Texas Officials Slam Kamala Harris’ Border Failures

October 25, 2024

Texas officials are lining up against Kamala Harris ahead of her event in Houston. 

 

Kamala Harris' open border policies have allowed illegal immigrants to pour into Texas and caused the tragic death of Jocelyn Nungaray

 

 

Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “‘Border Czar' Kamala Harris can come all the way to Houston where Jocelyn Nungaray was killed by Tren de Aragua gang members that she let into the country, yet she can't be bothered to visit Jocelyn's family or even say her name. Kamala Harris and her open border policies have allowed over 11 million illegal immigrants and dangerous criminals like TdA into our country, putting every American's life at risk. President Donald Trump has shown real leadership on the border, with successful border policies that decreased illegal immigration to the lowest level in decades. While Kamala Harris refuses to take real action on this crisis, Texas will continue to step up with our historic border mission until we have a partner in the White House to make America secure again.”


Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick: “Kamala Harris coming to Texas for a rally is one of the dumbest political decisions I’ve ever seen. She and Colin Allred are not going to win in Texas. I’m glad she is spending the day in Texas instead of campaigning in a swing state with only a few days left in the election. I hope she stays longer. Donald Trump is going to be the next President because the voters are fed up with the Harris-Biden regime and the chaos they’ve created.”

 

Texas Senator Ted Cruz: "Colin Allred is Kamala Harris. They have spent the last four years working hand-in-hand against Texans and the American people with their radical policies, whether those be pushing to allow boys in girls' sports, allowing dangerous illegal aliens to come into our country, or trying to destroy the oil and gas industry in Texas.

 

Colin and Kamala share an agenda, and now they'll share a stage for all Texans to see.”


Texas Senator John Cornyn: “Millions of migrants have illegally entered our country on Border Czar Kamala Harris’ watch, so it’s no surprise that she’d rather talk about anything but her abysmal track record on the border. If she can’t control the border, how can she run the country? We’ve never had a more secure border than under President Trump, and he will put a stop to this when he takes office. November 5th can’t come soon enough.” 

 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: “Since their first day in office, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden intentionally dismantled every successful Trump border policy to let in as many aliens as possible. 

 

They opened the border to millions of illegal immigrants, welcomed drug traffickers and violent gang members with open arms, and used taxpayer dollars to resettle them in towns across America. 

 

They have ignored the law, violated the Constitution, and routinely abused their power to prioritize foreign nationals over the citizens of the United States. 

 

Now, Kamala wants to come to Texas and talk about border security after four years of destroying American communities. If she wanted a secure border, why did I have to sue her Administration dozens of times to force them to follow federal immigration laws? We’re fighting Kamala’s destructive open borders doctrine in the courts because she has unlawfully weaponized power to make our country more dangerous instead of keeping Americans safe.

 

Now, Texas is fighting Kamala’s obvious effort to allow noncitizens to vote illegally in American elections. 

 

We need to end the insanity, secure the border, restore the rule of law, and put American citizens first again by re-electing President Trump.” 



Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham: “I hope Kamala will finally accept responsibility as she was the Border Czar whose policies encouraged and allowed the illegal immigrants who have brutally murdered too many of our Texas daughters. Their blood is on Kamala’s hands."

 

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller: “Under Kamala Harris’s border ‘leadership’ and the incompetent Biden/Harris administration, over 320,000 migrant children have gone missing. Many are being sex trafficked across the country, many others are being used as slave labor. Imagine being a child in such circumstances. Stolen from their families only to arrive in a strange country where they don’t know the language and have no protection from either the law or loving adults. They are used and abused in the most evil manners, shuttled from location to location, never knowing what horrible and degrading circumstance will come next. These kids feel no ‘joy.’ Their families are far from ‘unburdened,’ left to pray and hope that someone will bring their babies home."

 

Rep. Wesley Hunt: “Kamala Harris is coming to Houston this Friday to hold a rally for her failing, anti-American presidential campaign. As a proud Houston native, I speak for many friends and neighbors when I say: she’s not welcome.

 

As Border Czar, a job she was tasked with by the very president she’s now replacing in this campaign, Harris allowed millions of illegal aliens—including human traffickers, gang members, murderers, and rapists—into our country. This failure has directly endangered Houstonians, leaving us vulnerable to violent criminals.

 

Her negligence as Border Czar contributed to the tragic deaths of Americans, including Jocelyn Nungaray, who was killed by two illegal aliens from Venezuela. Young women like Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Rachel Morin would be alive today if Kamala Harris had taken her responsibilities seriously.

 

Kamala Harris’ leadership has brought death and destruction to our communities. This upcoming holiday season, countless American families will mourn an empty chair at their tables because she allowed violence to spread across our nation.

 

Texans, Houstonians, and Americans will never forgive or forget Harris’ cowardice. If she were serious about securing the border, she’d urge the president she replaced to pressure Chuck Schumer to take up the Secure the Border Act, passed by House Republicans nearly two years ago.

 

She’s in office now.

She can act today.

But will she? 

Of course she won’t.

 

In less than two weeks, the American people will choose real change in this election by making Donald J. Trump the 47th President of the United States.  Watch how quickly the problems in this country Harris can’t solve are solved by President Trump.”

