In the 1st place, securing the international border is not a state responsibility. In the real world, Texas simply can’t afford to do it. No state can, that is also the reason the AZ national guard is not on their border 24/7 in sufficient force to shut it down. I suppose you think Gov. Brewer is an open borders person also? Maybe if the feds would actually do what they are supposed to do we could have a secure border. Securing the border is a national responsibility, and the feds simply refuse to do it. Look at what the feds did to AZ when they tried to simply help enforce immigration law.
Horse hockey!
They can't afford not to.
Those illegals are easily costing 10 times more in medical care, education, and criminality, than it would to station the Texas National Guard on the border.
That's why I know these border state governors who talk about the billions and billions illegals are costing them (which is true), while they won't spend millions to put their National Guards on the border are being disingenuous.