Abbott

 NY Times: Greg Abbott Has Been Gunning for a Battle on the Border - The Texas governor has rallied Republicans by pushing the boundaries of what a governor can do when it comes to immigration. Now he’s in a head-to-head confrontation with the Biden administration. By J. David Goodman - Reporting from the border city of Eagle Pass, Texas.

...a new law, signed by the governor, that makes it a crime for migrants to cross without authorization into Texas from a foreign country, punishable by jail time, deportation by the state, or both.