Trump Border Speech: Former president, Texas Gov. Abbott on immigration - FULL NEWS CONFERENCE
Summary
TLDRFormer President Trump visited the Texas-Mexico border and praised Governor Abbott's efforts to secure the border through measures like building border walls and deploying the National Guard. Trump criticized President Biden's border policies, stating they have allowed criminals to illegally enter the US and commit crimes. Trump and Abbott also discussed the need to enforce existing immigration laws. Abbott said Texas will continue busing migrants to sanctuary cities until Biden secures the border. Trump and Abbott were joined by Texas law enforcement officials and National Guard leadership who highlighted their border security operations.
Takeaways
- 😡 Trump harshly criticizes Biden's border policies, calling it an "invasion" allowing criminals and problems into the US
- 👮♂️ Trump praises Texas' strong border security efforts under Governor Abbott
- 😠 Trump slams California and Arizona's governors for not securing their borders
- ⚠️ Trump warns of dangers of criminals, diseases, and problems entering US through unsecured borders
- 🔒 Trump touts his past border security policies like the border wall and Remain in Mexico
- 👍 Trump commends Texas National Guard's efforts to secure the border under General Seltzer
- 😤 Trump recounts tragic stories of Americans victimized by criminal illegal immigrants
- 🤝 Trump thanks Governor Abbott, General Seltzer, and Brandon Judd for their border security work
- 🚧 Trump contrasts his and Abbott's border visit with Biden's "obligatory" visit
- 🌎 Trump briefly discusses foreign policy issues with Venezuela, Iran, etc.
Q & A
What policies did President Trump put in place to secure the border?
-President Trump put in place four key policies - ending Catch and Release, implementing the Title 42 policy, introducing the Remain in Mexico policy, and building the border wall.
What is the Title 42 policy?
-The Title 42 policy allowed border officials to immediately expel migrants entering illegally during the COVID-19 pandemic on public health grounds.
How many miles of border wall did President Trump build?
-President Trump built 571 miles of border wall, much more than he had originally promised.
What agreement did President Trump make with Mexico regarding border security?
-President Trump got Mexico to agree to deploy 28,000 soldiers to help secure the U.S. southern border.
What is President Biden accused of doing regarding border security?
-President Biden is accused of eliminating the effective border security policies put in place by President Trump through executive orders.
What action has Texas taken in response to the border crisis?
-Texas has invoked its constitutional authority to declare an 'invasion' in order to defend itself from border-related crimes.
What border security measures has Texas implemented?
-Texas has built its own border wall, deployed buoys in the Rio Grande river to deter illegal crossings, deployed the National Guard, and launched a new military base to house Guard troops.
How many National Guard troops has Texas deployed?
-Texas has deployed thousands of National Guard troops along its 1,254 mile border with Mexico.
What does Texas plan to do with detained migrants?
-Texas plans to continue busing detained migrants to sanctuary cities across the United States.
What message did Governor Abbott deliver to President Biden regarding border security?
-Governor Abbott handed President Biden a document outlining three strategies he could implement to secure the border using existing federal laws.
Outlines
😟 Trump and Texas Officials Discuss Border Issues and Biden Policies
Trump praises Texas officials including Governor Abbott and General Thomas Seltzer for securing parts of the Texas border. He criticizes the Arizona and California governors for not securing their borders. Trump and Brandon Jud blame Biden for immigration issues, claiming his policies invite people to illegally cross. They say border agents are upset Biden went to Brownsville instead of Texas areas more affected by migration.
😡 Trump Claims Migrants Bring Crime and Biden Policies Allow It
Trump provides statistics claiming thousands of assaults, robberies, and homicides were committed by criminal migrants last year after being released into the U.S. by Biden. He claims other nations are emptying jails and sending criminals, terrorists, and mentally ill people to the U.S. He criticizes Biden for allowing this.
😢 Trump References Recent Migrant Crime Cases
Trump describes the recent murder of a young nursing student in Georgia by an illegal migrant. He also references other violent crimes committed by migrants released by Biden. He blames Biden for innocent victims and says his policies are destroying the country.
