Des Moines, IA- Governor Reynolds and 24 other Republican governors are siding with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in is dispute with the Biden Administration over the southern border.
Radio Iowa reports that the statement from the governors comes after the US Supreme Court ruled that federal agents can remove razor wire installed along the US-Mexico Border at Eagle Pass, Texas.
“Poor Governor Abbott,” Reynolds told Radio Iowa. “…You have your own administration and then the Supreme Court rule that when you’re trying to protect the sovereignty of your country and your citizens rule against you, it’s scary times that we’re in right now.”
Reynolds said that the State of Texas should be able to use every tool necessary to defend itself from the tide of mass migration at the border.
“There’s not a country out there that can withstand what we’re seeing, so it’s just a matter to time where something happens,” Reynolds says. “We’re seeing guns and drugs and terrorists come across. There’s no accountability. Our Border Patrol people are just processing people, giving them an airplane ticket and a phone and money and dispersing them throughout the country. It makes me sick to my stomach.”
Reynolds and the other governors say the US Constitution gives states the right to self-defense in times like this.
A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security says that enforcement of immigration law is a federal responsibility, and the razor wire, fences, and gates installed by the state of Texas have only made it harder for federal agents to do their jobs.
