-doorbell-privacy-violations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon To Pay $30 Million Over Privacy Violations Suit</a>
Amazon has settled a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that its voice assistant Alexa and doorbell camera Ring violated privacy protections. The FTC claimed in one lawsuit that the tech company kept recordings of children&#8217;s conversations in Alexa. The federal agency also alleged that Amazon employees illegally monitored customers without consent via Ring. Now, Amazon will pay over $30 million to settle the accusations.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has now appointed a temporary replacement for impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton — and Democrats aren’t happy about it. Abbott named former Secretary of State John Scott as the interim Attorney General this week, as Paxton awaits his impeachment trial in the Texas Senate. Some Democrats have pushed back on the appointment of Scott because he worked with former President Trump during his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania.
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A former “Family Feud” contestant who joked on the show about regretting marrying his wife has now been convicted of murdering his wife. 40-year-old Timothy Bliefnick appeared on the show in 2020.
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Bliefnick has now been found guilty of killing his estranged wife, Becky Bliefnick, in February. The court found that he broke into her home in Quincy, Illinois, with a crowbar and shot her 14 times. The pair was in the process of a divorce and Becky had previously text her sister, “If something ever happens to me, make sure the number one person of interest is Tim.” His sentencing is scheduled for August 11.
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Friday Afternoon Update: World’s First Openly Gay President Elected In Latvia, Amazon To Pay $30 Million Over Privacy Violations Suit

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Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-lee">Bill Lee</a> (R-TN)  authorized Thursday the deployment of 100 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> National Guard troops to help secure the southern border in the wake of record-level crossings and illegal entries into the United States.
Lee joins other Republican governors, like Mississippi Governor <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-governor-mexico-border-national-guard-aff6a8741893ff40a1697eaaadf6e55f">Tate Reeves</a> and Florida Governor<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sends-800-soldiers-300-law-enforcement-officers-to-help-secure-u-s-border-in-texas"> Ron DeSantis</a>, in sending help to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has called on the Biden administration to take stronger measures to stop the flood of people crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. 
“America continues to face an unprecedented border crisis that threatens our nation’s security and the safety of Tennesseans,” Lee said in a statement obtained by The Daily Wire. “The federal government owes Americans a plan to secure our country, and in the meantime, states continue to answer this important call to service. I am again authorizing the Tennessee National Guard to help secure the Southern border, and I commend these troops for providing critical support.”
According to the governor’s office, the Tennessee troops will help patrol along the border, help with barrier placement, clear roads, and assist with outpost operations as part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star.” This is not the first time that Tennesseans have been sent to the border, as Lee also sent about 50 troops to the border in December 2021. 
“The men and women of the Tennessee National Guard are always ready to serve their country anywhere, anytime,” said Brigadier General Warner Ross, Tennessee’s Adjutant General. “These troops are a capable contingent that will continue our long-standing tradition of responding to the call to aid our fellow Americans. The Tennessee National Guard is proud to serve and support our state partners in safeguarding the United States along the U.S. Southern border.”
Illegal crossings at the border have remained high under President Joe Biden, whose administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-heads-to-beach-after-shattering-all-time-record-with-83000-illegal-aliens-storming-border-in-1-week">saw the record</a> for most crossings in the days surrounding the expiration of Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allowed Border Patrol to turn away migrants based on COVID concerns. According to Border Patrol, roughly 83,000 people crossed the border the week that Title 42 ended. 
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Lee’s actions follow a joint statement from 24 Republican governors who called out the Biden administration for its policies at the border and in support of Abbott. 
“All states have suffered from the effects of deadly illegal drugs coming across the border, and every state is a border state due to the devastating influx of drugs in our communities. Republican governors are leading the way to address the border crisis by increasing fentanyl sentencing and increasing support for law enforcement interdiction of drugs, among other measures,” the governors <a href="https://www.rga.org/republican-governors-support-governor-abbotts-border-efforts/">said</a>. 
Drug deaths have been a particular focus for lawmakers as dangerous drugs have continued to be smuggled across the border. In Tennessee, the state’s bureau of investigation has raised alarm bells over drugs linked to Mexican cartels that<a href="https://fox17.com/news/local/tbi-warns-about-active-drug-cartels-operating-in-tennessee-mexico-fentanyl-drug-cartel-dea"> it says</a> are “very engaged in operations in Tennessee.”

