U.S. Const. art. IV, § 4 mandates the Federal government protect states against Invasion. The Federal government has not performed.
U.S. Const. art. I, § 10 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.
U.S. Const. amend. X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
All States retain the right to self defense. The Federal government has refused to provide for the common defense, the raison d'etre for the Federal government. The States must repel invasion or the people will.
Texas
The Texas Governor has the authority to call forth the state military forces and the reserve militia to repel the invasion.
Tex. Gov. Code Sec. 431.071
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/htm/GV.431.htm#431.071
Tex. Gov. Code Sec. 431.001
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/htm/GV.431.htm#431.001
Tex. Const. art. 4, § 7
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/CN/htm/CN.4.htm#4.7
Be a MAN, Abbot.
Ultimately Governor Abbott is a politician who will put on a show for law enforcement officers under attack from left wing extremists in the interests of looking good politically, but not defend his state’s southern border from the invasion that continues.
Probably the greatest act of civil disobedience I could think of would be the arrival of a million Americans in TX to stand and protect the southern border and begin constructing the wall-fence etc. themselves.
We see how conservative Governor Abbott is then, I’d said he would be as conservative as Judge David Bunning.