Governor Greg Abbott said recently that the state of Texas would be pursing a more aggressive stance opposing the influx of migrants that the state has seen at its southern border with Mexico. 

This follows the Biden administration's choice to suspend Title 42 expulsions starting in May. On the same day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection in San Diego revealed that they foiled five different smuggling attempts in one day.

“A person’s life is always in danger when smugglers use specially built compartments to smuggle people across the border,” said Sidney Aki, director of Field Operations for CBP in San Diego. “Smugglers will stop at nothing to achieve their goals, even if that means risking human lives.”

Abbott took the opportunity to reveal his more aggressive stance.

“With the Biden administration ending Title 42 expulsions in May, Texas will be taking its own unprecedented actions this month to do what no state in America has ever done in the history of this country to better secure our state, as well as our nation," Abbott said. 

Abbott estimates that 18,000 border patrol encounter will occur every day when the laws expire and supports more aggressive vehicle search policies as well to counteract this. In all, 29 individuals were arrested in the smuggling raids, with "multiple" people being U.S. citizens. In another incident in Eagle Pass, 11 migrants were found hiding in a trailer with a lack of air conditioning, ventilation or means of exit. 

These incidents were confirmed as occurring at the same time Abbott made his new stand. 

Abbott also announced more aggressive vehicle inspections intended to slow human smuggling and trafficking, implementing what he described as a “zero-tolerance policy for unsafe vehicles used for smuggling,” adding that this would “dramatically slow traffic from Mexico into Texas.”