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March 19, 2021

Texas Gov. Abbott reports COVID outbreak, no 'usable running water' at migrant holding facility

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined "America Reports" Friday with an exclusive update on conditions at two facilities where migrants are being held after crossing the U.S-Mexico border.

March 19, 2021

Biden administration 'importing' coronavirus into Texas by not securing border: Gov. Abbott

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R., told "America's Newsroom" Friday that the Biden administration is effectively importing coronavirus into the United States by not adequately securing the southern border.

March 17, 2021

Abbott accuses Biden admin of 'not being transparent' about health of unaccompanied minors at border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanded Wednesday that the Biden administration allow state and local authorities access to unaccompanied migrant children in federal facilities to monitor COVID transmission and investigate human trafficking concerns.

March 17, 2021

Matthew McConaughey criticizes Texas Gov. Abbott's decision to lift mask mandate: 'A little dumbfounded'

Matthew McConaughey criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to lift the state's face mask mandate amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 14, 2021

Biden's 'open border' policies enriching drug cartels as migrant crisis escalates: Gov. Abbott

President Biden’s “open border policies” are not only inviting more illegal immigration to the U.S. but also enriching and empowering drug cartels in Mexico who profit from smuggling migrants across the border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday.

March 11, 2021

Texas AG Paxton sues City of Austin for not lifting mask mandate

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the state capital and its county for not lifting their mask mandates after Governor Greg Abbott rolled back the measure statewide, Fox News has learned.

March 9, 2021

Texas Gov. Abbott blames Biden reversal of Trump policies for 'self-inflicted' migrant surge at border

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the Biden administration for what he called a "self-inflicted" influx of migrants at the southern border by reversing the immigration policies implemented under former President Donald Trump.

March 6, 2021

Texas beefs up border crackdown to stop human and drug smuggling

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, along with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), on Saturday launched ‘Operation Lone Star,’ a program that will work to combat the smuggling of drugs and people across the southern border. 

March 5, 2021

Texas Gov. Abbott says state 'taking a stand' against Big Tech censorship

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared Texas is "taking a stand" against online censorship of conservatives and backed new legislation to combat the practice in the Lone Star State.

March 5, 2021

'The View' host: Republicans are Neanderthals because they don't 'listen to the government'

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin agreed Friday with President Biden's remark that Republican governors who re-opened states and reversed mask mandates were engaging in "Neanderthal thinking" because they had elected to not "listen to the government."