The Great State Of Texas Takes MASSIVE Stand Against Obama And They Mean Business Texas has been the state most vocal about Obamas attempts to give illegal immigrants citizenship. Now, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has made it clear that he has no intentions to provide a sanctuary city the way other states have done. After Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez announced her decision to process incidents on a case-by-case bases, deciding when and where to honor federal law requiring detainment of illegal aliens, Abbott wrote her a letter bashing her for putting Texans at risk. Your decision to not fully honor U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcements (ICE) requests to detain criminal immigrants poses a serious danger to Texans, he wrote. These detainers provide ICE with the critical notice and time it needs to take incarcerated immigrants into federal custody. 