Lauren Taylor

TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS ONCE AGAIN WARNING MIGRANTS ABOUT THE DANGERS LURKING IN THE RIO GRANDE. BRINGING MORE EVIDENCE THAT ALLIGATORS INHABIT THE RIVER ON THE U-S MEXICO BORDER.  

ABBOTT TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA, POSTING ON X ABOUT ALLIGATORS SPOTTED NEAR EAGLE PASS. HE REFERENCED A VIDEO POSTED BY A NEWSNATION REPORTER, WHICH SHOWED A LARGE ALLIGATOR SWIMMING IN THE RIVER. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TROOPERS REPORTEDLY SEE THE GATOR IN THE AREA REGULARLY, WHERE MANY MIGRANTS ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME ABBOTT HAS MADE THIS WARNING. BACK IN APRIL, THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A SIMILAR STATEMENT, REMINDING MIGRANTS THAT ALLIGATORS POSE A SERIOUS THREAT IN SOME SECTIONS OF THE RIVER, AND THAT WARNING SIGNS ARE POSTED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

THIS LATEST POST FROM ABBOTT COMES AMID ESCALATING TENSIONS OVER IMMIGRATION POLICIES AS WE APPROACH THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION FACES SIGNIFICANT CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS OVER BORDER SECURITY MEASURES. ABBOTT, IN PARTICULAR, STIRRED CONTROVERSY WITH TACTICS LIKE INSTALLING RAZOR WIRE ALONG PARTS OF THE BORDER TO DETER CROSSINGS.

WHILE ALLIGATOR ATTACKS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, THEY ARE NOT UNHEARD OF. IN FLORIDA ALONE, THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION HAS RECORDED OVER 450 BITES BY ALLIGATORS IN THE STATE, AND 30 FATALITIES SINCE 1948.

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