It’s the Real Deal for at least one Tex. County at the moment.
A judge has made this ruling that it is an invasion. Ken Cucinelli, lawyer making the case in court, Congressman Chip Roy and Kinney County Sheriff were interviewed by Bannon. Seems like a big deal, but Abbott has to follow through on this now that Cucinelli has gotten a judge to issue this ruling.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
For example, the county judge does not supervise the elected county sheriff or county commissioner, etc. but does have enormous influence over budgets and the various non-elected county departments ultimately report to the county judge.
This is a big deal in this county.
From April 2022....
....Driving the effort on the right is the Center for Renewing America, a conservative policy think tank led by former Trump administration officials. It includes Ken Cuccinelli, an immigration hardliner and former Homeland Security official under Trump. He argued that states are entitled to defend themselves from immediate danger or invasion, as it is defined by the “invasion clause,” under the “states self defense clause.”
...Asked if he considered what was happening on the Texas border “an invasion,” Abbott did not use those words but said he would be discussing it Wednesday.....
....Cuccinelli said in practice, he envisions the plan would look similar to the enforcement of Title 42, which circumvented U.S. obligations under American law and international treaty to provide asylum. He said he has not spoken with Abbott and said the governor’s current sweeping border mission, known as Operation Lone Star, has put little to dent in the number of people crossing the border. The mission has also drawn criticism from Guard members over long deployments and little to do, and some arrests have appeared to have no connection to border security.
“Until you are actually returning people to Mexico, what you are doing will have no effect,” Cuccinelli said.
Emily Berman, who teaches constitutional law at the University of Houston, said the “invasion clause” by proponents is tucked into a broader constitutional assurance that the U.S. must defend states from invasion and domestic violence. Additionally, she said, the “state self-defense clause” says states cannot engage in war-like actions or foreign policy unless invaded.....
https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/ex-trump-officials-urge-texas-gov-to-declare-border-invasion/