Saturday, 23 November 2024

Border State Offers Trump Administration 1,400 Acres To Construct Deportation Facilities

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Texas has offered the incoming Trump administration about 1,400 acres of land on the border to construct deportation facilities.

According to Fox News, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham wrote to President Trump and offered him the land in Starr County.

The state purchased the 1,402 acres of land from a ranch owner in October, which sits in the Rio Grande Valley sector near the border.

Fox News reports:

Her letter to Trump, obtained by Fox News Digital, says her office is “fully prepared to enter into an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or the United States Border Patrol to allow a facility to be built for the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history.”

“What I care about is that we have safe communities, and there is no doubt that we are losing too many of our children to these violent criminals that are coming across the border,” Buckingham told Fox News Digital in an interview on Tuesday. “I am 100% on board with the Trump administration’s pledge to get these criminals out of our country, and we are more than happy to offer our resources to facilitate those deportations of these violent criminals.”

The Texas General Land Office purchased the land in October to facilitate the construction of additional border wall, a project that the Biden administration stopped. The area, which was a ranch before Texas bought it, had seen drug smuggling and human trafficking, officials said.

“Texas bought the land last month after a ranch owner didn’t want to build any barriers on the property. The plan is still to begin wall construction in December—The commissioner is offering the land for additional use,” NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley wrote.

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Per NewsNation:

The letter details GLO’s recent border security initiatives, including “Operation Flat Top,” which secured a 170-acre island in the Rio Grande previously described by state authorities as “the most dangerous part of the Texas border.”

Buckingham stated the land could be used for “processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history” in cooperation with federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol.

The GLO, which oversees 13 million acres of state lands, confirmed the offer through a spokesperson.

This comes as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to expand buoy barriers across the Rio Grande to stop migrants from crossing the southern border despite border crossings dropping in the state.

Abbott has maintained that Texas will have a proactive versus reactive stance at the border and will be prepared should a surge happen ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

Border officials are now training for an expected surge in migrant crossings before Trump takes the White House.


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