WASHINGTON,
D.C. – MARCH 24: Texas Governor Greg Abbott participated in a news
briefing outside the West Wing on March 24, 2017 at the White House in
Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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UPDATED 6:55 PM PT – Sunday, April 11, 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) told sources on Sunday that Republicans
are not alone anymore when it comes to pushing back against the Biden
administration’s handling of the southern border.
Last week, Abbott called on the federal government to shut down the
Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, after multiple allegations surfaced of
sexual abuse, understaffing and lack of food for the children.
Allegedly, COVID-19 positive children were not being isolated from the
others.
Reports of sexual assault, bullying,
understaffing & disregard for COVID protocols at the Freeman
Coliseum facility are unacceptable.
The Biden Admin. must SHUT DOWN this facility & protect these children.
Details of these disturbing allegations:https://t.co/pCyw2hGjCw pic.twitter.com/NfUNKIoBGf
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) April 9, 2021
The Republican governor cited Biden’s lack of preparation for the
influx of migrant children and his refusal to follow Trump-era border
policies as the main contributing factors to the current border crisis.
“The Biden administration caused this crisis and has repeatedly
failed to address it. The Biden administration opened borders, the
administration failed to plan for the influx of children that they
invited to come,” Abbott stated. “Now they face allegations of
despicable child abuse and neglect.”
AUSTIN,
TX – MAY 18: Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the reopening of more
Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at
the Texas State Capitol on May 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by
Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images) The Texas governor added “you have Democrat members of the United
States Congress, you have Democratic members of the state legislature,
as well as Democrat local officials who are pushing back against the
Biden administration as much as conservatives in the state of Texas.”
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) also slammed the Biden administration
for its failure of dealing with overcrowded migrant processing
facilities.
Democratic
Representative from Texas Henry Cuellar spoke at a press conference of
the House Democratic leadership at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
on January 4, 2011. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) “Nope they’re not moving fast enough with all due respect. You know a
week after inauguration I called my White House contact and said ‘hey
listen you all need to see what’s happening.’ I’m hearing from our
Border Patrol folks, the NGOs on the border, from the border mayors,”
Cuellar stated. “There are numbers coming up and so they had a warning,
they should of learned the lessons from 2014.”
Cuellar added that the federal government needs to move the children to Health and Human Services as soon as possible.
Additionally, Abbott said Biden needs to enforce the Remain in Mexico
protocols and continue border wall construction to combat the dire
consequences migrant children, adults and the state of Texas are faced
with.
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