Parsing Governor Abbott’s National Guard Charade
The deployment of troops to the Texas-Mexico border has been a made-for-TV event heavy on posturing and light on justification.
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Gus Bova is the interim editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer. In 2016, he joined the Observer as an intern, later becoming a staff writer and an assistant editor. He's covered immigration, homelessness, labor, politics, and other major Texas stories. Before coming to the Observer, he worked at a shelter for recently arrived immigrants and asylum-seekers. He studied Latin American Studies at the University of Kansas.
The deployment of troops to the Texas-Mexico border has been a made-for-TV event heavy on posturing and light on justification.
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"As a Latino American I want American citizens to be put first; all immigration should be halted until this government takes seriously the threat of illegal immigration."