The Biden border crisis

 Power Line:

The Biden Administration has dealt a devastating blow to America by opening up the southern border to all comers. The influx of illegals threatens our national security and our economy, and it has placed an intolerable burden on the border states. How intolerable, is demonstrated by the panic that seizes blue cities when they are faced with a tiny fraction of the burden suffered by communities near the open border.

Joe Biden’s border policy is unconstitutional. Under Article II, his most fundamental duty as president is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” Biden has not faithfully executed our immigration laws; rather, he has deliberately sabotaged and negated them. This is an impeachable offense, but what to do in the meantime?

In Texas, a constitutional crisis may be brewing. Governor Greg Abbott, having had enough of the scofflaw Biden Administration, had fencing erected along the border to discourage illegal migration. Biden, determined to illegally undermine our country, directed that the fencing be torn down so that more illegals can pour in. The case reached the Supreme Court, which voted 5-4 to overturn a Court of Appeals decision that enjoined federal border agents from cutting the wire. So for now, the Court has the feds back in control.

As Steve wrote yesterday, Governor Abbott is not backing down. He is asserting Texas’s constitutional right to defend itself against foreign invasion. Yesterday’s memo throws down the gauntlet and says that Texas will continue to defend its border. It is an impressive document, possibly of historic import....
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Sarah Hoyt says that Oklahoma, Montana, Virginia, Arkansas, West Virginia, Louisiana and Idaho have also lined up behind Texas. And, she reports, the entire Republican Governors Association has signed a letter supporting Abbott. So far, no Democrats. Fine: let’s let sovereignty be the issue on which the 2024 election turns.

I haven’t studied the constitutional issues raised by this crisis in any detail. For the moment, I would simply say, with Justice Robert Jackson, that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. No sane interpretation of the relevant constitutional provisions could conclude that a scofflaw president, by violating federal law and betraying his oath of office, can disable the states, who came together to form the federal government in the first place, from defending themselves against foreign invasion.

A nation without borders is no longer a nation. The battle has been joined. Let’s fight it out.

Biden's border policies are senseless.  He appears to be trying to import illegals to eventually give them the vote to help Democrats rather than to defend America from invasion. 

See also:

‘Virginia Stands With Texas’: Gov. Youngkin Comes Out Swinging Against Biden On Border Dispute

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 30 Hours on Biden's Open Border

Massive gaps in the border wall, piles of broken ladders, barely hidden smuggling routes, deadly vehicle crash sites, overwhelmed processing facilities off-limits to reporters, and nearly two dozen illegal immigrants encountered by Border Patrol. All this and more was witnessed in barely 30 hours spent embedded with a bipartisan congressional delegation at the U.S.-Mexico border to see the results of Biden's border policies first-hand.

Drones flown by Mexican cartels were in the air on Friday night as I rode shotgun with National Border Patrol Council Vice President Chris Cabrera along the border wall in Hidalgo, Texas. Just a few blocks from the official port of entry where safe and legal crossings of the border can take place, we watched as 22 immigrants who illegally entered the U.S. by crossing the Rio Grande walked up to the border wall and turned themselves in to claim asylum. According to Cabrera, all 22 will be processed and released into the U.S. with initial court dates as far as six years away.
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And:

 Give the Democrats the standoff at the southern border they want

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 Texas Lt. Gov. Warns Biden About Seizing Border Areas: 'Don't Mess With Texas'

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 Abbott Ready if 'Boneheaded' Biden Federalizes Texas Guard

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 BORDER SHOWDOWN: Republican Governors Across U.S. Stand with Texas Against Feds

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 Border agent in Arizona left bloodied after attack by suspected human smugglers, officials say

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 HUGE: Border Patrol Turns on Joe Biden, Proclaims Support for Texas National Guard

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 Vance unveils bill barring feds from taking down border fencing erected by states

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 WATCH: Texas National Guard Continues Building Razor Wire Border Barriers, Defies Biden Admin

Texas state authorities are continuing to refuse Border Patrol agents access to the contested swath of border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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 The Immigration Crisis Shows Just How Much Contempt America’s Establishment Has For Democracy

 America’s avoidable immigration crisis is now the No. 1 concern of voters, ahead of inflation and the economy. So why is no one in D.C. interested in holding Biden accountable?

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 Texas AG Ken Paxton Doubles Down On Refusal Of Surrendering Border To Biden: Press Release

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I Live in New York. Here’s How I See the City’s Escalating Illegal Immigration Crisis. 

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 Texas Rallies the Red States Amid Immigration Crisis

Abbott spearheads a revival of federalism—and just in the nick of time.