# Gov. Abbott Announces Texas’ First-Ever Border Czar to Counter Biden Admin’s Failings

- Link: https://weltzin.me/gov-abbott-announces-texas-first-ever-border-czar-to-counter-biden-admins-failings/
- Published: 2023-01-31T11:39:27-07:00
- Author: JT

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> Reading Time: 2 minutes Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced the state’s
> first-ever border czar to address the influx of migrants coming through the U.
> S.-Mexico border. Abbott tapped veteran Border Patrol agent Mike Banks to serve
> as “special adviser on border matters to the governor,” in response to the Biden
> administration’s handling of the border crisis. “For […]

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