😤 Abbot Criticizes Biden Border Policies and Praises Texas Efforts
Governor Abbot contrasts Biden's obligatory border visit with Trump actually visiting the border. He criticizes Biden for eliminating Trump's effective policies. Abbott claims Biden is not securing the border or following laws requiring denying entry, detaining migrants, and building barriers.
👮 Abbot Details Texas Border Security Efforts
Abbott says Texas is the only state building its own border wall, using methods deployed by Trump. He says Texas National Guard has secured parks and areas used by the Biden administration to allow illegal entry. Abbott threatens to continue busing migrants to sanctuary cities.
🤝 Trump and Abbott Express Mutual Support Over Border Security
Trump praises Abbott and the Texas officials for securing the border effectively. He contrasts it with inaction from Arizona and California governors. Abbott endorses Trump for resolving border issues when re-elected President.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡border
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💡crime
💡policies
💡secure
💡patrol
💡defense
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Highlights
Trump praises Texas leaders for border security efforts
Trump criticizes Arizona and California governors for lack of border security
Trump claims the US is being overrun by Biden migrant crime
Trump says criminals are being released from jails globally and sent to the US
Trump discusses the recent killing of a young woman in Georgia by an illegal immigrant
Abbott blames Biden for the border crisis and praises Trump's past border policies
Abbott says Biden could enforce existing laws to secure the border but isn't
Abbott discusses Texas' efforts to secure the border including the national guard
General Seltzer outlines the Texas national guard's border security tactics
Trump discusses how his past policies kept countries like Venezuela and Iran in check
Trump open to being House Speaker, praises potential candidates
Abbott handed Biden a document outlining how to secure the border when they met
Trump thanks Texas leaders for their border security work
Abbott declines endorsing anyone for House Speaker role
Trump says there are lots of good House Speaker choices
Transcripts
if you look at Arizona they haven't done
anything there Governor hasn't done a
thing and the governor in California
hasn't done a thing people are flowing
through there like nothing but Texas is
very secure and it's going to be even
more secure by the time you finish which
will be soon and I just want to thank
some friends of mine Brandon Jud has
been a friend from day one he knew what
we were all about and uh knew what we
were saying and doing and I think we
were ahead of our time and general
Thomas szer was uh somebody that was
always right there and understands this
Texas Military Department about as well
as he could have I think he understands
War because that's what you're in you're
in a war and William Mike gorby you know
who he is and he's been fantastic it's
just an incredible group that you've put
together
fortunately uh I might ask Brandon to
say a couple of words because right at
the beginning we were uh we were into it
we saw what was happening and the
governor was there and then he really he
really stepped it up it's been amazing I
came when I was lucky enough to receive
his endorsement I endorsed him also and
very proudly endorsed him and a lot of
things have happened in the last little
while but this is an incredible
operation Brandon would you like to say
a couple of words absolutely thank you
sir president thank you thank you sir I
I want you to know your agents my agents
they're mad as hell absolutely mad that
President Biden went to Brownsville
Texas
rather than going to Arizona rather than
going to San Diego California rather
than coming to Eagle Pass Texas which
has been the epicenter what president
Trump has seen right here is he's seen
how his policies have worked but he's
also seen how he can expand upon those
policies once he takes goes back into
the White House he has seen how Governor
Abbott has been able to use his policies
to secure this specific area the
epicenter of the last two years of the
illegal border crisis that we have had
to endure and your agents president they
are pissed border patrol agents are
upset that we cannot get the proper
policy that is necessary to protect
human life to protect American citizens
to protect the people that are crossing
the border illegally we want to protect
them as well and we can't do that
because President Biden's policies
continue to invite people to cross here
thank goodness we have Governor like
Governor Abbott thank goodness we have
somebody that's willing to run for
president of the United States forgo
everything else that he's been doing to
serve the American people president
thank you thank you very
much the uh reports have come out and
we've been covering them and everybody's
been and I spoke to the parents of an
incredible young lady and you you saw
her the other day you saw what happened
the other day in Georgia and the parents
are devastated they're incredible people
