DES MOINES, IOWA (January 25, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued a joint statement with 24 Republican governors in support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense:
“President Biden and his Administration have left Americans and our country completely vulnerable to unprecedented illegal immigration pouring across the Southern border. Instead of upholding the rule of law and securing the border, the Biden Administration has attacked and sued Texas for stepping up to protect American citizens from historic levels of illegal immigrants, deadly drugs like fentanyl, and terrorists entering our country.
“We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border. We do it in part because the Biden Administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books and is illegally allowing mass parole across America of migrants who entered our country illegally.
“The authors of the U.S. Constitution made clear that in times like this, states have a right of self-defense, under Article 4, Section 4, and Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the US Constitution. Because the Biden Administration has abdicated its constitutional compact duties to the states, Texas has every legal justification to protect the sovereignty of our states and our nation.”
Other signatories include: Gov Kay Ivey (AL), Gov Mike Dunleavy (AK), Gov Sarah Sanders (AR), Gov Ron DeSantis (FL), Gov Brian Kemp (GA), Gov Brad Little (ID), Gov Eric Holcomb (IN), Gov Jeff Landry (LA), Gov Tate Reeves (MS), Gov Mike Parson (MO), Gov Greg Gianforte (MT), Gov Jim Pillen (NE), Gov Joe Lombardo (NV), Gov Chris Sununu (NH), Gov Doug Burgum (ND), Gov Mike DeWine (OH), Gov Kevin Stitt (OK), Gov Henry McMaster (SC), Gov Kristi Noem (SD), Gov Bill Lee (TN), Gov Spencer Cox (UT), Gov Glenn Youngkin (VA), Gov Jim Justice (WV), and Gov Mark Gordon (WY).
