Trump praises Texas governor as border state clashes with Biden administration

Former President Donald Trump lavished praise Saturday on Texas Gov Greg Abbott for not allowing the Biden administration entry to remove razor wire in a popular corridor for migrants illegally entering the US in an escalating feud over immigrationIn a speech focused overwhelmingly on border security Trump said Texas should be given full support in its measures to deter migrants along the USMexico border The state is restricting the US Border Patrol after the Supreme Court cleared the way for these federal agents to cut or remove the sharp metal barrierWhen Im president instead of trying to send Texas a restraining order I will send them reinforcements Trump told a crowd of supporters in Las Vegas where he rallied on an indoor soccer field in a largely Latino neighbourhood Instead of fighting border states I will use every resource tool and authority of the US president to defend the United States of America from this horrible invasion that is taking place right nowTrump largely avoided talking about a verdict delivered by a jury in a defamation case Friday ordering him to pay an additional 833 million to columnist E Jean Carroll who he called a liar for accusing him of sexual assaultThe former president who is getting closer to securing the Republican presidential nomination said he was the victim of the Biden administration weaponizing law enforcement against him as he faces 91 criminal charges in four indictments accusing him of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election mishandling classified documents and arranging payoffs to a porn starWhat theyre doing with elections and election interference as an example of what they do with me he said Look at yesterday look at all this crap thats going on but we keep marching forward we just keep going and somehow it all works outAnnabelle Weislocher 51 a nurse who retired from the Navy and the Air Force Reserve said she felt the cases against Trump are attempts to weaken him and drain him from his resourcesThey know hes leading They know hes strong And theyre doing everything just to lower him she said Thats what theyre trying to do take his money thinking he wont have enough funds to campaign Thats the goalTrumps support among Hispanics has grown since he first ran in 2016 And on Saturday he drove that point drawing loud cheers when he claimed he was doing very well in that voter demographicThe Republican candidate said Hispanic and Black families hurt the most from the arrival of migrants into the country and said President Joe Biden should not have ended restrictions implemented during the Trump administration to deter migrationIll get it solved and Ill get it solved and start the process on day one on day one we will start that process he said Thats why were going to win the record share of Latino votesThe historic number of migrants arriving at the US border with Mexico during Bidens term is one of the main challenges of his reelection campaignImmigration was a top issue during Iowas Republican caucuses earlier this month when Trump won An AP VoteCast survey found about 9 in 10 caucus goers backed building a wall along the USMexico border with about 7 in 10 expressing strong support for the ideaRob Williams a 25yearold voter who attended the Las Vegas rally said he was glad Texas was defying the Biden administration over immigration The good Texan people are stepping up to the plate other states as well he said Theyre going to show the fight over there in TexasThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever