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May 20, 2022 | Austin, Texas | Press Release

Governor Greg Abbott today activatedthe Joint Border Security Operations Center (JBSOC) and directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), Texas Military Department (TMD), and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to coordinate Texas response to secure the borderin preparation for President Biden's reckless decision to end Title 42 expulsions on Monday, May 23.

The JBSOC is activated to its highest alert level as the Biden Administration has estimated that the end of Title 42 expulsions will lead to up to 18,000 illegal crossings per day from Mexico into the United States.

"Texas will not stand by as President Biden puts our state and our nation in danger by ending Title 42 expulsions and allowing dangerous criminals, illegal weapons, and deadly drugs like fentanyl to flow unabated into the United States, and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis at our southern border," said Governor Abbott. "We continue taking unprecedented action to secure the border, ramping up every available strategy and resource in response to President Biden's ongoing border crisis. The Joint Border Security Operations Center will play an integral rolein our state's robust response toprovide the border security strategy Texans and Americans deserve."

The JBSOC, located at DPS headquarters in Austin, will serve as the state's multi-agency command and coordination center for statewide border security intelligence and operations to include tactical, marine, air, and ground. It will also coordinate the deployment of strategic barriers along the Texas-Mexico border, including razor wire.

Live feeds from Texas National Guard and DPS aircraft, UAVs, and detection cameras will provide around-the-clock situational awareness.The JBSOC will have direct contact with law enforcement and local leaders along the Texas-Mexico border.

Pursuant to thedisaster declarationissued last year and his authority to respond to disasters under state law, Governor Abbott directed the following state agencies to report to the JBSOC:

Texas Department of Public Safety

Texas Military Department

Texas Division of Emergency Management

Texas Department of Transportation

Texas Facilities Commission (TFC)

Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)

Texas Commission on Jail Standards

Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)

Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Texas Fire Marshals Office

Texas Attorney Generals Office

Texas Indigent Defense Commission

Border Prosecution Unit

Office of Court Administration

Governor Abbott has taken significant action to secure the border in the wake of the federal governments inaction. Those actions include:

Read more on additional actions taken by the Governor to secure the border through Operation Lone Star.

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Dozens of children and adolescents melt into long hugs with their parents at a shelter in Quetzaltenango. Their perilous journey alone to the United States as migrants has just ended in failure after their deportation from Mexico to Guatemala.

From the white bus with Mexican license plates that parked Thursday in front of the state-run Nuestras Races shelter in Quetzaltenango (southwest), a four-hour drive from Guatemalas capital, 59 repatriated minors disembarked.

These 14 days that we were without seeing her, without knowing anything, it was terrible, says Jos Mauricio, 33, who is waiting for his 16-year-old daughter.

Their identities are being withheld. Joss daughter left her hometown of Coatepeque a month ago and they found out that she had been detained in Mexico for 14 days. She made the trip with a cousin, and both were deported.

The authorities identified the minors, located their parents by telephone and summoned them for an interview to confirm the relationship.

When Jos sees his daughter, he holds her tightly to his chest. Despite the pain of having to separate, Jos believes that there is no choice but to migrate from this country where 60% of its 17 million inhabitants live in poverty.

In Guatemala there is no way she can survive with her studies. It was the decision that was made for her to be someone important in life. It was difficult, it is the only option because here it is not possible, laments the father.

Minors are the most vulnerable migrants, according to Save The Children: The migration crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean is impacting tens of thousands of children and adolescents who, leaving their countries unaccompanied by a responsible adult, become one of the most vulnerable groups exposed to threats and violations of their rights.

A U.S. federal judge decided Friday to maintain the validity of Title 42, a decree of former President Donald Trumps administration that allows the immediate expulsion of migrants seeking asylum at its southern border.

Title 42 does not apply to unaccompanied minors (unless they are Mexican), which is why many Central Americans choose to send their children alone to the United States in search of a better life.

Although they do not admit it in public, parents comment that they pay up to 150,000 quetzales (almost $20,000) for their children to migrate. To do so, they get into debt or a family member from the United States finances the operation.

The rates depend on the type of amenities. They offer with hotel, without hotel, there is a variety, says Maripaz Lopez, the person in charge of the shelter, according to what she hears from the migrants. Some travel packages include three arrival attempts.

But along the way there are endless hardships. They suffer many situations, they are left without food, they walk at night () They suffer a lot, they suffer from robbery, assault, aggression and sometimes sexual violence, says Lopez, who each week receives about 150 deported minors at the shelter.

This group of deported minors was found in safe houses, homes where human traffickers hide undocumented migrants until they can get them across the U.S. border.

Lopez says that when things go wrong, the smugglers call family members living in the United States to extort money and, when they get the money, turn the child over to Mexican immigration for deportation.

One of the rescued groups went so far as to tell how the traffickers placed tigers on the door of a safe house.

We had some very difficult cases, admits Lopez.

Norma Prez, 32, lives in the United States and managed to send her seven-year-old daughter from Guatemala. When the operation failed, she had to travel to her native country to receive her at the shelter.

It didnt happen, I was waiting for her there, I dont think I would try again. A great sorrow was removed from my heart, I saw her and she is fine. For her I left and for her I am here, he says.

The goal of traveling is to pursue those dreams, he says. But on the road we dont know what is going to happen, many risk their lives, Perez says.

You feel worried when you dont hear from him, but the moment you know he is coming back you feel happy because they are healthy and well, says farmer Lorenzo Rodrguez (49), who is waiting for his 15-year-old son.

Rodrguez is from the town of Canill, in the Quich region, one of the poorest areas of the country.

One lives through a very critical calamity and that is why one decides to go somewhere else. Not everyone is lucky. For those who are lucky, they manage to get through, others find death, he says.

Do not be fooled by the American dream, because the American dream is currently separating families, says the shelter manager.

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On a frigid foggy fall evening, Dad was only 15 when he walked across the Hungarian border. Mom, then 13, would cross later. Hungarian refugees, they were fleeing the blitz of Russian tanks crushing freedom-loving people during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.

Gone now, my parents were heavy on my mind as I worked with Ukrainian refugees in Hungary last month mainly women and children living a parallel nightmare as Russian military ravage their homeland.

More than 11 million have now fled Ukraine including almost 6 million into neighboring countries, including over 600,000 into Hungary. On track for being the largest refugee crisis in modern history, more Ukrainians will have left their country than those who fled the Syrian Civil War and the Soviet Afghan War.

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A son of refugees, I needed to feel the real-life experience of the Eastern European migrant. "I want to sit next to a stranger and learn about his life," Thomas Csorba (my own son) wrote it in a folk song -- because when we learn about another soul, we surely get a glimpse into ours.

What did my mother and father may feel as teenagers running from tyranny and towards freedom?

People who fled the war in Ukraine rest inside an indoor sports stadium being used as a refugee center, in the village of Medyka, a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, on March 15. (AP/Petros Giannakouris)

These Ukrainian refugees are like a pleasing family puzzle -- weary from their complex journey; yet so full of life and persistence.

I wanted to see how all the pieces fit and what the picture reveals. Despite the horrific stories of rape and murder, I saw resiliency and even a sharp sense of humor, though sardonic -- perhaps inspired by their comedian-turned president now standing in as the de facto leader of the free world.

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One family prepared a Ukrainian Easter dinner for us in their tiny provisional apartment in Budapest. They made us feel welcome and at home; perhaps so they could also return home, even for a few hours.

Refugees walk after fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland, on April 8, 2022. (AP/Sergei Grits)

Their son, who suffers from cerebral palsy, laughed mockingly as he pointed to a bombed-out restaurant on his iPhone a favorite family spot in the Black Sea town of Odessa. The shelling as part of the so-called Russian "Special Military Operation" wasnt lost on the young man his anguish masked in the irony of the barbaric act.

We all came from somewhere, and we all have a story of struggle and some alienation.

Most Ukrainian refugees we spoke with remain relatively close to Ukraine hoping to soon return.

On the day we crossed the border into Ukraine to deliver medical supplies to Lviv, the line going back in was longer than the one coming out.

Many would rather return home under the threat of constant shelling than live in their current uncertainty. Such is the soul of the Ukrainian refugee.

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But another danger waits for the new refugees, namely men stalking young women at the border. They offer them what appears like a friendly ride, but then force them into the underworld of human trafficking. Risking everything to flee war and then finally crossing the border - a moment of hopefulness -- and then falling into the evil of exploitation is too much to fathom.

God-fearing, these Ukrainians are surely leaning on the promise of the psalmist, "the Lord watches over strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, and He thwarts the way of the wicked."

Tough-minded and faithful, they have their fears one of which is that we will grow weary and become faint, and the humanitarianism will wane. But how can we forget Bucha? Irpin? And Kharkiv and Mariupol?

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They also fear that resentment will fester as the costs of caring for them become too much housing, education, medicine and jobs. Grateful for our benevolence, they worry about our stamina. Some appealed to the golden rule in the Gospel, namely, "in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you."

Of course, they are right. There is our common humanity, our own compassion to suffer with one another. We all came from somewhere, and we all have a story of struggle and some alienation.

When one of us becomes the last, the least, and the lost, we become a refuge to them as if we are serving ourselves. Surely not the same Ukrainian hell, but when we see our stories as refugees alike, how can we stop caring for the millions of Ukrainians without a home and a country?

We all want a safe place to live. We all hunger for freedom and human dignity. We all want to come home.

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As Dina Niyeri, the Iranian refugee raised in America, asked about our universal refugee condition, "Is it not the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the door when someone in danger knocks?"

