South Texas county officials called on Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an “invasion” under the Texas and U.S. constitutions and begin using state resources to deport migrants. But the responsibility of deporting people belongs to the federal government.
County officials in South Texas on Tuesday called on Gov.to declare an “invasion” under the Texas and United States constitutions and begin using state resources to expel migrants, despite deportations being a responsibility of the federal government.
and our governor to adopt an invasion under its definition in the constitution. Adopt that invasion and let’s move forward.”of the state’s border security efforts, with officials there arresting hundreds of migrants for criminal trespass on private land as a way to sidestep the local government’s inability to regulate immigration.
The idea has been widely derided by legal experts as a political ploy by Brnovich, who is running as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona. It has also faced skepticism from fellow Republicans, including Ducey and Abbott, who in AprilAbbott said a former head of the U.S. Border Patrol — he did not name which one — had sent his office a memo acknowledging that risk.
Throughout the news conference, county officials described the hundreds of smugglers and migrants their law enforcement officials had arrested as an “invasion” and called on state officials for help. The county officials blamed President Joe Biden for the continued high numbers of migrants, saying his “open-border policies” laid out an “invitation” for migrants to come to the country. But Biden has been forced to keep in place many of Trump’s policies, including Title 42, the public health order which was used by immigration officials to turn away migrants at the border during the pandemic.
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