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Gov. Abbott is now putting barriers along Texas border with New Mexico (news.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Isn’t this against the US constitution? Razor wire along the state border and checkpoints on roads that cross the state border are kind of nuts. I read a comment joking that the wire and road checkpoints were to keep Texan women from escaping to New Mexico, which got a bitter laugh out of me.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The Texas GOP floats that idea every few years because they're a bunch of whiny piss babies and think being rebellious is cool and edgy