Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the launch of “Operation Lone Star” on Saturday to respond to President Joe Biden’s failures to secure the nation’s southern border. The president’s immigration policy changes have led to a growing border crisis the governor plans to address.
Reuters reported last week that 100,000 illegal immigrants were caught entering the U.S. from Mexico in February. The total was the highest in February since 2006.
In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was forced to waive COVD-19 limitations at child migrant shelters to handle the spike in children crossing our border illegally. The Biden administration have barred the media from filming the child migrant shelters in recent weeks and have put a gag-order on border agents from talking to the media so no one reveals just how bad things are at the border.
Since taking office, President Biden has issued several executive orders to roll back the border policies of former President Donald Trump. Biden’s executive order to place a stop on nearly all deportations for 100 days was challenged by the Texas Attorney General.
In addition, another President Biden executive order during his first week in office ended construction and funding of the Trump border wall. The move not only weakened border security, but also destroyed thousands of American jobs.
The Biden administration has also reactivated the disastrous catch-and-release policy implemented during President Barack Obama’s reign. The practice allows illegals arrested at the border to be released into the U.S. until their hearing a year to 18 months later. Reportedly more than 90% of illegals never show up for their hearing.
Texas’ Gov. Abbott has had enough. The state is deploying National Guard troops, along with air, ground, marine and tactical border security support to prevent both human and drug smuggling.
“The crisis at our southern border continues to escalate because of Biden Administration policies that refuse to secure the border and invite illegal immigration,” Abbott said in a statement. “Texas supports legal immigration but will not be an accomplice to the open border policies that cause, rather than prevent, a humanitarian crisis in our state and endanger the lives of Texans. We will surge the resources and law enforcement personnel needed to confront this crisis.”
In a related move, Texas Republican State Rep. Bryan Slayton introduced a bill last week to complete the border wall in Texas. Slaton tweeted, “We all know Biden has opened the flood gates at our border. That’s why today, I have filed HB 2862 to finish President Trump’s wall in Texas. If the federal government won’t do its job protecting American citizens, then Texas will stand in the gap and do it for them.”
In a time when the federal government is failing the nation through its immigration policies and border control, Texas is taking matters into its own hands. It will be interesting to watch differences develop along party lines between Texas and the other three border states of California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Perhaps we’ll see similar trends to what took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. States with conservative leaders who chose to allow residents to make their own decisions based on all available information from the CDC, doctors, and the government, like Florida and Texas have thrived, while blue states with prolonged restrictions like New York and California have suffered economically. These two states have lost the most residents in recent years, ironically to Florida and Texas.
If a similar divide occurs over immigration, expect to see immigrant caravans move over to California or New Mexico instead of Texas. Blue states will experience a far worse border crisis, complete with their own refugee camps, while Texas will stand out for guarding its border, complete with finishing its border wall.
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If the democrats want these migrants why aren’t they being placed in democrat states?
Can I send taxes to Texas?
The immigrants can stay in Democratic states, Nancy Perlosi’s, Schumers and at the Bidens home Delaware. they want them here so bad, they can be exposed to COVID and the crime. Good for you Governor Abbott-I will continue to pray for you. You truly care about your state, country, a true American.
We need more states like Texas ! Not afraid to take the bull by the horns ! We just need some more Red states to step up to the plate and grow a set of balls. We all know Biden is not our president. No USA president in his right mind would actually be trying to destroy the USA. I just hope we can all survive the next 4 years.
Great for TEXAS all states should tell this asinin jackeass in the over office for him and his party to go to HELL, ststaes should stop sending in federal taxes and cut the whitehouse off on everything untill we get a true President.
USMC
If It was up to me I would authorize the Air Guard and National Guard to petrol the Southern Border with helicopter gun ships and authorize SHOOT TO KILL. A few bursts from the gun ships the refuge problem will be nonexistent.
We will continue to pray for all who oppose this push to destroy America. God help us to do what’s RIGHT!
Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet, your POTUS hates the country he is suppose to be running. And he hates you, the American people.
Obiden is such a hypocrite! If President Trump were to have done what Obiden is doing at the border the media would have gone ballistic, but we have yet to hear an outcry.
Governor Abbott actually has two very good grounds for Operation Lone star:
1. Article IV, section 4 of the Constitution mandates that the United States defend any state against invasion. This is an invasion.
2. Part of the process of Texas giving up its status as an independent, sovereign nation to become a state, Texas agreed to cede part of its territory to the United States in exchange for defense of the southern border. That was the quid pro quo.
