'Not welcome here': Texas residents slam Trump as 'traitor' ahead of border trip

27 February 2024

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas on Thursday, and local residents are loudly declaring that he doesn't speak for them.

According to Newsweek, a group known as the Eagle Pass Border Coalition is denouncing the ex-president ahead of his arrival in their town later this week, where he is expected to call for stricter immigration policies and the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.

"[Trump's visit] has nothing to offer Eagle Pass, and Eagle Pass has nothing to gain from it," the group wrote on social media. "Not welcome here and you know it. Not a leader but a loser. Not a president, but a contender. Not a rebel but a threat. Not a friend but an enemy. Not a patriot but a traitor."

Newsweek reported that Eagle Pass residents are also characterizing Trump's visit as "a brazen attempt to distract attention from his upcoming criminal and civil trials," with his first of four upcoming criminal trials scheduled for next month.

"Eagle Pass deserves better. Maverick County deserves better. Texas deserves better. America deserves better. We deserve better," the group added.

The Southern border town has been a hotbed of political confrontation, with the Supreme Court ordering Texas' Republican Governor Greg Abbott to take down razor wire strung up at the US/Mexico border crossing in Eagle Pass while Abbott has refused and doubled down. The Court contends that international borders are the jurisdiction of the federal government and not state governments. Meanwhile, Trump called on Republican governors to send their national guardsmen to Eagle Pass in the ongoing standoff.

While Trump is scheduled to visit Eagle Pass on Thursday, President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with border agents and immigration officials in the border town of Brownsville, Texas the same day. Biden is expected to insist that Congress pass the bipartisan bill that would allocate $14 billion toward border security and allow for a shutdown of the border if more than 5,000 crossings happen in a single week.

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