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The country&#8217;s largest children&#8217;s hospital performs <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sex change</a> procedures on children as young as 11, according to a new report.
Texas Children&#8217;s Hospital in Houston inserted an implantable puberty blocker in multiple children, including at least one 11-year-old, according to whistleblower documents <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/sex-change-procedures-at-texas-childrens-hospital#:~:text=Last%20spring%2C%20executives%20at%20Texas,affirming%20therapy%2C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> by City Journal&#8217;s Christopher Rufo.
In March of last year, Texas Children&#8217;s Hospital executives <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/03/08/texas-childrens-hospital-stops-gender-affirming-care-trans-youth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they would stop performing transgender medical procedures on minors due to legal and criminal liability concerns. Texas Governor Greg Abbott had just directed state agencies to investigate cases of children receiving transgender medical intervention as &#8220;child abuse.&#8221;
Around the same time, the hospital&#8217;s chief pediatrician, Dr. Catherine Gordon, who specialized in treating transgender youth, <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2022/04/29/transgender-care-expert-quits-as-texas-childrens-hospital-chief-pediatrician/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> after only six months on the job.
However, whistleblower <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23814252-tch-gender-affirming-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents</a> obtained by City Journal show that the hospital has not stopped, but continues to perform these procedures.
A hospital spokesperson <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12093119/Americas-largest-childrens-hospital-performing-trans-medical-interventions.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;Throughout the policy debate surrounding gender medicine, our healthcare professionals have always and will continue to prioritize the care of our patients within the bounds of the law.&#8221;
Dr. Richard Roberts, a pediatric endocrinologist at Texas Children’s Hospital, is one of the doctors who performs transgender medical procedures on minors, medical records show, according to City Journal. Roberts has reportedly treated many patients aged 12 to 17 for “gender identity” and “gender dysphoria,” and his medical records note things like “HRT [hormone replacement therapy],” “medication,” “testosterone levels,” “medicine refill,” and “specialty services.”
Another doctor, Dr. Kristy Rialon, has inserted and removed a “non-biodegradable drug delivery implant” for what the medical records said was “gender dysphoria in pediatric patient,” the report noted. She has reportedly done this for multiple children both this year and last year.
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One of those implant procedures was reportedly performed on an 11-year-old girl, described as a &#8220;female-to-male transgender person.&#8221; The 11-year-old girl was listed in medical records for three days after the hospital said it would no longer perform &#8220;gender-affirming care.&#8221;
The other children who got &#8220;drug delivery implants&#8221; inserted by Rialon were 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 years old, according to the medical records.
Rialon was trained at Harvard, while Roberts was trained at the University of Virginia. She and Roberts are both assistant professors at Baylor College of Medicine.
In January, Texas Children&#8217;s Hospital teamed up with Baylor College of Medicine to host a presentation that promoted medical interventions for trans-identifying children to the hospital&#8217;s doctors.
The <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aUjnEDzSyEeiDi4kDK0R7ezi8H4MSjS8/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presentation</a>, called “Medical and Psychological Care of Gender-Diverse Youth,” explains puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries in depth. It encourages doctors to start children on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones when they are adolescents. Later when they become adults, doctors can consider gender surgeries like double mastectomies and genital surgery, the presentation says.
&#8220;These processes are typically reserved for adults, although there certainly are across this country case by case basis by which adolescents do access some surgical options to help affirm their gender identity,&#8221; the presenter says.
