# Mexico border
Texas lawmakers want federal government to lose deportation rights, as they push for states to have more control
There are some lawmakers in Texas who want the federal government to be stripped off of powers that get to determine whether foreign nationals have to be deported or not. US Border Patrol, National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles in Del Rio, Texas.Paul Ratje / AFP.
14 Things Governor Abbott has Done to Secure the Border
In Houston, Governor Greg Abbott toured a Department of Public Safety (DPS) drug warehouse and gave an update on the growing fentanyl drug crisis in Texas and America. According to CBS Austin, Governor Abbott was joined by DPS Director Steve McCraw, Texas Public Safety Commission Chairman Steven Mach, Senator Joan Huffman, Senator Paul Bettencourt, Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson, Houston Police Department Narcotics Commander Bryan Bennett, DPS Seized Drug System Trainer Jennifer Hatch, and Crime Stoppers of Houston CEO Rania Mankarious and Deputy Director Nichole Christopher.
American Governors' Border Strike Task Force welcomes Gov. Kemp
In order to disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal organizations, US states have formed the multi-state American Governors' Border Strike Force to increase and enhance collaboration, improve intelligence, invest more in analysis, combat human smuggling, and terminate drug flow. Those taking advantage of the open border with Mexico are a priority for the task force. The efforts to target cartels and criminal networks will be a united coordinated focus. The goal will be accomplished by improving public safety, protecting victims, reducing illegal drugs in the community, and controlling the humanitarian crisis at the Southern Border.