Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has urged Vice President Kamala Harris to designate nan vicious Venezuelan situation pack Tren de Aragua a violent statement — arsenic he blasted nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee complete her “open separator policies” that person put “the lives of each American astatine risk.”
Abbott took nan swipe astatine Harris — who was tasked 3 months into nan Biden admin pinch handling nan “root causes of migration” — up of her rally successful Houston Friday evening.
“Vice President Kamala Harris conveniently claims she cares astir securing our border, yet her unfastened separator policies person allowed complete 11 cardinal forbidden immigrants and vulnerable criminals, for illustration Tren de Aragua, into our state successful nan past 4 years—putting nan lives of each American astatine risk,” nan Republican politician said.
Abbott emphasized that Harris will beryllium successful nan aforesaid metropolis wherever 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was allegedly raped and murdered by two suspected TdA migrant gangbangers, some of whom were released into nan US nether nan Harris-Biden admin.
“Jocelyn, her family, and each Americans merit better. Vice President Harris must travel Texas’ lead and designate Tren de Aragua arsenic a overseas violent statement immediately. But that’s conscionable a start. The Biden-Harris Administration must use nan afloat weight of nan national authorities to eliminate them erstwhile and for all—for Jocelyn and for each American,” he said.
A spokesperson for Harris’ run didn’t instantly respond to The Post’s petition for comment.
The Harris-Biden admin antecedently designated TdA a transnational criminal organization, but has yet to spell arsenic acold arsenic declaring immoderate violent ties for illustration Abbott has successful nan Lone Star State.
The Department of Homeland Security has identified 600 migrants suspected of having ties to nan convulsive situation gang, which is progressive successful takeovers of flat complexes, bull shootings, activity trafficking robberies and weapon smuggling successful respective US states.
Harris will sojourn Houston successful a last-minute effort to sway Texas voters connected nan rumor of abortion alongside pop icon Beyoncé and state euphony prima Willie Nelson.
President Donald Trump will besides sojourn Texas Friday, wherever he will recreation to Austin to talk nan confederate separator situation and besides grounds an section of Joe Rogan’s podcast.
The ex-president and his Democratic rival are cervix and cervix successful caller swing-state and nationalist polling.