Hundreds of teen girls in the U.S., some as young as 12, <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/101252?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2022-10-17&amp;eun=g394940d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202022-10-17&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have gotten</a> elective, gender-related double mastectomies to remove their healthy breasts over the last few years.
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> will reportedly direct <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-patrol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Border Patrol</a> agents to release <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal migrants</a> into the U.S. with minimal processing and little oversight.
The administration is preparing a memo for Border Patrol agents that would direct them to release migrants into the U.S. interior without assigning them a date in an immigration court or coming up with a plan to track them, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/biden-admin-plans-order-release-migrants-us-no-way-track-rcna83704" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>. The move comes as the administration struggles to contain a growing surge of illegal immigration prompted by the court-ordered repeal of Title 42.
“We’re already breaking and we haven’t hit the starting line,” one DHS official told NBC News. The U.S. hit a record on Tuesday, tallying more than 11,000 migrant apprehensions at the border in a single day.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) called the strategy “unacceptable.”
“Instead of enforcing U.S. immigration laws, Biden is enabling mass catch and release,” Abbott tweeted. “America is a nation of laws. This must end.”
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Unacceptable!
Biden admin plans to allow for the release of some migrants into the U.S. with no way to track them.
Instead of enforcing U.S. immigration laws, Biden is enabling mass catch and release. 
America is a nation of laws. This must end. <a href="https://t.co/ruogHkR5PS">https://t.co/ruogHkR5PS</a>
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A representative with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told NBC that the memo would only apply to illegal immigrants who have been vetted for safety.
“As Republican and Democratic administrations alike have done in the past to protect the safety and security of Border Patrol agents and migrants in the event of severe overcrowding conditions, U.S. Border Patrol sectors may consider releasing certain migrants who have undergone strict national security and public safety vetting to continue their immigration processes,” the representative said.
“This may include processing migrants for parole to reduce the amount of time they spend in custody. Each parole will be considered on an individualized case-by-case basis, and individuals who are released will be required to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and undergo removal proceedings in immigration court,” DHS continued. “Individuals may be placed into an Alternatives to Detention program to ensure compliance, if deemed appropriate. The targeted use of parole will allow Border Patrol to focus its resources most effectively to quickly process and remove individuals who do not have a legal basis to remain in the country.”
Tracking and compelling illegal migrants to appear for immigration trials has been a serious problem for immigration authorities. In 2017, immigration courts <a href="https://cis.org/Report/Immigration-Courts-Aliens-Disappear-Trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that migrants failed to appear at their court hearing after being set free in the U.S. 43% of the time.
In addition to releasing migrants into the country, the Biden administration is also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-major-reversal-biden-resurrects-trump-border-policy-ahead-of-title-42-repeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reviving</a> a Trump-era immigration policy that President Joe Biden was critical of during the 2020 election. The Biden administration finalized a rule in the Federal Register on Wednesday that disqualifies migrants from applying for asylum in the U.S. if they neglected to first apply for asylum in other countries they traveled through, such as Mexico.
Biden previously panned former President Donald Trump for the rule in 2020.
“This is the first president in the history of the United States of America that anybody seeking asylum has to do it in another country,” Biden said during the final debate of the campaign. “That’s never happened before in America.”

