Texas Installing Razor Wire Along New Mexico Border

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The Spin

Republican narrative

A wide gap in the steel barrier along the US-Mexico border has allowed illegal immigrants to easily cross into Sunland Park, N.M., and later walk over to El Paso, Texas. As the Biden administration fails to secure America's southern border and halt illegal immigration, Texas has been left with no other choice but to take this matter into its own hands once again.

Democratic narrative

This latest political stunt to deprecate immigrants is outrageously unconstitutional, as this concertina wire barrier limits free movement between US states, violating the rights of Americans. Once again, Abbott has come up with an idea that provides no real long-term solution to the current southern border crisis.

Metaculus Prediction


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