Texas Renews Border Security Disaster Declaration

‘The certified conditions continue to exist and pose an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster,’ reads the proclamation extending the disaster declaration.

Illegal immigrants wait in the Rio Grande for an opening in the razor wire barrier to cross into the United States, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Sept. 25, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended a disaster declaration at the state’s southern border, citing a surge of individuals unlawfully crossing the border that pose a continued threat to local communities.

“The certified conditions continue to exist and pose an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster,” the governor wrote in the June 28 proclamation.