Texas Installs Razor Wire Along New Mexico Border to Block Illegal Crossings

Gov. Greg Abbott’s battle against illegal immigration has expended to the beyond Texas and into the state of New Mexico.

Texas National Guard troops set up razor wire near hundreds of immigrants who had crossed into the United States from Mexico on May 9, 2023 in El Paso, Texas. John Moore/Getty Images

Texas has expanded its efforts to secure the southern border by installing razor wire along the New Mexico border.

Gov. Greg Abbott recently deployed the Texas National Guard to install the barrier along the bank of the Rio Grande River near Sunland Park, New Mexico. Sunland Park is a small community of about 17,000 residents that sits in the southeast corner of the state, with Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to the south and El Paso, Texas, to the east.