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Texas governor declares invasion at border, invokes constitutional powers in historic action
Just the news ^
| 11/15/2022
| By John Solomon
Posted on 11/15/2022 9:35:38 AM PST by redguyinabluestate
Frustrated by an unending crisis fueled by drug and human trafficking at the southern border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday declared his state was under an invasion and invoked special powers granted under the U.S. and Texas constitutions.
Abbott said his declaration would begin efforts to:
Deploy the National Guard to the border to repel illegal immigrants, and the Texas Department of Public Safety to arrest and return illegal entrants to their home countries;
Build a border wall in multiple counties;
Deploy gun boats to secure the border;
Designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations;
Enter into a compact with other states to secure the border;
Enter into agreements with foreign powers to enhance border security;
And provide resources for border counties to increase their efforts to respond to the border invasion.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abbott; alejandromayorkas; border; buildthefence; christopherwray; creepstate; deepstate; demagogicparty; dhs; doj; dps; fbi; fib; gregabbott; illegalsinvasion; merrickgarland; policestate; proposals; singlepartystate; texas
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To: redguyinabluestate
Is he up for re-election already?
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:36:35 AM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
To: redguyinabluestate
Why didn’t Abbott do this on his first day in office?
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:37:04 AM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: redguyinabluestate
Figure he was counting on Kari Lake to be elected and take the lead on this issue and he would work with her.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:37:21 AM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: redguyinabluestate
Meanwhile in Arizona ‘Karen’ Hobbs will be tearing down the wall.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:37:39 AM PST
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
To: dragnet2
It does beg the question...if you’ve the power to do this, why the wait?
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:37:48 AM PST
by
fuzzylogic
(welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
To: redguyinabluestate
I’m so sick of these phony career politicians...
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:37:56 AM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: redguyinabluestate
the feds should be doing this, but will fight him on it every step of the way.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:38:37 AM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: redguyinabluestate
Gee Abbott.
Thanks for getting around to it.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:40:20 AM PST
by
OKSooner
("Oh, the mad fools!")
To: redguyinabluestate
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:40:31 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: TangoLimaSierra
He was just reelected last week.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:41:07 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: fuzzylogic
A rhetorical question the answer is obvious..ELECTIONS
now that he’s been reelected, go for it.
It’s a good move, but why now is a good question.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:42:19 AM PST
by
srmanuel
(I)
To: redguyinabluestate
It’s nice to read good news for a change.
God bless Governor Abbott, and keep him safe!
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:42:53 AM PST
by
Deo volente
("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
To: redguyinabluestate
Did he just wake up from a long slumber?
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:43:46 AM PST
by
A Voice
(As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the end times.)
To: Army Air Corps
I wonder if he would have been had he done this six months ago.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:43:58 AM PST
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: redguyinabluestate
Years late but better than other border states.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:44:05 AM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
To: redguyinabluestate
This is great news. Someday we may elect a President who will militarize the border as well.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:44:08 AM PST
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis )
To: teeman8r
The feds should be doing this? No shit. Like 50 years ago...And these SOBs at the federal and state level do nothing but give us bull shit lip service about the what they’re going to do about the border. Year in year out, professional politician after professional politician, its the same damn crap, over and over, decade after decade as the conga line of millions pour in. This is an epic farce, and we get lip service and lies!
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:44:27 AM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: redguyinabluestate
Great News!
Of course this will cause the Demx to explode, how inhumane we are here in Texas
Blah blah.
Send them ALL back
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:45:00 AM PST
by
RWGinger
(LGB)
To: redguyinabluestate
What the heck? What’s the point of being in NATO? Invoke Article 5 and get the Hungarians and Poles to come seal our southern border. They have experience.
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posted on
11/15/2022 9:45:19 AM PST
by
hardspunned
(Trump or DeSantis, I don’t care as long as the nominee does not support provoking WWIII)
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