Thus, if the United States fails to actively repel this invasion, then the United States has not only breached its Constitutional duty in general, but also specifically breached its contract with Texas.
I don’t know why no one will call this an invasion of our country calling for military intervention to prevent! We should have the troops that are guarding the capital go to the border instead where there’s a real threat to our national security!!
BRAVO TEXAS!!!!!
Don’t mess with Texas. Now the rest of the states need to follow Texas in taking a stand. How can they take underage children away from their families and we all know where most of them will end up. Mexico should be ashamed and Biden and the rest of the Democrats need to be impeached and held responsible.
This is America, send those Illegals back across the border to their own Countries. We are not the keepers of the World. We have American Citizens who have lost jobs because of Biden. Puts a wall around the White House what an Idiot. He isn’t afraid of Terrorist He’s afraid of the American People. To land a Helicopter on the White House lawn, He has got to be stupid. He cut American Jobs, shut down Our Country that my family & other families have fought for us to be FREE, but lets Illegals in here to take our jobs, Our benefits, & hands them over money & housing & the they can run Free why Americans are shut down, can’t go here or there, schools are shut down. This is like Hitler’s Regime & The Democrats that want a Socialist Country, 3 1/2 more years we won’t have America. It will be China in the White House, Christians & Rebelious Americans will be killed. WE need to get Biden, Harris, Pelosi, AOC out of Office, President Trump did everything in his Power to bring America back with jobs & Congress wanted him Impeached, Biden took it all away in 2 days. & everyone thinks he is great. He’s an S.O.B. & has no clue what he is doing, & I bet the Democrats put papers in front of him & told him to sign & didn’t know what he was signing. 99% of the time he has no idea where he’s at. & This is a President?? to run a Country??? I wouldn’t trust him to take my dog for a walk around the block. People wake up. Get America back to work, hell with the Masks, We lived though Polio, Measles, Mumps, Chicken Pox, Mono, & all types of Flu, the Aids Epidemic & no one shut down the Country. The Flu & Covid Mimic each other. Instead of people having the Flu it’s Covoid. The Democrats want to control our Lives & control us. I don’t care who anyone voted for, but check them out before you choose. President Trump wasn’t a Politician he was a Business man. God Bless America, & Our Military Men & Women, Law Enforcement, & Medical Staff. Let’s get Biden out of the White House so we can have Our Country & Freedom back. Illegals can run wild, but we have to stay home & be shut down.
What is Biden thinking! Wait, can he think on his own!
YOU GO TEXAS!!!!TIME TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS! IT’S TIME WE PROTECT OURSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD …ON…..Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. FINALLY, SOMEONE IS GOING TO TAKE THE REINS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE BORDER CRISIS……DUE TO STUPID JOE….DOESN’T EVEN KNOW IF, HE GOT UP THIS MORNING.!!!! WHAT A PATHETIC PRESIDENT AND ALL THE REST OF HIS CRONIES – THE STUPID DEMOCRATS.!!!!! THEY DON’T WANT ANYTHING GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY – ONLY WHAT THEIR MISERABLE BRAINLESS SELFISH WANTS IN PLAYING THEIR STUPID LITTLE POLITICAL GAMES IN D.C. HOW TO GET RID OF A PLAQUE, MOLD, FUNGUS, AND TOTAL DEMOCRATIC DISEASE IS THE REAL QUESTION – TO HELP SAVE OUR COUNTRY..!!!!
Yep, I have been disgusted with our “government” ever since the election that was no true election, but a steal by the democrats who are not true Americans now and never will be. I think it is time for all of us to do as we please as we always have, and we have always had the RIGHT to LIVE. The imbeciles who are now dictating to the entire nation are as stupid as stupid can be. I think we should get together, form another election NOW, AND KICK THE DEMOCRATS OUT JUST AS THEY KICKED US OUT. We should give them the selection of being a decent American OR they can move to another continent for the rest of their lives. Then we can send our military back to recover, get the big wheels in our military to do what is needed doing and make our politicians what they are SUPPOSED to be doing rather than whining and howling while doing virtually NOTHING worth while.
But, then, I am an old widow, 82 years old….and during my entire lifetime. NOW, Biden and Obama and their imbeciles are dictating to us and it makes me as angry as I have ever once been during those 82 years.
I salute the state of Texas, Amen protect your people and Border. Greg Villegas from Arizona.
