Telemundo Loses It Over Gov Abbott's Good Work
When the Biden administration lifted border security and walked away border states stepped up and took up the responsibility of defending the US border. None more so than Texas Governor Greg Abbott. You can say his efforts have not gone unnoticed as a Telemundo reporter goes off script and rants on and on about Abbott and his pesky laws.
The segment began with the reporter repeating the orders, "Don't come; that´s the message that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has clearly sent to the thousands of migrants waiting to cross the southern border to enter the United States. And meanwhile, the president of Mexico has made a request to the governor of Texas. We go live to Edgar Muñoz from Houston. Good afternoon Edgar. Why does Gov. Greg Abbott insist on calling immigrants invaders?"
Muñoz replied, "Well, there are many explanations, but a huge controversy has been unleashed Felicidad. Pleased to greet you. In effect, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is trying to take the persecution of immigrants at the border one step further. He tries calling the great number of immigrants who are in effect crossing the Rio Grande and the desert, just south of this territory, as invaders to have more power, according to The New York Times. But the Texas governor really means it: he wants to declare immigrants as invaders. He wants to declare powers of war; however, some experts have said that this is obviously an extreme because at no time has there been a military invasion like in Ukraine. However, Governor Greg Abbott continues with the Lone Star operation, and even three days ago he said that he will invest $500 million for 10 thousand troops precisely on the border and also, we witnessed last week, the presence also of operations by governors, the governments of Tamaulipas, of Coahuila, of Nuevo León, to prevent the passage of migrants through the southern border."
Transcript (English)
FELICIDAD AVELEYRA: Don't come; that´s the message that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has clearly sent to the thousands of migrants waiting to cross the southern border to enter the United States. And meanwhile, the president of Mexico has made a request to the governor of Texas. We go live to Edgar Muñoz from Houston. Good afternoon Edgar. Why does Gov. Greg Abbott insist on calling immigrants invaders?
EDGARD MUÑOZ: Well, there are many explanations, but a huge controversy has been unleashed Felicidad. Pleased to greet you. In effect, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is trying to take the persecution of immigrants at the border one step further. He tries calling the great number of immigrants who are in effect crossing the Rio Grande and the desert, just south of this territory, as invaders to have more power, according to The New York Times. But the Texas governor really means it: he wants to declare immigrants as invaders. He wants to declare powers of war; however, some experts have said that this is obviously an extreme because at no time has there been a military invasion like in Ukraine. However, Governor Greg Abbott continues with the Lone Star operation, and even three days ago he said that he will invest $500 million for 10 thousand troops precisely on the border and also, we witnessed last week, the presence also of operations by governors, the governments of Tamaulipas, of Coahuila, of Nuevo León, to prevent the passage of migrants through the southern border.
AVELEYRA: Edgar, what did President Andrés Manuel López Obrador say to the governor of Texas?
MUÑOZ: Well, we're going to hear what Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, but really the governor of Texas is serious about it and wants to call immigrants invaders. But first let's listen to the president of Mexico.
ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR, PRES. MEXICO: I'm hearing that there are some politicians in the United States, as there are elections coming up, they are already making accusations, and there is one talking about declaring that we are invading them, that it is an invasion. I would tell him to lower the tone a little.
MUÑOZ: Well, what the president said follows the song of the Black Door, or the Golden Cage. A sad fact Felicidad, and I´ll share it; over the weekend, a 38-year-old Nicaraguan died precisely because at Eagle Pass over the river where the national guard did not intervene after what happened a few days ago when a member of the national guard unfortunately died trying to rescue an immigrant precisely in the river.
AVELEYRA: Wow- well a very sad situation. Very delicate that they get called invaders. Thank you for your report Edgar.
MUÑOZ: We will be on the lookout.