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John Moore/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s National Guard to install a barrier in some parts along the Texas/New Mexico state line. Officials say guard members have been placing concertina wire in an area close to Sunland Park, New Mexico, which shares a border with El Paso, Texas.
Footage shot by KVIA shows some of the fencing running along the Rio Grande.
ABC News has reached out to Texas officials, who have not yet provided an estimate of how much fencing is being installed.
Abbott says the barrier is meant to deter migrants who cross from Mexico into New Mexico before heading to El Paso.
“Texas installs fencing along NEW Mexico border. Our barriers around El Paso forced the migrants crossing illegally to enter into New Mexico. They then entered into El Paso from there. To end that, we are building a barrier on the New Mexico border,” the governor posted Sunday on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
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