Illegal Immigration, Border Security Take Center Stage in Texas’ Gubernatorial Race
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With illegal border crossings spiking, both incumbent and challengers in the Texas gubernatorial GOP primary are focusing their efforts and rhetoric on the issue.
Brad Johnson

The 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary is still about a year away, but its key issue might have already been cemented. Illegal immigration and the border have received more airtime from politicians in the last month than throughout much of the last two years.

And it’s not unwarranted attention, either.

Illegal border crossing apprehensions in the last three months — averaging roughly 177,000 per month — have been substantially higher than at any point in the last four years. Exempting May 2019, the numbers far surpass the apprehension levels in any month since 2018.

It is often said that drug cartels have “operational control of the border” smuggling drugs and human beings while severely stretching border patrol and local law enforcement resources. With that control comes a burgeoning level of general violence.-- excerpt, rest at link above --