Abbott Directs DPS, National Guard To Return Illegals To Border

Outrageous and unlawful, that’s what civil rights groups are calling Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order authorizing the Texas National Guard and DPS to begin returning illegal immigrants to the border. Abbott says he’s protecting Americans and securing the southern border. The Texas Civil Rights Project calls it grandstanding. In a statement, state and local officials are not trained in federal immigration law and have neither the legal authority nor the expertise to enforce it.