Greg Abbott Reaches Limit, Invokes Invasion Clause: “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”

By
Gary Fenster
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Governor Greg Abbott announced he is invoking the invasion clauses of the US and Texas constitutions to protect our southern border. He 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:

He then listed the actions he will take to protect our border because President Joe Biden refuses to do so. He said:

Deploy the National Guard to safeguard our border & to repel & turn back immigrants trying to cross the border illegally;

Deploy the Texas Department of Public Saftey (DPS) to arrest & return to the border immigrants who crossed illegally & deploy DPS to arrest illegal immigrants for criminal activity;

Build a border wall in multiple counties on the border;

Deploy gun boats to secure the border;

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

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