As you may know, there’s quite a standoff brewing at the southern border.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily sided with the Biden Administration in a case involving a razor wire fence along Texas’ border with Mexico. Roughly 30 miles of wire have been put in place as part of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s efforts to curb the unprecedented flow of illegal aliens across the southern border since President Biden took office. Yet the 5-4 decision allows Border Patrol agents to cut wire that the Lone Star State installs while litigation continues.
In response, Governor Abbott invoked his constitutional authority, outlined in Article I, Section 10, Clause 3, to reserve Texas’ right to self-defense against an invasion. In the days following this announcement, the Texas National Guard, Texas Department of Public Safety, and other Texas personnel have acted on both this constitutional authority and state law to secure the Texas border.
Don’t mess with Texas, Mr. President!
As you may know, at least 25 Republican governors across the country, including Governors Brian Kemp (GA), Ron DeSantis (FL), and Glenn Youngkin (VA), have vowed to support Governor Abbott and Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense.
Please know that I wholeheartedly stand with Texas, and I urge Governor Abbott to hold the line against the Biden Administration’s intentional illegal invasion. I’m also thankful to the men and women who have answered the call to protect Texas’ border in response to the Biden Administration’s willful absence. Undoubtedly, their efforts are impacting communities across the country – because every state is a border state under President Biden.
But folks, it doesn’t have to be this way.
Instead of threatening our national security, flooding neighborhoods with fentanyl, and imposing tremendous financial burdens on the American people, President Biden could simply abandon his open-border policies and enforce current immigration laws. Unfortunately, the White House is determined to destroy our nation by incentivizing more illegal migration.
Case in point: “Border Czar” Kamala Harris recently claimed that solutions to fix the border crisis include increasing resources to “process” illegal aliens “effectively” and creating a “meaningful pathway to citizenship.”
These are incentives to more illegal migration, not solutions.
Please know that I will continue working with my conservative colleagues to use every tool and ounce of leverage at our disposal to advance real border security policy, like House Republicans’ H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, in order to give you and your family the safe and secure nation that you deserve.
