Officials in South Texas called on Gov. Greg Abbott 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.
Department of Public Safety agents arrest an undocumented migrant after he was caught on private property as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville, on Nov. 9, 2021.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.
Shahan was joined in his call by local officials from Terrell, another border county, as well as Uvalde, Goliad, Burnet and Medina counties, which are not on the border. Shahan said Kinney County had signed an official declaration calling on Abbott to declare an invasion and other counties plan to do the same in coming weeks.The call to invoke the U.S.
Human smugglers are causing damage to property when they try to evade local law enforcement on their highways and county roads, they said. Their sheriff’s offices are overwhelmed by the amount of smuggling and are taken away from their other duties.
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