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MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-scarborough-reads-biden-admin-the-riot-act-over-classified-docs-fumble-amateur-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Scarborough</a> said that Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-abbott-deploys-special-national-guard-force-to-southern-border-ahead-of-expected-illegal-immigrant-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott&#8217;s</a> negligence (R-TX) was to blame for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-need-everybody-hero-cop-called-for-backup-before-taking-on-texas-mall-shooter-alone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shooting</a> that took place on Saturday at an outlet mall in his state — and another deadly incident involving a man who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-identify-suspect-accused-of-mowing-over-18-people-near-border-has-extensive-criminal-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drove a vehicle</a> into a crowd of migrants — arguing that Abbott was &#8220;refusing&#8221; to protect Texans.
Scarborough and his cohost Mika Brzezinski addressed the weekend&#8217;s violence on Monday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; beginning with an editorial sent to the governor by The Dallas Morning News editorial board.
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&quot;There is a sickness in the state of Texas and that sickness starts at the very top with Greg Abbott, who refuses to protect little children&#8230;whether it&#39;s at school or church or shopping malls or even inside their own homes.&quot; &#8212;<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@joenbc</a> <a href="https://t.co/LC5Z6yAprT">pic.twitter.com/LC5Z6yAprT</a>
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The letter <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2023/05/07/gov-abbott-you-must-act-on-gun-violence/">called</a> on Abbott to take action on gun violence, claiming it was not &#8220;conservative&#8221; to not act when there was a problem, saying, &#8220;You must speak to the terrible imbalance that you and Republican leaders have created between the individual liberty of nearly unrestricted ownership of the most powerful rifles and guns versus the increasing decline in society’s ability to function without constant fear of violent death.&#8221;
Scarborough immediately launched his attack on Abbott as well, saying, &#8220;You have a group of migrants being run down and killed here. The U.S. has by far the highest child and teen firearm mortality rate among poor countries. Our little children are being slaughtered. And Greg Abbott has nothing to say about it. He just wants to change the subject.&#8221;
Scarborough went on to claim that Abbott, after such acts of violence, was more interested in the alleged perpetrator&#8217;s immigration status than he was in how the individual was able to get his hands on a firearm.
&#8220;So is it any surprise that we have migrants being run over with this sort of lack of leadership, the sort of cynicism, this sort of hatred in Texas? Is it any surprise that we have migrants, on Sunday morning, some of them probably going to church, getting run over while they’re waiting for a bus, or that we have a neo-Nazi sympathizers, possible white supremacists going to malls to gun down other people?&#8221; he continued.
Scarborough finished with a direct accusation, saying, &#8220;There is a sickness in the state of Texas, and that sickness starts at the very top with Greg Abbott, who refuses to protect little children in the state of Texas, whether it’s at school or whether it’s his church or whether it’s at shopping malls or even inside their own homes.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> Gov. Greg Abbott deployed a special tactical National Guard force to the southern border on Monday to slow down the expected surge of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States after the Biden Administration ends COVID-19 restrictions this week.
Abbott has openly criticized President Joe Biden for his open-border policies and his decision to end Title 42, a Trump-era public health order that allowed for the immediate expulsion of illegal immigrants, which some have predicted would bring a fresh cascade of illegal migration upward of 13,000 crossings a day.
As the nation prepares for the order to expire on May 11, Abbot announced the deployment of up to 10,000 specially trained National Guard members from the Texas Tactical Border Force and 1,200 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to secure the Texas border amidst the &#8220;chaos&#8221; caused by Biden eliminating the COVID-19 restrictions at the Mexican border.
&#8220;They will be deployed to hot spots along the border to intercept to repel and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter Texas illegally,&#8221; Abbott said at a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TexasGovernor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news conference</a>, adding that the elite National Guard would identify, fill in the gaps, and shut down some 29 crossing points along the border using equipment and tools such as aircraft, boats, night vision equipment, and riot gear.
The Texas National Guard said in a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/abbott-activates-texas-tactical-border-force-545-national-guardsmen-deployed-before-title-42-expires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> that it activated 545 more service members at locations around the state Monday to &#8220;reinforce the border mission in anticipation of the end of Title 42 immigration restrictions.&#8221;
&#8220;These additional forces will bolster the thousands of Texas National Guard service members already assisting local and state law enforcement agencies to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal behavior between the ports of entry,&#8221; the Texas National Guard said in a statement Monday. &#8220;We have expanded our capabilities to include boat teams that patrol hundreds of river miles, drones and helicopters that detect illicit activity from the air, and brush teams, security points and roving patrols that block and interdict illegal smuggling (drugs, weapons and people) into Texas.&#8221;
Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, Texas National Guard Adjunct Gen. Thomas Suelzer, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw joined Abbott in making the announcement on Monday.
Major General Suelzer said the Texas National Guard is executing a planned, multi-phased response in preparation for the end of Title 42.
“We have shifted troops to hotspots, added additional drone teams, and increased miles of barrier along the border,&#8221; Suelzer said.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director McCraw added that the state agency increased resources at the border, deployed hundreds of troopers around the state to &#8220;hold the line.&#8221;
“There are 29 places you can cross into the U.S. legally, and our job is to ensure we hold that line and keep those the only places these people can cross,&#8221; McCraw said.
Illegal immigration has surged to unprecedented levels since Biden was elected.
Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-sends-1500-troops-to-southern-border-ahead-of-expected-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last week that law enforcement made over 22,000 apprehensions at the southern border over three days or about 7,000 per day.
Biden announced last week the administration would send 1,500 troops to the border to perform administrative and logistical functions, leaving the Border Patrol to actively police the border and apprehend migrants.
El Paso Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser declared a state of emergency in his city ahead of Title 42&#8217;s end. El Paso already has illegal migrants sleeping on its streets as it prepares for a wave of migrants on the heels of Title 42&#8217;s repeal next week. During a press conference announcing the state of emergency, Leeser said he visited Juarez and saw migrants camping just across the U.S. border, waiting for the health policy to end.
In addition to his announcement on Monday, Gov. Abbott said he would continue busing migrants north of Texas to Democrat-run cities like Chicago and New York City, work with state lawmakers to criminalize illegally entering Texas from Mexico and impose a 10-year minimum jail sentence for anyone convicted of smuggling people into Texas.

