Governor Officially Declares Invasion at Border
September 21, 2023 | Texas
(NewsNation) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared “an invasion” at the southern border Wednesday evening, deploying the Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement agencies.
“I officially declared an invasion at our border because of Biden’s policies,” Abbott posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday.
He continued: “We are building a border wall, razor wire and marine barriers. We are also repelling migrants.”
Along with the post, Abbott attached a letter sent to President Joe Biden last November. In the letter, Abbott argues the federal government is not upholding its end of a constitutional agreement to individual states to “protect each of them against Invasion.”
“The federal government’s failure has forced me to invoke Article I, § 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, thereby enabling the State of Texas to protect its own territory against invasion by the Mexican drug cartels,” Abbott said in the letter. (Excerpt from NEWSNATION.)
