Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) officially declared an invasion on the Texas border with Mexico. He based his action on the U.S and Texas constitutions.
“I invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. & Texas Constitutions to fully authorize Texas to take unprecedented measures to defend our state against an invasion,” Abbott tweeted.
Roughly 5.5 million illegal aliens have crossed the U.S. southern border with Mexico after Joe Biden became president and threw out President Trump’s successful policies to secure the border.
The millions of unvetted, illegal migrants at the border continued through October. There were nearly 300,000 counting gotaways.
It allows him to use all the resources available:
Gov. Abbott said: “I invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. & Texas Constitutions to fully authorize Texas to take unprecedented measures to defend our state against an invasion. I’m using that constitutional authority, & other authorization & Executive Orders to keep our state & country safe:”
- Deploy the National Guard to safeguard the border and to repel and turn back immigrants trying to cross the border illegally.
- Deploy the Texas Dept. of Public Safety (DPS) to arrest and return immigrants to the border who crossed illegally and to arrest illegal immigrants for criminal activity;
- Build a wall in multiple counties on the border;
- Deploy gunboats;
- Designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations;
- Enter into a compact with other states to secure the border;
- Enter into agreements with foreign powers to enhance border security;
- Provide resources for border counties to increase their efforts to respond to the “border invasion.”
I invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. & Texas Constitutions to fully authorize Texas to take unprecedented measures to defend our state against an invasion.
I’m using that constitutional authority, & other authorization & Executive Orders to keep our state & country safe: pic.twitter.com/2Jt5HEMgp5
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) November 15, 2022
That is from the Texas Minute. Seems may have been theater or smoke?
If he uses the National Guard to just close the Border to Commerce, that will force the Mexican Government to act. The impact on American Business would be substantial and in the end the Democrats will get the blame.
By Declaring Cartels Terrorist, he can go after the Drug trade with all the Tools used against organized Crime and Texas does have the Death Penalty. Texas should pass a law making the distribution of fentanyl a death penalty offense.
In rounding up Illegal Aliens the State of Texas should collect biological information and begin tying Illegal Aliens to unsolved crimes, the designate them as Terrorist if the attempt to cross the Border again. We should put bounties on Terrorist – Dead or Alive!
It’s time for Patriotic Americans to get serious about saving America from Terrorist and Communist. The State of Texas should also have a no fault trespass policy that automatically assumes that if you shot a trespasser it was because they were a deadly threat to you or you family. As soon as invading America has serious consequences Illegal Aliens will stay home. I’m still trying to figure out how the Government can use Tax Dollars to do anything put jail Illegal Aliens who are actually criminals.