Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans’ war on governing - Vox

… Scapegoating migrants serves two purposes for Abbott: It obscures his role in failing to prevent the current Covid-19 surge and provides him with an excuse to pursue the kind of restrictive immigration policies that former President Donald Trump both popularized and made a priority…

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22618486/texas-abbott-legislature-voting-covid-immigration