but this is a Joe Biden Invasion this is
a Biden Invasion over the past three
years I call him crooked Joe because
he's crooked he's a terrible president
the worst president our country's ever
had probably the most incompetent
president we've ever had but it's uh
allowing thousands and thousands of
people to come in from China Iran Yemen
the Congo Syria and lot of other nations
many nations are not very friendly to us
he's transported the entire Columns of
fighting aged men and they're all at a
certain age and you look at them and say
they they look like Warriors to me
something's going on that's bad now the
United States is being overrun by the
Biden migrant crime it's a new form of
uh vicious violation to our country it's
migrant crime we call it Biden migrant
crime but that's a little bit long so
we'll just it but every time you hear
the term migrant crime you know where
that comes from allowing thousands and
thousands and actually millions and
millions of people to come could be 15
million could be 18 million by the time
he uh gets out of office because
hopefully the biggest risk we have is
nine months that's a long time a lot of
bad things can happen I always say in
speeches and rallies it's if you take
the 10 worst Presidents in the history
of our country and you added them all up
all of the problems all of the y jobs
they've done you can add them all up
it's not as bad as this one man has done
for our country what he's done to our
country is he's destroying our country
that we were just talking before we were
the general was saying I can't believe
he can't believe what's happening they
can't believe it's so sad last year
almost half of all ice arrests were
criminal aliens charged for more than
33,000 assaults 3,000 robberies 6,900
burglaries 7 ,500 weapons crimes this is
all migrant
crime 4,300 sex crimes 1600 kidnappings
and 1700 homicides and murders these are
the people that are coming into our
country and they're coming from jails
and they're coming from prisons and
they're coming from mental institutions
and they're coming from insane asylums
and they're terrorists they're being led
into our our country and uh it's
horrible it's horrible
and you know I know many of the leaders
of these other countries that are doing
it and it's not just South America it's
all over the world the Congo a very big
population coming in from jails from the
Congo you look at the jails now you take
a look at the jails throughout the
region but more importantly throughout
the world they're emptying out because
they're dumping them into the United
States and these guys try and make like
oh isn't it wonderful they don't have a
clue I think they're looking for votes
they're looking for something nobody's
really been able to tell me how anybody
could want it you know you're always in
business you always want to understand
the other side uh you want to figure it
out so you can do something that's good
or bad depending on what you're looking
for but nobody can explain to
me because everybody I speak to says how
horrible it is nobody explained to me
how allowing millions of people from
places unknown from countries unknown
who don't speak languages we have
languages coming into our country we
have nobody that even speaks those
languages they're they're truly far
forign languages nobody speaks them and
they're pouring into our country and
they're bringing with them tremendous
problems including medical problems as
you know we had title two and we had
different things to solve that problem
but they've terminated all of that even
the judge couldn't believe it the judge
said no no you can't do that it would be
horrible to do that and he let it go and
but he said in six months it expires and
uh it expired and that's it so I just
think you're doing an incredible uh job
just one week ago a beautiful
22-year-old nursing student from
Georgia was barbarically attacked almost
unrecognizable While She Was Out on her
morning run she was a morning run she
was doing a keep herself in shape she
was a beautiful young woman she was a
great person best nursing student there
was I spoke to her parents yesterday
they're incredible people they
devastated beyond beyond belief but she
was be just so beautiful in so many ways
and brutally assaulted horrifically
beaten kidnapped and savagely
murdered the monster the charged
charging the death is an illegal alien
migrant who was led into our country and
released into our communities by crooked
Joe Biden he's crooked I took the name
away from Hillary because she's no
longer relevant I guess she was terrible
but he is what he is doing is just
unbelievable Joe Biden will never say
leak and Riley's name but we will say it
and we will remember it we're not going
to forget her it's been just a horrible
story that we've had to live with for
the last few days it's hard to believe
and their parents are just they can
never be the same great people just four
days ago an illegal alien in Louisiana
was arrested for brutally raping a
14-year-old girl while holding a knife
to her throat and he then allegedly
robbed a man who was getting out of his
car in front of his home and repeatedly
