A number of House Republicans are backing the move by Texas counties to declare the situation at the southern border an “invasion” — as border states face overwhelming migrant numbers.
This from msn.com.
Officials from several Texas counties on Tuesday declared the migrant crisis an invasion.
The declarations are likely to put further pressure on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make a statewide declaration, which some conservatives believe would give the state the authority to return migrants across the border.
U.S. Congressman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said in a statement to Fox News Digital:
It’s a sad day when local leaders have to effectively declare themselves a Sanctuary County for the law-abiding citizen.
That’s the new reality under a derelict President who has ceded control of our sovereign border to narco-terrorist cartels and abandoned the American people.
Kinney County Judge Tully Shahan told reporters.:
We want America to know that this is real.
The Biden administration won’t do a thing about it. They could stop this thing this hour. They could stop it now. They don’t have the guts.
The move by the Texas counties drew praise from Republican lawmakers, particularly those who have been sounding the alarm on the crisis for months.
Arrington had introduced a resolution last year which affirmed the rights of states to defend themselves against drug cartels working across the border.
Rep. Jim Banks, head of the Republican Study Committee, had supported that resolution, and said that counties had “no other choice” than to take action themselves due to lack of movement from the federal government.
Banks said in a statement:
Earlier this year I called on every House Republican to support my colleague Rep. Jodey Arrington’s resolution reaffirming the constitutional right for border states to defend their communities against invasion.
The Biden administration’s refusal to enforce America’s immigration laws has left state and local jurisdictions no other choice than to step in to defend our border and national sovereignty.
U.S. Congressman Chip Roy, R-Texas, who had appeared alongside the county officials on Tuesday, told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” that Lonestar State officials were stepping up where the Biden administration was failing.
We are dealing with an invasion.
We are dealing with Texans dying from fentanyl pouring into our communities. Our ranchers are getting overrun, their livestock are getting out, their fences are getting cut. Our communities are dealing with that.
So, all of these leaders in the counties in south Texas are asking for is that Texas step up, and we go do what the federal government refuses to do.
The official House Republican Twitter account tweeted that:
Biden’s open-border policies have incentivized an invasion.
All strategies remain on the table as Texas continues stepping up in the federal government’s absence.
Eze said:
While Biden ignores the ever-growing humanitarian crisis, and Congressional members visit the border for photo-ops and then return to Washington to do nothing, Texas has deployed thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and DPS troopers and spent over $4 billion of Texas taxpayer money to secure our border, including building our own border wall, erecting strategic barriers, and sending significant resources to help our local partners as was mentioned repeatedly in the Brackettville press conference.
She said:
The operations have resulted in over 274,000 migrant apprehensions, nearly 17,000 criminal arrests, 22,000 turnbacks and the seizure of millions of doses of fentanyl.
She continued:
It’s past time for [Joe] Biden—and for both parties in Congress—to do their jobs and secure our southern border.
As the challenges on the border continue to increase, Texas will continue to take additional unprecedented action to address those challenges caused by the Biden administration.
Washington be damned. Texas is moving forward for the security of their citizens.
Perhaps this will be rationale for the state of Texas to cease sending tax dollars to Washington, and maybe even for the voters of Texas to choose cessation this coming November.
Final thought, a statement and a question: One of the many responsibilities of the President is to secure and protect the sovereignty of the United States. By Joe-Joe allowing the southern border to be overrun—invaded to be exact—has he committed an impeachable offense if, in fact, he is not the legitimate president?