Gov. Abbott Deploys Special National Guard Force To Southern Border Ahead Of Expected Illegal Immigrant Surge

Gov. Abbot Deploys Special National Guard Force To Southern Border Ahead of Expected Illegal Immigrant Surge

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Title 42

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> Governor Greg Abbott slammed President Joe Biden and his administration on Sunday in response to the border crisis that the administration has caused with its policies which comes as the situation at the border is expected to get significantly worse this week as Title 42 is set to expire.
Abbott made the remarks on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; with host Shannon Bream when asked about comments from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who claimed that the border is closed and that the immigration problem is Congress&#8217; fault.
Bream also noted that the White House is trying to blame Abbott in-part for the immigration crisis because he has shipped some illegal aliens to blue states because Texas simply does not have the resources to deal with the surge in illegal aliens.
&#8220;Well, first of all, the reason why we are busing those migrants across the country is because small little towns on the border like Del Rio and Eagle Pass, they have no capacity to deal with the number of people coming across the border, and we have to relieve the congestion in those small communities and bus them to larger communities,&#8221; Abbott responded. &#8220;That said, Shannon, it must be pointed out also, everything that you just said that Mayorkas said is just a flat out lie or total ignorance. He says that the border is closed. Everybody in America knows that the border is not closed and it&#8217;s more open.&#8221;
Abbott noted that the border situation was significantly better under the Trump administration and that it rapidly deteriorated &#8220;only when Biden came in and eliminated all those policies and put down a welcome back — welcome mat to the entire world that the border is now open, that we suddenly have the chaos that has caused solely by policies put into place by Joe Biden.&#8221;
Abbott laughed on Biden&#8217;s attempt to place a small number of troops along the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border, saying that Biden was sending them there &#8220;to do paperwork, and he&#8217;s not going to secure the border.&#8221;
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Texas Governor Abbott Holds Press Conference On Texas CHIPS Act

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Alejandro Mayorkas

Border Crisis

Fox News Sunday

Texas Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott</a> signaled Saturday that he was working to get Daniel Perry a pardon after he was convicted in a case involving self-defense.
Perry, who shot and killed a man who was carrying an AK-47 at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, was found guilty of murder by a jury on Friday in Texas. The jury found Perry not guilty of the aggravated assault charge.
Perry was not initially charged with any crimes after the incident, but in 2021, District Attorney Jose Garza took office and decided to prosecute Perry. Garza is one of many district attorneys whose campaign was backed by billionaire Democrat megadonor George Soros.
&#8220;Texas has one of the strongest &#8216;Stand Your Ground&#8217; laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,&#8221; Abbott said in a statement. &#8220;Unlike the President or some other states, the Texas Constitution limits the Governor&#8217;s pardon authority to only act on a recommendation by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.&#8221;
&#8220;Texas law DOES allow the Governor to request the Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine if a person should be granted a pardon,&#8221; Abbott continued. &#8220;I have made that request and instructed the Board to expedite its review. I look forward to approving the Board&#8217;s pardon recommendation as soon as it hits my desk. Additionally, I have already prioritized reining in rogue District Attorneys, and the Texas Legislature is working on laws to achieve that goal.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s decision to go after &#8220;rogue District Attorneys&#8221; comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent law enforcement officials to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-sends-police-to-remove-woke-soros-prosecutor-from-office-for-failing-to-enforce-laws" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remove</a> a woke Soros prosecutor from power in the state — the only time that a Soros prosecutor has been removed from power by a governor.
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I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry. <a href="https://t.co/HydwdzneMU">pic.twitter.com/HydwdzneMU</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1644778789493243907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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David Fugitt, the lead investigating detective in the case, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pressure-grows-for-governor-greg-abbott-to-act-after-daniel-perry-convicted-in-case-led-by-soros-da" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a 2021 affidavit that Garza acted with “criminal behavior” in the case.
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“I had several conversations with the District Attorney’s Office regarding the presentation of exculpatory evidence related to Daniel Perry,” Fugitt said. “It became clear to me that the District Attorney’s Office did not want to present evidence to the grand jury that would be exculpatory to Daniel Perry.”
“On more than one occasion I was directed by the Travis County Attorney’s Office to remove exculpatory information that I had intended to present to the grand jury during my testimony,” he said. “Of my original 158 slide powerpoint presentation, the presentation was reduced to 56 slides with almost all of the exculpatory evidence ordered removed. I felt like I did not have any other options but to comply with their orders.”
Fugitt said that Garza’s directive to forbid exculpatory evidence from being shown during the case “is when the conduct of the District Attorney’s Office [went] from highly unethical behavior to criminal behavior.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Working ‘Swiftly’ To Pardon Daniel Perry

