Oklahoma stands with Texas. https://t.co/67VzVEfEv1— Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) January 24, 2024
The Chinese have a saying:
"May you live in interesting times."
...Yikes.
Pray for peace.
Posted on 01/24/2024 2:41:44 PM PST by lightman
"This is not over," pledged Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott in a post on X earlier this week after the Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on an emergency appeal order allowing federal agents to dismantle razor wire installed by Texas at the Mexican border.
"Texas' razor wire is an effective deterrent to the illegal crossings Biden encourages," Abbott reiterated, correctly contrasting Texas' efforts to do the work of securing the border abdicated by the federal government with the Biden administration's policies that have intentionally incentivized and made it easier for illegal immigrants to enter and be released into the U.S.
Abbott added that, despite legal harassment from the White House, he will "continue to defend Texas' constitutional authority to secure the border and prevent the Biden Admin from destroying our property."
Following through on his pledge from earlier in the week, Texas officials continued deploying even more razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border in defiance of the Biden administration.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez, despite the Biden administration's lawsuit to bar border-securing efforts and the Supreme Court's order, Texas — under Abbott's Operation Lone Star — "will maintain its current posture."
That means "deterring illegal border crossings by utilizing effective border security measures — reinforced concertina wire [and] anti-climb barriers along the Rio Grande," Olivarez explained.
Those deterrents, unsurprisingly, have worked and continue to work as Texas fights to secure the international border and slow the record-setting influx of illegal immigrants caused by Biden's border crisis-triggering policies.
"The logical concern should be why the Federal Government continues to hinder Texas’ ability to protect its border, all while allowing for the exploitation, dangerous, [and] inhumane methods of permitting illegal immigrants, including children, to illegally cross a dangerous river where many have lost their lives," Olivarez noted. "Texas is the only state using every strategy [and] resource to protect its sovereignty, combat criminal activity, [and] discourage illegal immigration," he emphasized.
"Texas," he declared, "will continue to hold the line."
A day late. Why not do this years ago?
Time for Texas to begin the process of seceding while they
still have a reign over their own state politics.
Oklahoma stands with Texas. https://t.co/67VzVEfEv1— Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) January 24, 2024
The Chinese have a saying:
"May you live in interesting times."
...Yikes.
Pray for peace.
Someone was being creative...
Trucker convoy from Va beach to Eagle pass January 29-February 3rd
As well as Arizona and California
https://takeourborderback.com/
Lol. Wait til the fed funding is cut. Abbott will have no choice but to submit.
Abbott-and at least one other Texas gov-have told the fed to shove its funding before-this won’t be the 1st time-happened during the scamdemic, and before over school issues-it is possible when a state actually keeps a little money and isn’t permanently attached to the fed’s funding tits, so they can make their own choices...
Anyone, and I mean ANYONE, who cuts wire at the border should be arrested.
Check tomorrow!
See today’s (1/24/24) letter from Gov Abbott; note last sentence
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4212598/posts
“The Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other Texas personnel are acting on that authority, as well as state law, to secure the Texas border.”
And these posts about that phrase “other Texas personnel”:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4212621/posts?page=111#111
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4212621/posts?page=114#114
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4212621/posts?page=115#115
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4212621/posts?page=116#116
Looks like he’s activating the Texas State guard.
Check out the Articles of Ratification submitted by the respective states to the Constitutional Convention. By accepting these terms, they were extended to ALL the states.
The Constitution was never intended to be a suicide pact.
I guess we’ll see. Don’t get me wrong. I’m proud of TX for doing this. I truly hope they stand firm.
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