 

Rep. Dan Crenshaw: “Harris should visit Houston, but not to campaign. She should come to apologize for purposefully allowing Texas border counties to be overrun, and allowing young Houstonians like Jocelyn Nungaray to be murdered by the people she allowed in."

 

Rep. Ronny Jackson: “Harris’ last-ditch effort to appear serious on border security is more than laughable, it’s dangerous. If she were serious, she would’ve acted as a legitimate ‘Border Czar.’ Instead, she imported over 20 million illegals into our communities where they're rewarded with government benefits leaving U.S. citizens to be raped and murdered by violent illegal criminals. Harris admitted that she’s pro-mass amnesty and has gone so far as to support taxpayer-funded transition surgeries for detained illegals. She is the ultimate panderer and if elected, will continue her open-border policies. Texans, including our incredible Latino community, do not trust her which is why they’re projected to turn out in record numbers to vote for Trump.”



Rep. Monica De La Cruz: “Kamala Harris’s visit to Houston is an insult to every Texan who has suffered under the catastrophic border policies she and Joe Biden unleashed on our state and the nation. Their failure to secure our southern border has resulted in murders, chaos, and a flood of deadly fentanyl that is killing Americans every day. Cartels and human traffickers operate freely, and communities across the country are overwhelmed by violence and chaos. Instead of taking responsibility, Harris has avoided the crisis at every turn, leaving Texans to pay the price. We don’t need a campaign stunt—we need a strong leader like President Donald J. Trump to restore law and order, protect our families, and end this nightmare.”

 

Rep. Michael Cloud: “Vice President Harris showing up in Texas to feign concern for the southern border comes four years too late.  Too many Texans have endured the consequences of her Administration’s failure, and they know Donald Trump will secure the border, protect Texas, and put America first. During her visit, she’ll see that Texans are ready to send Donald Trump back to the White House.”

 

Rep. Jodey Arrington: "As we approach the final days of the campaign, Texans should remember what Kamala Harris did as Border Czar in the first days of the Biden Administration -reversing 94 Trump-era Executive Orders, which dismantled our border security, flooded our communities with drugs and crime, and jeopardized the safety of our families. In addition to ceding control of our southern border to terrorist cartels and unleashing unmitigated chaos in the Lone Star State, Biden-Harris went even further by obstructing Texas at every turn from doing the job this derelict administration failed to do - defend our sovereign border and protect our citizens."

 

Rep. Michael Burgess: “Security of the southern border is a Federal responsibility, but the Biden/Harris administration has failed the citizens of Texas leaving them dangerously unprotected from an ever more aggressive criminal element. We need for the Border Czar to do her job and protect our people.”

 

Rep. Troy Nehls: “We all know that Kamala’s visit to the southwest border is an election stunt and an attempt to deflect from the 10 million illegal aliens she shuffled into the U.S.  over the last four years.

 

President Trump secured the border using the same laws that are on the books now.

 

It’s time to say goodbye to the open border Democrats and their excuses for allowing criminals to prey on our communities.”


Rep. Roger Williams: "Instead of coming to Texas to ask for our votes, Kamala should be asking for our forgiveness! Especially from the family of Jocelyn Nungaray and the countless others devastated by her administration’s open border policies. For four years, she has ignored Texans and the deadly crisis she has created at our southern border. Her Hail Mary trip to Houston is nothing but a desperate last-ditch effort by the self proclaimed Border Czar. After spending years pledging to legalize illegal border crossings and refusing to use her power as reigning Border Czar to end this crisis, now Kamala chooses to parade around the country touting all she would do if given the power she already has. Her actions speak louder than her false promises and lies. If she truly cared about the lives of Texans, she would return to D.C. and reverse her administration's previous executive orders and put an end the invasion of our country, and Texas, once and for all."



Rep. Randy Weber: "Kamala Harris has turned our southern border into a disaster zone, and her reckless policies have infiltrated every corner of Texas. For her to come here now, in the ninth hour, to campaign in our backyard is nothing short of audacious. Texans are fed up with the never-ending reports of illegal aliens committing crimes, slaughtering innocent Americans, and robbing taxpayers blind. We can't let this continue. We outright reject her abysmal policies and are eager to see Donald Trump return to the White House to dismantle the catastrophe she has inflicted on our great nation."

 

Rep. Lance Gooden: “Once again the Harris campaign comes to Texas but turns a blind eye toward the crisis of their own creation at our southern border. For a candidate so concerned with ‘women’s safety’ she shows a remarkable lack of concern for the brutal murders of American women at the hands of illegal migrants.

 

Only one candidate will make America safe, secure our borders, protect our citizens, and provide for our people. That candidate is Donald J. Trump.”

 

Rep. Brian Babin: "California Kamala is wasting everyone’s time here in Houston today for just one reason: to strike a pose with a cowboy hat.

 

In the Lone Star State, we believe in protecting our families, securing the border, supporting our troops, and powering our nation through our dominant energy sector. President Donald J. Trump has proven he will do anything — even take a BULLET — to protect these values and save our great country.

 

Kamala wants boys to play on your daughter’s sports team, wide open borders, and to shut down our oil and gas sector. How do you think that’ll impact our local economy here in Houston?

 

We’ve seen this song and dance before — she’s nothing new. As Texans, one thing’s for certain: we know a snake when we see one.”