Texas plans to build a military base near Eagle Pass in response to ‘Biden’s border crisis’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans Friday to build a Texas National Guard base near the southern border.
It’ll be a Forward Operating Base explicitly designed for Texas National Guard troops to quickly respond “to President Joe Biden’s border crisis,” according to a press release from Abbott’s office.
“Texas is expanding our border security capabilities by building a new Texas Military Department base camp to increase and improve border security operations in this area,” the governor said in a statement. “This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas Military Department soldiers in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and efficiently.”
“Before now, the Texas National Guard had been scattered . . .