House calls on Cooper to secure NC amid border crisis
72 Republicans in the North Carolina House sent a letter to Gov. Cooper on Wednesday urging him to stand in solidarity with Texas.
Many were surprised to hear President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday about his administration’s complete turnaround in allowing the resumption of building the border wall in South Texas including Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd. He was even more surprised to learn that the waiver of 26 federal laws the Biden Administration is calling for is very similar with one exception, to legislation that Budd proposed in February.
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses her trip to the southern border crossing at McAllen, Texas. King offered these comments on April 26, 2023.