stabbed him in the face in the back in
the face many many times before police
found this person standing in the middle
of a street all covered with blood
standing over the blood of the man he
was attacking last year a sadistic
illegal alien Criminal Who was released
into our country by Joe Biden was
arrested for raping an 11-year-old girl
and strangling her to death in Pasadena
Texas and shortly before she she was
murdered she texted her father that
someone was knocking at the door he
arrived home from work and found his
daughter's body stuffed in a laundry
basket underneath the
bed horrible crooked Joe is the blood of
countless innocent victims it's so many
stories to tell so many horrible stories
three years ago we had the most secure
Border in history Brandon was saying it
the general was saying it we had the
most secure border and people weren't
coming because they knew they weren't
going to get in and we wer in promised
free education free medical free
everything I mean all the promises that
are made no wonder they come I mean you
look at what this Governor nusum from
California isn't that his name nusum uh
what he's done to California is
unbelievable people are pouring in they
think they're going to get Medical Aid
and our soldiers our vets aren't being
taken care of but people that come into
our country illegally are we ended Catch
and Release we built 571 miles of bord
wall much more than I promised I'd been
build and in addition we purchased
another 200 miles and they sold that
much of it for 5 cents on the dollar and
it's the best wall the same wall that
you're using because the governor is now
building a lot of wall also and it works
walls work walls and wheels I was said
it's one thing never gets obsolete a
wall and a wheel everything else is
obsolete about two weeks after you come
up with it we got Mexico to give us
28,000 soldiers to take care of our
border we had the safest Border in the
history of our country and now outside
of this area where Texas has done an
amazing job and in a pretty short period
of time they're going to have it all
covered uh they have just been
incredible what they the operation that
they showed me is nothing less than
incredible and I'll say this uh it's a
military operation I mean we have a
milit this is like a war it's a military
operation so we had remain in Mexico
remember that you can't come into our
country and Mexico agreed to it and I
tell you someday I'll tell you I safe
safe third agreements Asylum banss title
42 and Rapid removals but title 42 was
so important rapid removal so important
but the best was remain in Mexico you
stay in Mexico we had catch and release
in Mexico we had catch before that it
was catch and release a criminal and
they released him in the United States
we had no more Catch and Release our
Catch and Release was we released them
in Mexico and if you broke the law we
caught you we Deport you or we did
something else but we were doing a great
job and uh that's where it stood and
then we had an election that uh we ended
up getting many millions of more votes
than we did we did much better in 2020
than we ever even thought about doing in
2016 and very bad things happened and
from that moment on it was a whole
different ball game in Texas and all
over but the governor in Texas picked up
the ball and they've done an incredible
job and I'll tell you it's an honor to
be here I brought some people here some
Executives from from New York cuz
they're they're marveling at it too and
uh you're doing your job now we have to
find out what's going on on the side
each side because Arizona is not doing
their job you have a
Democrat liberal or more than that
Governor that probably doesn't want to
do anything so people are just pouring
in through Arizona and they're pouring
in through uh the uh the beautiful state
the once beautiful state still beautiful
I guess but they have a lot of crime and
a lot of problems California because uh
the governor is not doing his job in
California he's doing a terrible job he
talks a good game you know he talks
about how wonderful things are but he's
wrong and they have a big outflow of
people people that pay taxes people that
don't commit crime they're leaving a lot
of them are leaving so I just want to
thank the governor I want to thank this
incredible group of talent behind me and
we just went through a uh we just went
through something very very special uh
we we did a tour and we did it through
all sorts of cameras they're all over
the place I don't know they're in the
sky they're in satellites they're on the
top of those light PS they're all over
the place and you really have it done
and I'm very appreciative of a governor
you did a great job and you're my friend
and it's an honor to have your support
and your endorsement and likewise me to
you thank you very much great to be here
thank
you well first of all thank you uh
president Trump for being back in Texas
uh you know you being here shows that
today is a day of an extraordinary
contrast
we have President Trump back in the
state of Texas literally On the Border
itself a place that he's been to many
times uh talking about all the things
