Patriot,

In a time of constitutional crisis, here comes yet another. . .

The federal government's lawlessness on immigration has created
problems so extreme, the governor of Texas is asserting his
authority, and even obligation, to protect Texans from a foreign
invasion.

As I discuss in my latest column (read it below), this could boil
over into a serious conflict between the state and federal
governments. However, Congress could actually resolve the issue
by simply refusing to fund Biden's removal of border security
measures.

Nullification through the "power of the purse" is an important
tool given to Congress in the U.S. Constitution and it could be
easily exercised in this case.

The states should also continue to take measures - including
nullification of Supreme Court rulings - to protect against
invasion.

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Ron Paul
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Heading For the 'Texit?'

The clash between the Biden Administration and Texas spilled out
into the open last week, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
Federal authorities could remove razor wire that Texas Governor
Greg Abbott had been installing along the border with Mexico to
stop the millions of illegal immigrants from crossing over to the
United States.

This time Abbott did not back down. Instead, he issued a
statement declaring that "an invasion under Article I, Section
10, Clause 3" of the U.S. Constitution is underway and invoking
"Texas's constitutional authority to defend and protect itself."

Here Governor Abbott answers an important question I brought up
back in my 1988 U.S. Presidential run: at what point do open
borders and mass illegal immigration into the US become an
"invasion," which would grant governors the authority - and
obligation - to take action?

By some estimates, more than six million illegal immigrants have
crossed into the United States during the three years of the
Biden Administration. These illegals likely mostly come from
Mexico and Central America, but the fact is we have no idea how
many of them may be arriving from, for example, the Middle East
or other war-torn areas of the world. Last month even the New
York Times wrote of the disaster on the US border that,
"thousands of migrants are arriving at the border every day,
trekking from the farthest reaches of the globe, from Africa to
Asia to South America, driven by relentless violence, desperation
and poverty."

With the world awash in U.S. weapons, it's not hard to imagine
the danger of the situation.

It is a problem that the Biden Administration is not willing to
tackle, likely for political reasons particularly in an election
year. And Biden found an ally in the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief
Justice John Roberts with the ruling that Federal agents may
begin removing barriers set up by Texas authorities. But the
intensity of the dispute became apparent this time when 25
Republican-led states issued statements in support of Texas.

It began to look like a showdown and many even began to invoke
words like "secession."

However, if the Biden Administration intends to use the Supreme
Court ruling to take action against the Texas border barrier
there are more immediate ways of defending the border. Rep.
Thomas Massie took to Twitter last week to recount a meeting he
and a group of U.S. House Members had with the late Justice
Antonin Scalia. At the breakfast, Massie wrote, Justice Scalia
told the group to quit complaining about Supreme Court rulings
and start defunding rulings they oppose.

As Massie explained in another Tweet, "Congress can render the
5-4 Supreme Court decision against Texas IRRELEVANT by simply
refusing to fund Biden's removal of border security measures."
Nullification through the "power of the purse" is an important
tool given to Congress in the U.S. Constitution and it could be
easily exercised in this case.

Biden is clearly playing politics with the immigration crisis,
claiming last week that as soon as Congress passes yet another
immigration "reform" bill - one that includes $100 billion in
military welfare for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan - he will take
steps to address the Border. Congress should reject this
blackmail and U.S. states should continue to take measures -
including nullification of the Supreme Court ruling - to protect
against invasion.
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