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I’m thinking Texas’ Governor might have the guts required. He was the one causing all the stir over the 10th Amendment...

They might not be able to close the federal borders (at the interstates and such), but would it be legal to call out the Texas National Guard to assist border agents to “seal” to the best of our ability the “illegal immigration” routes?

I don’t know Texas law at all, but I’d bet there may be some law on the books down there that might even permit County sheriffs and such to deputize citizens to guard the border...

Again though — I honestly don’t know how much good this would do at this point. Containment between Mexico to America seems to me (at this point) perhaps an unnecessary use of resources that could be better employed in other ways...

I’m very much Anti-Illegal Immigration, so these steps to close at least the “non-legal” routes wouldn’t bother me one bit, and I think it should’ve been done YEARS ago. Just not sure how effective closing our borders, or these illegal “routes” would be at controlling spread of this disease.

I could be totally wrong on that. I admit I’m thinking right now of either a CDC or WHO spokesperson who said something to the effect of “containment is futile” at this point... That it is already worldwide.

Like I mentioned in post 111, as long as Texas authorities don't discriminate between citizens and aliens in checking people crossing the border for swine flue, then they're probably fine.

I don't know of any reason why they couldn't call out the Texas National Guard - certainly not the Posse Comitatus Act, which doesn't apply at all to National Guard units acting on state rather than federal authority. In "sealing" illegal immigration routes, though, they could not prevent legal aliens from crossing just because they're aliens.

Also, while I think I know what you mean about Perry, I should point out that the 10th Amendment has little to do with this. The power to determine who may enter the United States is one "delegated to the United States by the Constitution", and the power to deny equal protection of the laws is "prohibited by it to the States."

Japan is not accepting the fait d' accompli that "the barn door is open and it is futile to contain" and other such WHO and Obama poppycock. They may get some cases at the end of the day, but they are going to to do their level best to a) first make sure it does not arrive on their shores; b) if it does, take a no nonsense attitude toward it. Central in this is border and immigration control. I see other nations in Asia acting, too, as we speak. The example the United States if giving is reprehensible and a joke. That video of US border agents just waving through Mexican after Mexican down at the border turnstiles said it all for me, many without masks; consider the situation of those going unauthorized routes with a coyote. You can do this, i.e protect your sovereign Nation and People, when unfettered from the nonsense of political correctness but steeped in both a) common sense; and b) can-do attitude.

PS General open question to the late night FR crowd. The little foreign fellow (RIP) who died horribly in Houston at a Children's Hospital? They said he and his parents were in the USA as "visitors" from Mexico. This news broke almost 24 hours ago. We are talking a possible pandemic here. Has ANYONE, any enterprising journalist or government official with candor, ascertained and reported what their precise "visitor status" was? What travel documents were they on? What kind of visa (work? tourist?) If this is not clear, how could such a serious situation touching on their border integrity and national security, not be known by the American people 24 hours later?

I’m thinking Texas’ Governor might have the guts required. He was the one causing all the stir over the 10th Amendment...

Texas Governor good hair Perry doesn't have the guts. He panders to Mexico just like the rest of them. Illegals get in-state college tuition. When push comes to shove, it's just talk.

I admit I’m thinking right now of either a CDC or WHO spokesperson who said something to the effect of “containment is futile” at this point... That it is already worldwide.

That may indeed be the case. Viruses have even less respect for political borders than people do.

...I’d bet there may be some law on the books down there that might even permit County sheriffs and such to deputize citizens to guard the border...

Law or no law, this is Texas. If we started to see a mass exodus headed our way from Mexico, the good citizens here would almost certainly deputize themselves to protect our state.