Texas plans to build a military base near Eagle Pass in response to ‘Biden’s border crisis’

Article author: 
Vivek Saxena
Article publisher: 
American Wire
Article date: 
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Article category: 
National Issues
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans Friday to build a Texas National Guard base near the southern border.

It’ll be a Forward Operating Base explicitly designed for Texas National Guard troops to quickly respond “to President Joe Biden’s border crisis,” according to a press release from Abbott’s office.

“Texas is expanding our border security capabilities by building a new Texas Military Department base camp to increase and improve border security operations in this area,” the governor said in a statement. “This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas Military Department soldiers in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and efficiently.”

“Before now, the Texas National Guard had been scattered . . .