Congress has the power of naturalization. It has no power under the Constitution to force a state to accept non-citizens except on necessary and proper military service under federal law.
It is my understanding of the Constitution that Texas does not have to allow non-citizens civilians into the state or to remain in the state, even if they were sure to be killed if they were to be in Mexico for a mere one second more.
If Congress wants Señor Conquistador to be able to live and work in Texas, it can make him a citizen.
If Congress wants Señora Refugee to be able to live and work in Texas, it can make her a citizen.
Texas has the constitutional right to ask the US government to remove all invaders and have the US government do so in a prompt and efficient manner. US ratification of a treaty such as the Convention on Refugees that would infringe on that right is unconstitutional.
Agreed.
The constitution is clear on this matter.
Texas cannot write or enforce its own immigration laws.
Having said that, they CAN enforce current existing immigration laws, the ones that the fed refuses to enforce.
They can arrest and imprison those that are so called undocumented.
I don’t believe they have to power to send them back, but they do have to power to send them elsewhere.
The money that they are spending on feeding and housing them can be turned into a lot of bologna sandwiches and school busses.