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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told a right-wing radio host that there’s only one tool the state isn’t using to stop migrants from crossing the border into Texas: gun violence, because it would prompt a response from the pesky federal government.

“The only thing that we are not doing is we’re not shooting people who come across the border—because, of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder,” the Republican governor told former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch on her radio show last week.

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[-] sugarfree@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I don't think its an absurd position to defend an international border with force against those who would illegally cross it. Sovereign countries are sovereign.

[-] forrgott@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

It's barbaric. Disenfranchised people seeking a better life are not your enemy. The sociopathic lowlifes that rely on illegal labor so they can underpay their workers are the ones actively manipulating the system at every turn to make your life worse. And the situation has gone on for so long that if we did lock down the borders, with violence if necessary, our economy would immediately crash. But whereas common folks like us will be up a certain creek with no paddle, the jerks responsible for all of it would have a much better chance weathering the storm.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

It's just dirt, dude.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Sovereign countries make trade and peace deals. If they don't want to abide by those agreements they shouldnt have entered into them. So it's an unreasonable argument.

[-] Jank@literature.cafe 3 points 10 months ago

Good thing our constitution has no mentions of rights for non citizens...

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