Biden FEMA rejects Texas appeal for emergency aid for border crisis

(10/25/2021) In a letter sent Sunday, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell denied the Republican governor’s request that it reconsider its denial to approve the state’s request for an emergency declaration.

Abbott first asked the Biden administration for help in a letter sent to the White House on Sept. 20, in which he said border counties had been in crisis since May 31. He urged the government to honor his disaster status and foot the bill to cover the higher-than-normal state and local operations on the basis that “border security is a federal responsibility.”

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has significantly reined in the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement resulting in fewer deportations and many people being released into the U.S. after illegally crossing the border (*over 1,700,000 border crossings so far this year, the most since 1960*).

This is a situation that critics say encourages more illegal migration. Overwhelmed Border Patrol agents have been pulled from the border to process people in custody, leaving the border unguarded in many regions.