My mother and father have been gone for years, but now they are even greatly remembered and loved. And so, too, the Ukrainians, whose suffering, and ours with them, makes us all refugees.

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President Joe Biden has become skilled at ignoring crises, and the nationwide infant formula shortage is no exception.

The national formula shortage affects fewer people than some of Bidens other problems, such as skyrocketing inflation, record gas prices, and a humanitarian crisis at the open southern border, but its consequences are far direr. In the last couple of weeks, dozens of infants around the country, some with acute medical needs, have been hospitalized due to the shortages. Dehydration, nutrition issues, and even adverse reactions to homemade formula are plaguing babies whose parents cant find the specific powder required for their survival.

Panic about a lack of baby formula began months ago as parents struggled to find the products. Thanks to government-mandated lockdowns, supply-chain interruptions abounded, and Bidens Food and Drug Administrations shutdown of one of the countrys largest infant formula plants only made things worse. By the beginning of May, the national out-of-stock rate for formula was 43 percent. In some states such as Tennessee and Texas, that rate rose above 50 percent by mid-May.

Parents across the nation panicked, but the White House stayed largely silent on the issue. When the Biden administration finally spoke up, they blamed the problem on retailers, stockers, and alleged baby formula hoarders.

Instead of making it easier for parents to get their hands on formula from overseas, Bidens team advised parents via the White Houses Instagram page to use a different brand of formula and call your OB/GYN or pediatrician to request supplements.

When people discovered that the Biden administration was using taxpayer dollars to buy and ship formula to illegal immigrants detained at the southern border while stonewalling the needy Americans he was elected to serve, the corporate media, White House, and Department of Homeland Security deflected.

Theres no indication the national baby formula shortage is connected to the distribution of formula to migrant babies in U.S. border custody, CBS News tweeted on Wednesday.

The Biden administration eventually tried to soothe Americans formula panic by invoking the Defense Production Act, striking a reopening deal with the formula plant that had been shut down and flying in the product from Europe. But not even Bidens import of 70,000 pounds of infant food as opposed to the 70,000 tons he claimed on Twitter could distract from the fact that this FDA-exacerbated catastrophe isnt going away anytime soon.

The White House keeps promising that more infant formula is on the way since the newest supply will only last a couple of days, but how can Americans trust that? After all, this is the same administration that claims the southern border is secure, inflation is temporary, the supply-chain crisis is over, the Afghanistan withdrawal was a success, and exorbitant gas prices are Vladimir Putins fault.

Since Biden assumed office, the United States has plunged into domestic, economic, and foreign policy crises. In every instance, the Biden administration has had the capacity to initiate solutions that will serve the American people well. And in every instance, it has denied the problems, played the blame game, and straight-up lied to Americans.

Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.

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Fox News Rachel Campos-Duffy sounded the alarm on the border crisis after touring Eagle Pass, Texas, to get a look at the situation firsthand. After riding along with Texas officials and speaking with illegal immigrants attempting to cross into America, Campos-Duffy said the federal government doesnt want Americans to know what is happening.

Campos-Duffy also toured the Rio Grande by helicopter. A border official showed her a migrant facility encircled by a fence that was developed to alleviate the overcrowding in the area.

"They believe that having a fence or barriers is a priority or vital to what theyre doing here," the official told Campos-Duffy. "Yet we dont see that on the border where its needed."

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She then saw discarded panels that were intended to be used for the border wall construction laying in piles on the ground.

Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Chris Olivarez explained that Texas taxpayers are funding the operation to combat the border crisis despite it being the federal governments responsibility.

"This is the federal governments job to secure the border," he said. "But right now, the state of Texas is having to bear this burden by providing all these state resources: troopers, National Guardsmen, putting up fencing."

Immigrant men from many countries are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border on December 07, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. Governors from 26 states have formed a strike force to address the crisis at the border. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Campos-Duffy spoke to illegal immigrants who had been intercepted by border agents.

"Each one of them paid about $12,000 to the coyotes to get to this point right here," she reported.

The next group of migrants she encountered agreed to speak with her in an interview, but federal agents quickly took them into custody and didnt allow them to speak further.

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"This is just another example of how the federal government doesnt want us to know whats going on," she said. "Ive been shocked by the lack of transparency, and I dont blame Border Patrol."

Lt. Olivarez questioned what happened to children crossing the border illegally.

"Once they make the journey to the United States, where do they end up?" he asked.

Campos-Duffy then traveled to Uvalde, Texas, where a migrant facility hosts unaccompanied minors.

"Not even the mayor is allowed to see what goes on inside," she reported.

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Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Campos-Duffy that local churches were barred from bringing clothes, food and formula for the children at the facility.

"This is not about security," Campos-Duffy said. "This was entirely a processing program for our federal government."

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"Instead of sending people back, they just build a bigger processing center so they can move people through quicker and send them out to the rest of the country."

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