The Woman in the Empty Suit
Trump's Performance With Latinos Drives Libs Into a Racist Rage
We Won Big, But This Isn't a Permanent Victory
University of Oregon Employee Suspended After Telling Trump Supporters to Kill Themselves
That's the Power of Love
Everything You Need to Know About the Insane 4B Movement
Is All That Money Spent on 'Call Her Daddy' Podcast Why Harris Is...
Trump Lawyer Has a Grim Warning for Letitia James and Jack Smith
China, Beijing Brace for Impact As Trump Promises Higher Tariffs
Tim Walz's Daughter Has Finally 'Reached the Point of Anger'
DOJ Unseals Indictment of Iranian Plot to Assassinate Donald Trump
The Results Are in: Trump Won Walz's Home County in the 2024 Election
Andrew Yang Offers Some Telling Advice on What Kamala Should Have Done Differently
The Blame Game Between Team Harris and Team Biden Has Begun, and Hoo...
'Ending the Federal Lawfare'? Jack Smith Makes Notable Move
Tipsheet

Texas Officially Declares an Invasion at the Southern Border

Townhall Media/Julio Rosas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) officially declared there is an invasion at the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday, invoking the "Invasion Clauses of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions" to give more authority to the state's response to the crisis.

Advertisement

In a statement on Twitter, Abbott said he is "using that constitutional authority, [and] other authorization & Executive Orders to keep our state [and] country safe."

Some of the new "unprecedented measures" that Texas will now undertake include:

  • The Texas National Guard will now turn back people who illegally cross the southern border.
  • Deploy the Department of Public Safety to return illegal immigrants to the border.
  • Designate Mexican cartels are foreign terrorist organizations.
  • Finish building border walls in multiple counties.

Abbott's announcement comes after several border counties in the state issued their own declarations of an invasion. Operation Lone Star has been Texas' response to the border crisis since March 2021. This has included deployments of their National Guard and state troopers, along with busing released migrants to sanctuary cities further within the United States.

Advertisement

The Rio Grande Valley, Del Rio, and El Paso Sectors have been some of the busiest areas of the southern border during the historic crisis. For just the month of October, there were almost 124,000 encounters between those three sectors, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement