Texas is rolling in oil money.
Perry’s story is not credible.
My question to you is why should Texas bear the cost of covering a well defined Federal task?
Securing and maintaining the borders is a Federal thing, not a State issue. Since Perry is a huge advocate of the 10th Amendment, it would be hypocritical of him to attempt to reverse the 10th in this case, apart from being ruinous to one of the few economic powerhouses the USA has left.
Sure - the border has to be closed. Instead of putting up illegals in facilities in airbases, shove them in a transport and take them home. Personally, I’d chip them or tattoo them with IR ink first so if they tried again they could simply be shot.
But closing the border is not the job of the border states. Illegals affect everyone.
The beauty of the Constitution is that defines the powers of .gov.
Congress and a State are the only numerated branches that have the power to enter into War.
Art 1, Section 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.'