that he's done to secure the border at
the very same time we have President
Biden down in Brownsville Texas which
was an obligatory visit by him he'd
never been to the Border in fact I don't
think he's on the border right now he's
in some sanitized location in the
Brownsville area not saying the razor
wire that Texas has put up around
Brownsville and he announced that he was
going to Brownsville after it was
already known that President Trump was
coming to the state of Texas it just
goes to show that Biden does not care
about either Texas or the border and
what's going on as a result you see a
disaster the United States of America is
dealing with more deadly consequences
than we have in my entire lifetime
because of Joe Biden's policies on the
border and it did not have to be this
way as president Trump just talked there
were four policies that he put in place
that led to the lowest illegal border
crossings in about four decades the end
of Catch and Release the title 42 policy
the remaining Mexico policy in building
the border wall all Joe Biden had to do
to secure the Border was to keep in
place place what president Trump put in
place in the first place but instead
what Joe Biden did he signed executive
orders eliminating all of the effective
policies that President Trump put in
place and then Joe B Joe Biden did
something even
worse Joe Biden lied to America when he
told America that he needed Congress to
pass laws for him to be able to do
something about the Border because there
are three laws that Congress has already
passed that are on the books right now
that Biden could and should enforce one
is a law that requires the Biden
Administration to deny illegal entry
into the United States like what Texas
is doing right here and like what
president Trump did he's not denying
illegal entry President Biden is aiding
and edding illegal entry the second law
is requires the president's
Administration to detain any anybody who
does get here illegally Biden is not
detaining them he's releasing them
across the the entire country the third
law that Congress already has on the
books is a law that requires the Biden
Administration to build border barriers
like what Texas has built like what
president Trump has built and Biden not
only is not building any borders Biden
is using every tool that he can to tear
down the borders that Texas is putting
up in our state and because what Biden
is doing has endangered our country as
president Trump was telling you the
stories not a week goes by without a an
American either losing their life being
raped or assaulted by somebody that
Biden has allowed in our country
illegally the fact of the matter is
because of Joe Biden's policies and the
more than 8 million people who have
crossed the border the United States of
America is being invaded and because Joe
Biden is not doing his job to step up
and secure the Border Texas has invoked
the authority provided to us in Article
1 Section 10 of the United States
Constitution to declare an invasion and
for Texas to defend ourselves from the
crimes that are being caused by Joe
Biden very quickly here's what Texas is
doing Texas is the only state in the
history of America to build our own
border wall and we did not reinvent the
wheel we're just building the very same
wall that President Trump put up second
we deployed those big orange buoys into
the real grand that are effective at
denying illegal entry and Joe Biden
found a lawsuit to try to put a stop to
it even though that lawsuit is typing in
the courts right now those buoys remain
in the real Grand River as we speak
right now the third thing is we have
tremendous members of the Texas National
Guard led by General Seltzer and general
thank you and also I want to take this
time to thank uh Mart Freeman from uh
the Texas Department of Public Safety
and Mike Banks where we have our own
borders are Mike Banks has spent more
time as the Texas bordar in one day than
the United States bordar has spent in
our entire tenure and I want to thank
Mike banks for his his job as a former
border patrol agent and now is the Texas
borders are
but what our National Guard has done
they have sealed off this entire park
and taking it over because this area was
being used by the Biden Administration
to violate the laws of the United States
of America and I said I will not allow
this Texas land to be used by the Biden
Administration to violate American laws
and I asked the National Guard to take
it over and they did in one day but this
is the important fact since they took it
over the number of people that used to
come across the border before were 3,000
4,000 sometimes 5,000 people today now
since this park has been taken over and
wired shut there is on average about six
or seven people coming across a day most
of them are in violation of state law
for trespassing and they are arrested
when they come into this park and so for
all practical purposes this part of the
border is sealed same goes for where Joe
Biden is right now where Joe Biden is on
on the the night that Joe Biden lifted
title 42 Brownsville Texas was Ground
Zero where people were crossing across
the border illegally and immediately the
