The U.S./Mexico border crisis has been a source of major tension between the Biden Administration and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. President Joe Biden, on Friday, January 26, declared that he will “shut down” the United States’ southern border if necessary. In an article published by The Nation on January 30, progressive legal expert Elie Mystal is vehemently critical of Abbott’s handling of the border crisis in Texas — even comparing his actions to a “Civil War reenactment.” “The flash point for this crisis is, of course, the border,’ Mystal explains. “I have written before about Eagle Pass, Tex.,…