“Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in a press release.

What unmitigated garbage. They were bussed from McAllen, which no matter how many times Republicans lie their asses off about it, is not “overwhelmed and overrun.”

This is just performative cruelty to vulnerable people, which plays well to the Republican base.

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