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Working 'Swiftly' To Pardon Daniel Perry 

Black Lives Matter

Crime

Daniel Perry, who shot and killed a man who was carrying an AK-47 at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, was found guilty of murder by a jury on Friday in Texas.
Perry had been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/expert-testifies-that-man-accused-of-killing-black-lives-matter-protester-actually-slowed-down-as-he-turned-into-crowd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for shooting Garrett Foster in July 2020. Perry, who claimed self-defense, was convicted of the murder charge but was found not guilty on the aggravated assault charge.
Perry was not initially charged with any crimes after the incident, but in 2021 District Attorney Jose Garza took office and decided to prosecute Perry. Garza is one of many district attorneys whose campaign was backed by billionaire Democrat megadonor George Soros.
David Fugitt, the lead investigating detective in the case, said in a 2021 affidavit that Garza acted with &#8220;criminal behavior&#8221; in the case.
&#8220;I had several conversations with the District Attorney&#8217;s Office regarding the presentation of exculpatory evidence related to Daniel Perry,&#8221; Fugitt said. &#8220;It became clear to me that the District Attorney&#8217;s Office did not want to present evidence to the grand jury that would be exculpatory to Daniel Perry.&#8221;
&#8220;On more than one occasion I was directed by the Travis County Attorney&#8217;s Office to remove exculpatory information that I had intended to present to the grand jury during my testimony,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Of my original 158 slide powerpoint presentation, the presentation was reduced to 56 slides with almost all of the exculpatory evidence ordered removed. I felt like I did not have any other options but to comply with their orders.&#8221;
Fugitt said that Garza&#8217;s directive to forbid exculpatory evidence from being shown during the case &#8220;is when the conduct of the District Attorney&#8217;s Office [went] from highly unethical behavior to criminal behavior.&#8221;
Fugitt said that Garza&#8217;s office &#8220;tampered&#8221; with him as a witness in a criminal manner.
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Daniel Perry case &#8212; read the affidavit from the lead detective, claiming that the Soros DA directed him &quot;to remove exculpatory information that I had intended to present to the grand jury during my testimony.&quot;
This detective believes the Soros DA acted criminally. <a href="https://t.co/3iDhWUZLkh">pic.twitter.com/3iDhWUZLkh</a>
&mdash; Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1644675611707711489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) began facing calls Friday evening to pardon Perry over the ruling.
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) tweeted, &#8220;Governor Abbott, don’t let a Soros-owned Austin liberal DA destroy our justice system in Texas. You need to PARDON Daniel Perry IMMEDIATELY!&#8221;
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Governor Abbott, don’t let a Soros-owned Austin liberal DA destroy our justice system in Texas. You need to PARDON Daniel Perry IMMEDIATELY!
&mdash; Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonnyJacksonTX/status/1644495983684861957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Everyone needs to let⁦ @GregAbbott_TX ⁩ know about the atrocity of the Daniel Perry prosecution,&#8221; political commentator Mike Cernovich tweeted. &#8220;Soros DA has made self-defense illegal in Texas. What will Gov Abbott do?&#8221;
Attorney Kurt Schlichter added, &#8220;Over 12 hours and nothing here about the grave injustice done to Daniel Perry. What the hell, @GregAbbott_TX ?&#8221;

Abbott

Pressure Grows For Governor Greg Abbott To Act After Daniel Perry Convicted In Case Led By Soros DA

