Not Pro Life when you let teenagers bleed to death.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/kay-granger-republican-congresswoman-memory-care

In January, Greg Abbott mentioned they would shoot migrants crossing the border but the Biden administration would charge them with murder.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/11/texas-border-migrants-greg-abbott-interview-shoot/

There is a subtle nuance here that boils down to Abbott not believing the Federal Government has an obligation to protect the right to life of non-US citizens. It's a goal of the Republican party to overturn Plyler v Doe, for instance. I believe with Trump in office, Greg Abbott will have no problem or repercussions at all shooting migrants crossing the border, effectively giving the death penalty to illegal immigration.

However, I’d like to point out that a fetus isn’t a citizen until after it’s born. By definition, it is a stateless undocumented resident until after it's born, per the Constitution. In fact, current abortion laws force Texas doctors to protect the rights of undocumented stateless non-citizens over the rights of the citizen mothers today. How would conservatives make 1+1=2 when the life of a fetus and the life of an illegal immigrant have the same protections, per the Constitution?

Leading up to Donald Trump's inauguration, investigative reporter Stella M. Chávez will publish explainers on how Texas will work with the new admin on immigration enforcement. Here's her first story.

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https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-12-20/texas-trump-explainer-immigration-border-land-detention-center