美国边境巡逻工会主席保罗·佩雷斯称赞佩克斯顿在拜登执政时期为执法部门发声
2026年7月14日 美国东部时间上午10:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
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独家报道： 美国最大的边境巡逻官员工会此前已在共和党初选中 endorsing 德克萨斯州联邦参议员约翰·科恩（R-德克萨斯），如今转而支持肯·佩克斯顿参选联邦参议员。
在发给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中，全国边境巡逻委员会主席保罗·佩雷斯表示，该工会“自豪地”背书佩克斯顿，“因为我们知道他将继续为我们的特工争取所需的资源、政策和领导层，以确保美国边境安全”。
此举正值德克萨斯州现任总检察长佩克斯顿在经历一场格外激烈的初选后，持续巩固共和党支持之际。与此同时，根据最近一项民调，民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科与佩克斯顿支持率不相上下，这让民主党人看到了近四十年来首次将德克萨斯州联邦参议员席位染蓝的希望。
若出现这样的意外结果，将对共和党保住参议院多数席位的希望造成重创。
爆冷门民调：塔拉里科在德克萨斯州联邦参议员竞选中与佩克斯顿打平，威胁共和党票仓
美国最大的边境巡逻官员工会如今支持肯·佩克斯顿参选联邦参议员，角逐民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的对手。（埃利亚斯·巴尔德维二世/《达拉斯晨报》通过盖蒂图片社拍摄；阿尔贝托·席尔瓦·费尔南德斯/盖蒂图片社摄）
曾被视为局外人候选人的佩克斯顿，在5月初选决选期间获得前总统唐纳德·特朗普的最后时刻背书后，以压倒性优势击败科恩。其他曾支持科恩的共和党领导人也纷纷转而支持佩克斯顿，比如参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（R-北达科他州），他表示自己已“全力支持”佩克斯顿。
尽管此前曾支持科恩，佩雷斯仍对这位总检察长赞誉有加，称：“我们知道肯·佩克斯顿与全国边境巡逻委员会站在前线保护我们边境的男女同胞们站在一起，他始终致力于维护法治。”
他补充道：“在拜登政府制造边境危机期间，许多人选择视而不见，但总检察长肯·佩克斯顿却采取行动捍卫我们的州、国家的主权，并支持前线人员。”
作为特朗普的亲密盟友，佩克斯顿是在前总统乔·拜登执政期间起诉联邦政府最多的州总检察长之一。佩克斯顿总共起诉拜登政府超过100次。由于德克萨斯州占据美国南部边境超过60%的长度，佩克斯顿针对拜登政府的诉讼大多与边境安全相关。他甚至在任期最后一天就海上钻井限制问题起诉了拜登政府。
约翰·图恩在激烈初选撕裂共和党后全力支持肯·佩克斯顿
2025年6月26日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫东厅观看全国边境巡逻委员会主席保罗·佩雷斯发表讲话。（布伦丹·斯米亚洛夫斯基/法新社通过盖蒂图片社摄）
佩克斯顿回应称，他“很荣幸获得这一背书”。
“没有人比每天奋战在前线的勇敢男女们更能理解开放边境政策的后果，”他说道。
“作为总检察长，我多年来一直在对抗拜登政府的非法移民议程，捍卫德克萨斯州保障边境安全的权利，并与执法人员站在一起，”他继续说道。“我将继续这场斗争，确保特朗普总统的边境安全议程得到全面落实、拨款，且永远不会被党派政治破坏。”
与此同时，37岁的前中学教师、长老会神学院学生塔拉里科已成为参议院竞选中筹款最多的民主党人，今年头三个月就筹集了高达2700万美元的资金。
委内瑞拉移民路易斯·桑切斯请求德克萨斯州国民警卫队士兵放行他的家人通过 razor wire（刺钢丝网），他们于2023年9月27日在德克萨斯州鹰 Pass 从墨西哥穿越里奥格兰德河。（约翰·摩尔/盖蒂图片社摄）
根据6月底发布的《纽约时报/锡耶纳学院》民调，在德克萨斯州可能投票的选民中，塔拉里科与佩克斯顿的支持率均为47%，两人打平。
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不过佩克斯顿声称“塔拉里科不属于德克萨斯”，并称：“他适合加州。他不适合这里。”
与此呼应的是，共和党人多次曝光塔拉里科过去有争议的言论，包括称“上帝是非二元性的”、存在六种生理性别，以及自称是一名“憎恨基督教”的基督徒。
彼得·皮内多是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治撰稿人。
FIRST ON FOX: Major Cornyn backer goes all-in for Paxton as GOP rallies after red state shock poll
National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez praised Paxton for standing up for law enforcement during the Biden years
July 14, 2026 10:00am EDT / Fox News
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FIRST ON FOX:The country’s largest union of Border Patrol officers is now backing Ken Paxton for Senate after having previously endorsed Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the Republican primary.
