.GovAbbott formally declares 'invasion' at Texas-Mexico border
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott declared an"invasion" at the state's border with Mexico, the first time in modern history that a state has determined the federal government has failed to protect citizens and the state may defend itself.
I invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. & Texas Constitutions to fully authorize Texas to take unprecedented measures to defend our state against an invasion. “You just grab people coming across illegally, you fingerprint them, you take their picture and put them straight back across the border," Cuccinelli said.
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