Declaration of invasion in Texas

 Just the News:

The Republican Party of Texas has declared an invasion at the southern border. Its chair, Matt Rinaldi, is calling on Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, and on all Texas counties to do the same.

Nine counties and one mayor already have declared an invasion, with more expected to follow in Texas’ 254 counties.

Two judges who declared an invasion, life-long Democrats and Hispanic women, are now running for reelection as Republicans in November.

“Arizona will declare an invasion in January, Texas should today,” Rinaldi wrote in a column published by Newsweek. He’s referring to Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who after she won her party’s nomination vowed to declare an invasion. Rinaldi, who thinks Lake will be elected as Arizona’s next governor, has called on Abbott to declare an invasion.

Abbott has issued numerous executive orders to expand the state’s response to what he calls “Biden’s border crisis” but has stopped short of calling it an invasion. Instead, Abbott most recently directed state law enforcement to apprehend illegal border crossers and deliver them to ports of entry.

“Texas Republicans are calling on him to take his commitment to defending our border a step farther, declare an invasion, and direct state officers to deliver illegal aliens back over the border,” Rinaldi said. “This is necessary to defend the safety and sovereignty of our state.”

While Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued a formal opinion declaring an invasion in February, Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office has not done do so. His office appears to be at odds with other legal experts who argue the U.S. Constitution and Texas Constitution grant Abbott the authority to declare and repel an invasion.

Like the Texas counties and AG Brnovich who’ve declared an invasion, Rinaldi points to Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution as justification for Abbott to do so. It states, "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."

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What is clear is that the Biden administration is not willing to enforce US immigration laws.  This should lead to Biden's impeachment but it will take a new Congress to even consider that as Democrats ignore the law.  The Governors of border states should take action.  Apparently, Texas and Arizona are the states most illegals are interested in.  Do none of them want to be in New Mexico?