Gianforte affirms Texas’ border actions against feds
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, and Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, left, walk past members of the National Guard as they arrive with fellow governors for a news conference along the Rio Grande to discuss Operation Lone Star and border concerns, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Fresh off a trip to Texas, Gov. Greg Gianforte said Tuesday that Montana would assume responsibility for its shared border with Canada if federal officials failed to secure it.
“If the federal government continues to fail in their responsibility to secure our borders, it is absolutely the right of the states to step up to do it," Gianforte told the Daily Inter Lake.
Gianforte visited the southern border at Eagle Pass, Texas on Feb. 4 alongside 12 other Republican governors in a show of support for Gov. Greg Abbott. The three-term Texas governor is in the midst of a showdown — and brewing constitutional crisis — with the Biden administration over immigration policy.
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