In a statement shared with Fox News Digital, Paul Perez, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said the union is “proud” to endorse Paxton, “because we know he will continue fighting for the resources, policies, and leadership our agents need to keep America’s borders secure.”
This comes as Paxton, Texas’ current attorney general, continues to consolidate GOP support after what was a particularly bruising primary. Meanwhile, according to a recent poll, Democratic candidate James Talarico is running dead even with Paxton, giving Democrats hope he can be the first to flip a Texas Senate seat blue for the first time in nearly four decades.
An upset like that would be devastating for the GOP’s hopes of retaining a majority in the upper chamber.
SHOCK POLL: TALARICO TIES PAXTON IN TEXAS SENATE RACE, THREATENING GOP STRONGHOLD
The country’s largest union of Border Patrol officers is now backing Ken Paxton for Senate in the race against Democratic candidate James Talarico.(Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images; Alberto Silva Fernandez/Getty Images)
Once seen as the outsider candidate, Paxton soared to victory over Cornyn after a last-minute endorsement from President Donald Trump in the May primary runoff. Other Republican leaders who once backed Cornyn have rushed to Paxton’s support, such as Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-N.D., who said he was “all in” for Paxton.
Though he previously backed Cornyn, Perez spoke very highly of the attorney general, saying, “We know Ken Paxton stands with the men and women of the National Border Patrol Council who are on the frontlines protecting our borders, and he has always fought to uphold the rule of law.”
He added that “while many looked the other way during the Biden border crisis, Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken action to defend our state, our nation’s sovereignty and to support those on the front lines.”
A close Trump ally, Paxton was one of the most prolific state attorneys general in suing the federal government under former President Joe Biden. In total, Paxton sued the Biden administration more than 100 times. With Texas comprising over 60% of the U.S. southern border, many of Paxton’s suits against the Biden administration were related to border security. He even sued the Biden administration on his last day in office over offshore drilling limits.
JOHN THUNE GOES ‘ALL IN’ FOR KEN PAXTON AFTER BITTER PRIMARY RIPPED GOP APART
President Donald Trump looks on as National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2025.(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Paxton responded that he is “honored to earn the endorsement.”
“No one understands the consequences of open-border policies better than the brave men and women serving on the front lines every day,” he said.
“As Attorney General, I have spent years fighting the Biden administration’s unlawful immigrant agenda, defending Texas’ right to secure our border, and standing with law enforcement officers,” he continued. “I will continue that fight by ensuring President Trump’s border security agenda is fully implemented, funded, and never undermined by partisan politics.”
Meanwhile, Talarico, a 37-year-old former middle school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian, has emerged as the top Democratic fundraiser in Senate races, hauling in a massive $27 million in the first three months of this year.
Venezuelan immigrant Louis Sanchez asks Texas National Guard troops to let his family pass through razor wire after they crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico on Sept. 27, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.(John Moore/Getty Images)
Talarico and Paxton are tied at 47% support among likely voters in Texas, according to a New York Times/Siena survey released in late June.
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Paxton, however, has asserted that “Talarico doesn’t belong in Texas,” saying, “He fits in California. He does not fit here.”
In the same vein, Republicans have repeatedly spotlighted Talarico’s past controversial comments, including saying that “God is nonbinary,” that there are six biological sexes and saying he thinks of himself as a Christian who “hates Christianity.”
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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