Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told a right-wing radio host that thereā€™s only one tool the state isnā€™t using to stop migrants from crossing the border into Texas: gun violence, because it would prompt a response from the pesky federal government.

ā€œThe only thing that we are not doing is weā€™re not shooting people who come across the borderā€”because, of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder,ā€ the Republican governor toldĀ former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch on her radio show last week.

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      9 months ago

      The US constitution? The President can do really anything they want within the law. Thereā€™s no really reason The President canā€™t arrest people.

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        The President can do really anything they want within the law. Thereā€™s

        No they canā€™t. And arresting people is simply not in their purview.