The Texas National Guard is set to deploy 10 tank-like armored personnel carriers along the state’s border with Mexico.
The carriers can be outfitted with weapons including heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and anti-tank missiles.The carriers, along with stepped-up “aircraft flights and security efforts” along the border, “are part of a larger strategy to use every available tool to fight back against the record-breaking level of illegal immigration,” the Texas Military Department said Friday.
On Wednesday, Abbott slammed President Biden in a letter that blamed his “open-border policies” for the ongoing “invasion” of migrants at the southern border — and warned that Texas will “invoke our constitutional authority to defend ourselves.”
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