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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

Hey Governor let us know if you need any Sooners to come south and help you! We no longer can play football but by gosh we can fight along side you!


61 posted on 11/15/2022 10:48:52 AM PST by OKC Patriot ("Never Forget"!)
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To: SpaceBar

Here’s one of your MSM (I’m sure you think they would never lie!):

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/greg-abbott-declares-invasion-at-texas-mexico-border/ar-AA148Xwu


62 posted on 11/15/2022 10:49:23 AM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: SpaceBar

Here’s Abbot’s twitter statement about it: https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1592553350129909762


63 posted on 11/15/2022 10:49:29 AM PST by redguyinabluestate
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To: redguyinabluestate; All
Original source (Gov Abbott website)
64 posted on 11/15/2022 10:53:44 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: dragnet2

Yes, if you use a thing called a “search engine” you will find thousands of pictures of Bush’s border wall. Good luck. And eat your soup before it gets cold.


65 posted on 11/15/2022 10:59:05 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: hardspunned
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.

Finally, a good use for NATO.

66 posted on 11/15/2022 11:07:33 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! The Gestapo closes ranks.)
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To: MeganC

IF so-—I would ship MORE & MORE illegals to ARIZONA if I were Abbott.


67 posted on 11/15/2022 11:12:13 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: dragnet2

In 2015? He has already implemented most of those actions. Classification of cartels as terrorists will help a lot.


68 posted on 11/15/2022 11:17:47 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: srmanuel

I figured he was waiting until after the election. He had already done most of the actions. Hopefully gthis will make it harder for Mayorkas to intervene.


69 posted on 11/15/2022 11:19:51 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: SpaceBar
Other than the person running “Just the News”...

That would be John Solomon.

-PJ

70 posted on 11/15/2022 11:25:00 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Rusty0604

I suspect the Biden Administration will go after Abbott with everything they have to get this stopped, will it succeed who knows.

But look for not only the Biden Administration but activists and look for riots with violence if it comes to that. The Biden Administration would like nothing better than seeing some migrant getting abused on the Texas Border by the National Guard or Texas DPS, etc.


71 posted on 11/15/2022 11:40:00 AM PST by srmanuel (I)
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To: redguyinabluestate

AZ & NM better get ready...


72 posted on 11/15/2022 11:51:04 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: srmanuel
The Biden Administration would like nothing better than seeing some migrant getting abused on the Texas Border by the National Guard or Texas DPS, etc.

With the Biden Regime, I expect the FBI to be dressed as illegals and other FBI dressed as Texas National Guards, all playing their parts in a Kabuki Theater play along the Rio Grande near McAllen!!!!
73 posted on 11/15/2022 11:53:23 AM PST by ExTxMarine (Diversity is necessary; diverse points of views will not be tolerated.)
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To: redguyinabluestate

Do they get ammo this time ?

Or are they just gonna brandish empty weapons again ?


74 posted on 11/15/2022 12:00:14 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: TangoLimaSierra
Is he up for re-election already?

Surprisingly no. He just got re-elected. If he keeps this kind of thing up, I might even vote for him.

75 posted on 11/15/2022 12:39:01 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: citizen

lol...C’mon...This BS has been going on since Abbott was in high school. Happened in slow motion...You apparently never noticed.

Ya say Abbott was just reelected, and now he’s going to get tough on the border? That’s a knee slapper!

I wish I had a dollar for every career politician who’s said that over the past few decades. Lip service and lies is what we get.


76 posted on 11/15/2022 1:40:21 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Rusty0604

This didn’t just happen whenever Abbott started his career in government politics. The border has been out of control for many *decades*.

You know that, I know that, do ya think Abbott knew that when he became governor?


77 posted on 11/15/2022 1:54:06 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: redguyinabluestate

If he declares that we have been invaded, doesn’t that mean that anyone coming over the border is an ‘unlawful combatant’, since they are not in discernible uniforms with rank insignia?

In other words, they are candidates for having a bullet forcibly inserted into their brain.


78 posted on 11/15/2022 2:30:06 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: dragnet2

He had to locate his testicles! The RINOS are even worse than the DEMONRATS. We know the left is our adversary but the RINOS are even more despicable.


79 posted on 11/15/2022 3:52:42 PM PST by Machavelli (True God)
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To: redguyinabluestate

The tweet was gone for awhile. Some backtracking from the Governor’s people. Chess moves. We put them on notice, pull back a bit to prevent a real invasion (from the CCP puppet) but have signaled other states of intent.


80 posted on 11/15/2022 9:12:19 PM PST by StolarStorm
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