WASHINGTON – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shrugged off a rebuke for calling the surge of illegal border crossings an “invasion,” ramping up the rhetoric Thursday by warning that migrants in “military style gear” are now sneaking into Texas.
The governor’s office pointed to news reports showing migrants dressed in camouflage, captured last February through May in remote parts of West Texas. None of the reports indicate weapons.
Migrants and smugglers have used camouflage clothing to avoid detection for years. Examples abound of captured migrants in camouflage during the tenure of former President Donald Trump, though Abbott indicated it’s a new phenomenon during an interview on CNN in which he accused President Joe Biden of ignoring pleas for help in sealing the border.
