AUSTIN, Texas — The state is well underway installing border wall across multiple counties along the Mexican border, including miles of barrier between Texas and New Mexico, a move that has infuriated Democrats in both states.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) directed the state's Military Department to begin installing concertina wire on the vertical boundary between Texas and its western neighbor. The wire installation began near El Paso, Texas, which sits on the state border and will run north through the New Mexico city of Sunland Park.

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“Texas installs fencing along NEW Mexico border. Our barriers around El Paso forced the migrants crossing illegally to enter into New Mexico. They then entered into El Paso from there. To end that, we are building a barrier on the New Mexico border,” Abbott wrote in a post on X Sunday. The post included a picture of the wall, but the barrier along the New Mexico border only includes wire.

A spokeswoman for Rep. Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat whose district includes all of southern New Mexico, said the congressman was not warned about the wire installation ahead of time, according to ABC News. Vasquez called it "unconstitutional."

"A concertina wall between the Texas and New Mexico border is unconstitutional. This latest political stunt by the Texas governor solves nothing. We need long-term solutions, which is why I'm working on a package of immigration bills as soon as Republicans can elect a speaker," said Vasquez in a statement on X earlier this week.

Democrats in both states claimed Abbott had "no plans of actually addressing our broken immigration system."

Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa and Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairwoman Jessica Velasquez issued a joint statement Tuesday belittling Abbott's latest border initiative and claimed it was a political attempt to distract voters from other issues.

"Shame on Greg Abbott for using public tax dollars to uplift his dangerous approach to border security, and infringing upon Texans' and New Mexicans' right to move freely across state lines," said Hinojosa and Velasquez. "Greg Abbott knows that New Mexican neighbors are not the enemy, but is working overtime to gain Fox News airtime to cover up his proposed legislation to implement unpopular school voucher scams, imprison vulnerable migrants and their families, and his own Party's public infighting."

Abbott announced Tuesday that he would call the state legislature back to Austin for a third emergency session to pass legislation that would make illegally entering the state from Mexico a state crime.

"President Biden’s open border policies put Texans at risk. Texas will not sit idly by while this crisis worsens. I called another special session for #txlege to criminalize illegal entry and authorize all licensed law enforcement to remove immigrants who enter Texas illegally," Abbott posted on X.

The bill has passed the Senate three times but failed to pass the House. The state has spent more than $8 billion on border wall construction and border security since President Joe Biden took office.

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The Democratic state chairpersons also said Texas ought to immediately take down the wire.

Abbott's office did not respond to requests for comment, including how much barrier it has installed. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Vasquez, and the state Democratic parties did not respond to inquiries.