You are right about the “full weight” of the Feds coming down on a State for doing that.
But legally, the Feds under the Constitution have a responsible to protect the borders and to protect from invasions. It does not say “armed invasions.”
Perhaps legally the can could be made in court that the State is only doing the job of the Federal government, under emergency circumstances, and Federal funds should be used to reimburse the State for doing so.
The Feds are breaking their own laws by Executive Order, and the President is defying anyone to hold him to account.
In other words, he will do what he wants until someone stops him.
Two can play that game.
You have an excellent point about the risks involved.
And if the Feds came down hard on Texas in any way, there is no telling what could escalate from that.
I think the Bundy Ranch situation was instructional in that regard.
The one common theme that is emerging is that there is lawlessness emanating from all levels of this regime, including the engendering of very real security threats to this nation by active implementation of the goals of radical Islam, using the resources of the American taxpayer to their own hurt.
Evil succeeds only if good men do nothing.
Bingo...We are on the same page...
But look at the next page...
Do you think for one second that if this goes down, do you think the words on a piece of animal parchment will mean a damn thing to those forces and other states that will keep them in check???
Not that I feel we cannot handle any contingency that does manage to manifest itself coming into, or indigenous populations in the state of Texas...
We obviously have a very serious claim here, as do a lot of other states involved with this issue...But the same could be said for the opposition...And everyone has been paying into that pool of resources for a very long time...and they are itching to put any opposition to them down...
Turn the page and tell me what you see...;-)