Star Fox News Reporter Explains How One Midterm Result in Particular Sets the Stage for an Unprecedented Border Disaster
Tuesday’s election was a signal for border-busting caravans to start their engines, according to a new analysis.
Bill Melugin, a congressional correspondent for Fox News who has a long history of covering the border, noted on X that the first blow of a potential one-two punch landed Tuesday.
A combination of the defeat of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the inability of the GOP-controlled Congress to pass border security laws means that a gaping hole in the border opens up on Jan. 1, and could even widen after 2028 if Republicans lose then as they did on Tuesday, he noted.
“Understand the implications of what happened in Texas last night. Gina Hinojosa has called on Gov. Abbott to end state & local cooperation with ICE & she can order that on day one,” he wrote.
Get ready for the new sanctuary State of Texas.
The new TX governor is about to order TX law enforcement to stop cooperating with ICE and Border Patrol on that huge border.
Biden Border 2.0 has been unleashed.
— 🇺🇸 The FJC 🇺🇸 (@The_FJC) November 4, 2026
“Hinojosa voted against the 2017 SB 4 as a TX state rep. The bill was essentially a sanctuary cities ban and required TX law enforcement to cooperate with ICE detainers. She then voted against another SB 4 in 2023, which made it a state crime to cross illegally into Texas,” he wrote.
“Should there be another border crisis in coming years, there will likely be no resistance from Texas at the border. No Texas DPS, no TX National Guard, no razor wire or water buoys, and no Operation Lone Star, which Hinojosa called a ‘dog and pony show’ and ‘political theater,’” he wrote.
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Understand the implications of what happened in Texas last night.
Gina Hinojosa has called on Gov. Abbott to end state & local cooperation with ICE & she can order that on day one.
Hinojosa voted against the 2017 SB 4 as a TX state rep. The bill was essentially a sanctuary cities ban and required TX law enforcement to cooperate with ICE detainers. She then voted against another SB 4 in 2023, which made it a state crime to cross illegally into Texas.
Should there be another border crisis in coming years, there will likely be no resistance from Texas at the border. No Texas DPS, no TX National Guard, no razor wire or water buoys, and no Operation Lone Star, which Hinojosa called a “dog and pony show” and “political theater”.
Remember when 15,000 Haitians surged illegally into Del Rio, TX in 2021 under the international bridge? That was only stopped because Texas DPS responded on Abbott’s orders and physically blocked further crossings by lining up their cruisers to form a wall. The Biden Border Patrol was caught off guard and offered almost no resistance, except for some horseback agents who were falsely slandered for “whipping”.
Additionally, because Republicans failed to pass any legislation codifying President Trump’s border security measures, if Dems take the White House in 2028, that Dem president could, if he/she wants to, reverse every single Trump border security policy immediately upon taking office because they were all done at the executive level, and they can order Border Patrol to go back to a passive catch & release policy like we saw under Biden.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) November 4, 2026
Melugin noted that Texas had been the only barrier in the Biden era when the border was treated as a sieve.
“Remember when 15,000 Haitians surged illegally into Del Rio, TX in 2021 under the international bridge? That was only stopped because Texas DPS responded on Abbott’s orders and physically blocked further crossings by lining up their cruisers to form a wall. The Biden Border Patrol was caught off guard and offered almost no resistance,” he wrote.
Texas Gov-Elect Hinojosa likely will pull most or all of Texas state police, Texas National Guard, and intelligence assets from the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border if she still believes her past policy positions. Today, Texas provides an important second line of defense backing up Border Patrol. Trump will need to compensate but should be able to hold the line against runners and drug smugglers. But in two years when he’s gone? Also don’t expect Texas cooperation with ICE to make arrests in a state with the second highest illegal alien population in the nation.
— Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd) November 4, 2026
Melugin noted that although President Donald Trump has developed and implemented strong border security policies, that could all vanish at the stroke of 2029.
If a Democrat wins in 2028 while Texas has a Democrat Governor, the nation of America is 100% finished and there will be no bringing it back.
There will be a complete open border with a welcoming service. The only reason Biden wasn’t able to import upwards of 50,000,000 in his time in office was the pushback from Greg Abbott.
The entire Southern Border is now governed by Democrats. We have NO idea what that will look like if a Democrat takes over the Presidency as well. Kiss the country goodbye at that point.
Every terrorist on the planet will be on their way to Mexico to cross into America.
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarino) November 4, 2026
“Additionally, because Republicans failed to pass any legislation codifying President Trump’s border security measures,” he wrote.
That means “if Dems take the White House in 2028, that Dem president could, if he/she wants to, reverse every single Trump border security policy immediately upon taking office because they were all done at the executive level,” Meugin wrote.
Well, congratulations! 🧹 Looks like the Mexican drug cartels own #Texas now, judging by yesterday’s election results! 🇲🇽🤦🏽♂️
What a wake-up call for Texas voters. Are we going to protect our communities, taxpayers, and border security, or continue down this road?
— Jay Goonetilleke (@JG_SBALending) November 4, 2026
If that happens, he wrote, look for the “Border Patrol to go back to a passive catch & release policy like we saw under Biden.”
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