When the Texas Governor puts them on the front lines,, be sure to issue live ammo ! The dead don’t sure or tell lies ! I am proud we have a Man in Government who respects the people who elected him and stands for them !
HOORAY FOR TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is payback to red states, for daring to be run functionally and defying the communist “leadership” of the Swamp. Our own Gov. De Santis is doing all he can to protect FL from the Big Tech and DC abuse they heap upon us. I only wish the families of all the Dems who voted for this shit would be impacted like Kate Steinle’s familiy was by illegal scum. Maybe then they’d get a damn clue.
Yes, there was fraud, but make no mistake-millions of stupid Americans voted for this shit. The worst part of all of this is they’re fleeing the blue states they fuck up and then moving to red states and fucking those up, too. See GA. If they flip a few more states, this nation is lost forever. We also have to recognize that Trump was way over the top, chose horrible cabinet members and made it all too easy to mobilize an anti-Trump vote. He must NOT run in 2024, we need a young, energetic conservative with better skills at doing battle in the political arena.
I am proud of Abbott and the legislature for plowing ahead with protecting its citizens. All states should help provide military support if needed. Illegals come into border states but they can journey on to other states. Texas is not in this alone. This affects all Americans and tax dollars and jobs.
Of course we could bus them all to Washington DC and Delaware.
Keep in mind our politicians have security unlike the rest of us. They do need to remove the fence around the Capital. Americans need to insist. Why are they so afraid – because they know the election was fraudulent and they expect Americans will do something about it.
His name is Joe Hitler Biden. History repeats itself 100%, 82 years later, except that now it is in the U.S.
It couldn’t be much worse. Biden welcoming everyone who wants to come here. MS-13 gangs, drug runners. human traffickers, people with all kinds of infectious diseases, including the virus, people just looking for goodies, and now they want to give them stimulus checks. Looks like they are paying illegals to come to this country. Why?
Biden have to go NOW, he is NOT a leader, he is a dumb ASS, Harris is not saying anything, she is just giving Biden lot of slack on the rope, knowing Biden will hang him self. lets try Harris, I think, I hope she is smarter than Biden and that idiot Pilose put together, what else do we have???
Get an sanctuary state for the American people in texas , forge the way for other Republican States , illegal means illegal ! What’s the problem . And get the people the pipeline they deserve a cheeper rate for gas and everything that is transported by gas engines .
Protecting our border is the least our federal government should be doing for us. The President’s number 1 job is providing national security. The Biden Admin is destroying the national security we had under Trump. The ONLY motivations for it can be to first, eventually turn these illegals into citizens; i.e. Democrat voters. Second, they are helping their corporate Democrat supporters by providing cheap labor. Both of these things hurt Americans, along with the burden of providing illegals with social services which requires many $$ we don’t have. Our national debt is already out of control & the Dems plan to crank it up even higher with the Green New Deal, etc. We are in a world of hurt with the Biden/Dems captaining America which has become the Titanic.
The whole south should concede from the union! I’m sure all the way up from Texas to North Dakota would secede from the union. Split the liberal democrat control state in half! Only way the people of California and Oregon and Washington going to get food supply in by ship! Even Nevada will need to find a way to get their food supply.
The border crisis is absolutely the worst thing that could happen. I believe every gun owner in America should show up at the border and PUSH them back across the border and let them know they are not wanted here America needs to STAND Tall
That’s what I been saying. Thanks to american history class, volunteers went to Texas to help Sam Houston deal with the Mexican menace.
I WISH ALL OUR GOVERNORS HAD THE BALLS OF TEXAS THEN WE WOULD BE IN BETTER SHAPE TO FIGHT THE SEWER TRASH ON ALL LEVELS OUR COUNTRY HAS WENT TO HELL IN A MATTER OF DAYS I HOPE THE SWAMP THAT PUT THEM BACK IN IN REGRETS EVERY DAY BIDEN IS NOT MY PRESIDENT AND I WILL NOT CALL HIM THAT AND THAT GOES FOR HARRIS SHE IS AN IDIOT MAYBE OTHER STATES WILL START FOLLOWING TEXAS ON A LOT OF THEIR POLICIES UNLESS THEIR GETTING KICK BACKS AND LICKING BOOTS TO STAY IN POWER
Hurrah for Texas.
Texas should finish the wall whether Uncle Joe likes it or not. When the bulldozers start moving they will get out of their way and return south. To the illegals – estan usando.