Here’s the thing about doing that...
There are limitations to “calling out” the Texas National Guard units...
Number one, funding for this deployment...
You have to pay these troops, how long will the deployment last...How do we logistically work this, and to be honest, if any of this becomes common knowledge the opposition WILL re-configure and probably go to NM, or AZ and that will pizz off those states as we may have to coordinate our enforcement with them to mitigate any adjustments the bad guys will take when we lower the boom...
Number two...
What will the mission be??? Will they be passing out water and MRE’s and take the illegals to camps to be immediately released on a promise to return for deportation hearings???
Or will they be immediately processed and deported back to their country of origin???
That takes money the state of Texas WILL NOT GET from the Feds...There is no way Texas will be able to sustain this effort for long...
And there will be a lot of effort to torpedo this from ALL sides...We will be fighting the cartels and the organizations, gangs who will lose money in this, and the Feds who will do whatever they can to keep Texas in check...
That’s my immediate take on this...
Not to mention that what if this effort does not work???
Then what???
Gov. Perry can divert gasoline tax receipts from the Federal government intra state to pay for the effort.
No authority?
Too bad!
If the government Patent Office can take away the Redskins trademark based on political correctness, the governor of a state can act to protect the borders of his sovereign state in the face of the deliberate actions of the Federal government to compromise them.
Two can play the leftists’ game.
Call for citizen volunteers. Declare a state of emergency and get us waivers from work. Kind of like jury duty, you know? You could pay them a 'minimal' per diem for their service, or trade their service for some foreclosed Texas real estate. I would go for that!
We could work rotating shifts, 2 weeks or a month at a time? And to those who say they can't afford time off from work, well, can you afford more of our jobs or your job being taken by illegals? How is that working out for you?
I think the flow over the border would slow pretty quickly with even a minimal amount of effort.