Posted on 01/12/2024 11:16:20 AM PST by MikelTackNailer
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined a group of her Republican colleagues in introducing a bill that would authorize U.S. states bordering Canada or Mexico to place temporary structures on federal land to secure its border.
While the U.S. Constitution currently provides for the protection of states “against invasion” and reserves the right of states to defend themselves, states are unable to place structures on federal land without first obtaining authorization from the federal government under current law.
If enacted, Blackburn and her colleagues’ Creating Obstructions Necessary to Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly (CONTAINER) Act would allow border states to temporarily place “movable, temporary structures” on federal land to secure the border without first seeking federal approval.
The bill would also allow border states to keep the structures on federal land in place for up to a year before seeking 90-day extensions that can be approved by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior.
“Since President Biden took office, there have been over 8.5 million apprehensions at our southern border, turning every state into a border state,” Blackburn said in a statement. “Meanwhile, his administration has only exacerbated the problem by trying to stop the use of measures that will secure our border like shipping containers and razor wire. Because Joe Biden refuses to do so, it’s clear Congress must act to give border states the explicit authority to protect their communities and the sovereignty of the United States.”
The bill comes as the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court last week to allow the U.S. Border Patrol to cut razor wire placed along the southern border in Texas.
Also, in 2022, Texas and Arizona were targeted by the Biden administration for placing large shipping containers along parts of the southern border to fill gaps in the incomplete border wall. Arizona has since removed the shipping containers following a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit.
Absolutely...The Feds saying the States have no power....is absurd. If that were the case, we would have “0” State Militias.
We need this bill passed and we need it now.
“... introducing a bill that would authorize U.S. states bordering Canada or Mexico to place temporary structures on federal land to secure its border.”
It won’t sell. And even if it does get past the house and senate Biden will shoot it down.
The administration to include Obama’s has made a concerted effort to get the illegals into the country. There is no way they are going to allow it to be tougher to get in. And this opens up another can. Who is going to enforce the reason for barriers to be constructed and how. The states willing to do this are not prepared for the amounts coming in and what happens when the border patrol does less of a job because the states are doing it for them. Further more, they can’t shoot them or herd the stampede back so where will they store them, how will they feed them, and what about medical care and all the costs applied to that. Worms.
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True, we really needed it 3 years ago.
One word. CLAYMORES.
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha. You voted for uncontrolled border entries when you changed your planned vote against Biden’s electors on January 6th, and instead listened to the media propaganda that day, and voted to certify Biden’s fraudulent electors. You and any other Repukes that voted to accept Biden’s fraudulent electors that day, enabled all of this, and more to happen.
The States already have the power to repel invasion, especially when the fedgov is derelict in executing its delegate responsibility under Article IV, Section 4.
The fedgov is actively aiding and abetting the invasion of illegal aliens. It is long past time for the States to take back the delegated authority and act in the absence of and in spite of a hostile and feckless fedgov.
The States MUST act.
But is Joe going to sign it? NOT A CHANCE!!
Today Texas took over it’s border and told the border patrol to take a hike we have this.
Wonder what will happen next?.
I’ll bet Chuck Tumor and Mitch McComical had good laughs over that.
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