The purpose of adding more resources on the ground is not to address the women and children, its to address the growing reality that a lot of people coming across the border are here for criminal purposes, Abbott, the GOP gubernatorial hopeful, told Fox News on Monday. Theyre killing, theyre raping, theyre robbing, theyre doing all kinds of harsh criminal activity. Abbott said that women and children have been sexually assaulted by people who have come across the border.