With the Federal Government selectively enforcing \u2013 and in some cases not enforcing at all \u2013 immigration law, lawlessness on the US-Mexico border has become the status quo.<\/p>\n
But Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken matters of border security and the protection of Texans into his own hands by signing the most comprehensive border security bill any State has ever codified into law.<\/strong><\/p>\n The result is the \u201ctoughest and most comprehensive border security plan of any state in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe legislative package provides historic levels of funding to secure the border, establishes a Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit, strengthens penalties for human traffickers, increases funding for the border protection unit, and seeks reimbursement from the federal government for Texas funds spent on border issues,\u201d writes Lana Shadwick at Breitbart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Abbott had declared the initiative a \u201clegislative priority\u201d and one of his \u201cemergency legislative items\u201d during his State of the State address, doing so in the face of a derelict Federal Government.<\/p>\n The Obama Administration, while propagandizing about great works done on the issue of border control and immigration, has effectively ceased enforcing immigration law, and has not only cut back on funding for border security, but actively ordered them to \u201clook the other way\u201d on many aspects of the job.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are doing this because border security has turned out to be a real challenge for the people of this state,\u201d Abbot said in a comment after signing the bill into law. \u201cNot just on the border region but across communities across the entire state of Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n Because of the massive area Texas shares with Mexico on the border, Abbott declared securing the border an \u201cemergency issue.\u201d Regarding the passage of the bill out of the Texas Legislature \u2013 which meets for only once every two years for a maximum 140 days, Abbot said, \u201cAnd the Texas legislature responded profoundly, and strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n Abbott said the landmark legislation funds a unique anti-gang program \u201cto dismember the gang operations that are causing havoc for the people of Texas.\u201d This new anti-gang program will operate directly out of the Office of the Governor.<\/p>\n The Governor, speaking in front of a large crowd at the signing ceremony, said there are more than 20,000 criminal gang members associated with cross-border traffic-related crime in Houston alone. There are an estimated 100,000-plus gang members operating across the State of Texas. Much of the crime those gangs trade in emanate from the illegal drug and human trafficking endeavors.<\/p>\n Abbott and Texas are sending a signal to other States that says if you want to secure your borders and protect your people who may very well have to act on your own, at least until the current administration is replaced. Then, if Hillary Clinton wins, that \u201cmay\u201d most assuredly will transform into a \u201cwill.\u201d<\/p>\n What do you think about Gov. Abbott\u2019s move on the US-Mexico border?<\/p>\n