No, an invasion is an army. These are people, so it's up the civil law of the State to deal with them.
Perry is doing the right thing.
Only in our standardized version of what constitutes 'symmetrical' conflicts. More and more hostilities here and abroad are no longer one army simply pitted against another, as in WW II, but 'asymmetrical' actions utilizing non-conventional means and technically what are called 'non state actors'.
This invasion falls into this latter category.
US Constitution Section 10 paragraph 3:
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
“... unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.”
Both conditions apply here.
Perry is doing what the citizen of Texas are screaming for.
His initial response was to blame the federal gubbamint and tell us how few resources we had here in Texas to deal with the problem.
He is a political animal. He knows full well his chances of gaining the support of Texans during a presidential run would dry up unless he did an about face and began doing something...just something.
Good morning, my fellow Texan.
Ma’am, I respectfully disagree about this being an invasion. If people come uninvited into your home, it is called a home invasion. If people snoop on you, it’s an invasion of your privacy.
These folks are invading our home. It is an invasion.
No, an invasion is an army. These are people, so it’s up the civil law of the State to deal with them.
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NO, No, no ! - they are criminals. Put bounties on them.
We’re being invaded by an army of lawbreakers.