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday that his administration was creating a new task force to combat street takeovers in the state after a recent incident resulted in law enforcement being attacked.
&#8220;Launching a statewide task force with @TxDPS to combat the rise in dangerous street takeovers happening across Texas,&#8221; Abbott wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Texas is a law-and-order state and will not tolerate these reckless, coordinated criminal events.&#8221;
The most recent <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/affidavit-man-arrested-in-austin-street-takeover-events-from-dallas-had-stolen-gun/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incident</a> that garnered significant media attention happened over the weekend in Austin and resulted in multiple arrests on reckless driving, weapon, and drug charges.
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🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a>: As chaos erupted overnight as dozens cars takeover attacking police 
📌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Austin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Austin</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Texas</a>⁰⁰Chaos erupted in Austin Texas after a significant, coordinated street race / takeover event took place last night as multiple vehicles blocked traffic doing donuts. When Austin… <a href="https://t.co/TMjLC0hY39">https://t.co/TMjLC0hY39</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZddAmsUM7s">pic.twitter.com/ZddAmsUM7s</a>
&mdash; R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href="https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1627389924277211140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Multiple people set on fire in street takeover in Austin Texas. <a href="https://t.co/L7sIak1bGV">pic.twitter.com/L7sIak1bGV</a>
&mdash; Lexit (@LexitMovement1) <a href="https://twitter.com/LexitMovement1/status/1627837190905667584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Abbott&#8217;s office said that the new task force would be led by members of the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division, Texas Highway Patrol, Aviation Operations Division, and Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division, working in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies statewide.
The task force will conduct state-level investigations that go after the &#8220;organized crime&#8221; groups behind the illegal and highly dangerous street takeovers, according to Abbott&#8217;s office.
The statement said that the task force&#8217;s goal is to seize the vehicles, weapons, and drugs and make felony arrests resulting in serious prison time for those responsible for the street takeovers.
&#8220;Despite the foolish attempts by some local officials to defund and demoralize our brave law enforcement officers, Texas is and remains a law-and-order state,&#8221; Abbott said in a statement. &#8220;We must send a clear message that these reckless, coordinated criminal events will not be tolerated in Texas. This statewide task force will work closely with local officials and law enforcement to investigate, prosecute, and prevent these dangerous street takeovers.&#8221;
DPS Director Steve McCraw said that the illegal events put the lives of Texas citizens and law enforcement at risk.
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&#8220;We are seeing fireworks fired at officers in crowds, lasers pointed at aircraft, drivers driving upwards of 130 miles per hour with no lights on in the dark of night-all of it is reckless, and it needs to be stopped,&#8221; he said.
Houston is another city in Texas where street takeovers are happening on a regular basis. Local media <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-texas-street-racing-takeover/285-ebc6ea2d-60ba-47d3-a15a-5eeff72f06bb">reported</a> that street takeovers have led to more than 1,500 arrests over the last two years.

Texas Governor Abbott Holds Fentanyl Crisis Roundtable And Press Conference

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Launches New Task Force To Combat Street Takeovers

Texas Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott</a> announced this week that he has created a new position in his administration to battle President Joe Biden&#8217;s continued illegal immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border.
The announcement comes after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had 251,487 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-shatters-all-time-record-for-number-of-illegal-alien-encounters-on-southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encounters</a> with illegal aliens last month, the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history.
Last month’s numbers, combined with the first two months of fiscal year 2023 — October and November — put the U.S. on track to have more than 2.87 million illegal alien encounters on the U.S. southern border this year.
December’s numbers mean that the Biden administration has now experienced ten straight months of 200,000+ illegal alien encounters per month on the southern border.
&#8220;For nearly two years, the State of Texas has taken unprecedented, historic action under Operation Lone Star in response to the Biden Administration&#8217;s refusal to secure the border,&#8221; <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-new-texas-border-czar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Abbott. &#8220;To continue doing what no other state in the history of our country has done to secure the border, I hired Mike Banks as the State of Texas&#8217; first-ever Border Czar.&#8221;
&#8220;As an award-winning Border Patrol Agent, with decades of federal law enforcement and border security experience, Mike is the perfect choice to oversee Texas&#8217; fight against the surge of illegal immigration, lethal drugs, and deadly weapons flowing into our state and nation,&#8221; Abbott continued. &#8220;I have no doubt that Mike&#8217;s strong record of leadership and wealth of experience will provide Texans—and Americans—the level of border security expertise they deserve from a proper Border Czar.&#8221;
Banks said, &#8220;Protecting our nation’s border is something I have dedicated the last 23 years of my life to, and I am very passionate about it. I look forward to strengthening our relationships with law enforcement partners and the community, leveraging all that we can to further protect our great state of Texas and the United States.&#8221;
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/30/texas-names-border-czar-who-wants-to-make-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that when Banks was asked what his role was, he responded, “For me, the #1 priority is to make the State of Texas the least desirable place for illegal immigration to cross.&#8221;

Abbott Creates New Border Czar To Accelerate Border Wall Construction, Make State ‘Least Desirable Place For Illegal Immigration’

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