Texas National Guard wired that shut so
an area during the time of Joe Biden
before title of 42 was uh or when title
42 was lifted there were thousands of
people coming across the the border now
there is on average about 14 people
crossing the border in that area and
that's because the Texas National Guard
has wired it shut because we are having
to do so much to secure our border
that's exactly why five miles south of
here Texas has now launched its own
Texas National Guard military base that
will house 2300 Texas National Guard so
they will be able to more swiftly and
more effectively continue to secure a
border and the last thing I'll say is
this unless and until Joe Biden steps up
and does his job that he has the power
to do already to enforce the laws of the
United States of America Texas will
continue to bust those migrants to
Sanctuary cities all across the United
States of America but I am very thankful
for the model set by president Trump
president Trump showed that when he was
in office he was able to secure the
border and I know that when he is
reelected as our president our border
will once again be secured so thank you
president
Trump at this time I would like to
introduce you uh to the person leading
the the uh effort on behalf of the Texas
National Guard general Selzer good
afternoon everyone um your Texas
National Guard remains decisively
engaged across 1254 miles of Texas
border from Al Paso down to Brownsville
uh we are blocking illegal immigration
drug smuggling weapon smuggling into
this state we do this in depth we have
boats on the river as you can see we
have drones in the sky we have a radar
truck right over there uh that contract
300 targets at once and if they get to
the shore as everyone has just said
they're going to meet miles and miles of
barrier and if they get through the
barrier they're going to meet thousands
of Texas soldiers and thousands of DPS
Troopers who are going to arrest them so
if you are around the world
contemplating coming to do an illegal
entry into the United States of America
you need to think twice about that go
somewhere else or don't even begin your
journey CU if you get through that wire
we're going to arrest
you okay
sure sure
sure uh Governor I'll go and you uh go
ahead listen I would if Biden were here
I would tell him exactly what I told him
when I met him on the tarmac in El Paso
the last time he visited Texas uh and on
the tarmac in El Paso I handed him a
one-page document that listed all the
items I talked about here about the laws
that already exist that he can enforce
to secure the border so I handed him
that document and also hand it to
secretary borcas who was there at the
time and I I told them there are these
three simple strategies that you can
take right now to secure the border to
stop all the madness that's taking place
they said they would take a look at it
I've not heard from them since that
time in Venezuela it's a very terrible
situation when I left they were in very
bad shape we would have done something
very easily with them H just like we had
a lot of countries in very bad shape as
you know uh just to go to a different
part of the world Iran was broke and
they weren't going to be attacking
Israel they had no money they weren't
giving it toas they weren't giving it to
Hezbollah they weren't giving it to
anybody they didn't have it now they're
a rich country again they have $250
billion dollar and rich as you can be
and they're handing the money out all
over the place so you know a lot of
things change Venezuela was in bad shape
now they're in good shape we actually
buy their oil if you can believe it and
we refine it in Houston it's the only
place where you can refine it because
it's really tar much more so than oil
but uh we would not be playing games
with Venezuela they would not be doing
what they're doing now they're sending
people and they just put out a statement
last week we're not taking them back
they're sending their people from jails
and prisons and mental institutions and
they say we're not taking them back that
wouldn't happen with the Trump
Administration that I can tell you uh I
want to thank everybody I want to thank
the governor and the entire group of
people behind me and I would call them
staff and I would call them
representatives and Generals they are
unbelievable aable people the job
they've done so quickly and so
effectively and uh congratulations
congratulations to all of you guys
fantastic job really General great job
thank you all very much great honor
thank
you on the
what well I hear he's going to be uh not
going to be leader and he's taken that
step and uh a lot of people are calling
me to to politic for that particular job
would you like to be the leader I think
I have I might have to choose this guy
I'd rather be governor of Texas I think
you're doing well I want to keep you in
Texas no it's uh people would surpris by
it but it's going to be it's all going
to work out we're going to end up with a
great leader would you like to see well
I can't say that uh a lot of good
choices I but I can't say that thank you
very much
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