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15 October 2026
Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.
Emily Scherer for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. Source images: The Texas Tribune and documents obtained by ProPublica. Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repeated a claim he’s made for the past five years. He stated that the number of people crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally “posed an ongoing and imminent threat” across the state.
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