The Department of Homeland Security had directed the state to stop blocking the U.S. Border Patrol’s access to roughly 2½ miles of the U.S.-Mexico border
Texas is refusing to comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the Biden administration over actions by the state that have impeded U.S. Border Patrol agents from accessing part of the border with Mexico.
In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton rejected the Biden administration’s request for the state to “cease and desist” its takeover of Shelby Park, an epicenter of southwest border illegal immigration in Eagle Pass.
“Because the facts and law side with Texas, the State will continue utilizing its constitutional authority to defend her territory, and I will continue defending those lawful efforts in court,” Paxton wrote.
The clear answer here is to say if Texas demands to police the boarder, all Federal boarder agents will be pulled back, and funding for boarder protection will be withheld. You can’t have it both ways.
I completely agree. If they want to, then let them. Easiest solution
Yeah, because the feds do such a bang up job of securing the border…
“Now stop it or we’ll send another sternly-worded letter!”
Arrest the guy for obstructing federal agencies. Then send another strongly worded letter to everyone else.
If they still refuse… arrest them too.
Just start the civil war already, jeeze.
Or just shoot Paxton, Cruz, and Abbott and be done with it. This state has gone down the shitter for the last 30 years, and it’s all because of Repugicunt leadership.
Nah, that’s not how we do things in a civilized society.
Jesus Christ thank you. Some of the suggestions here are terrifying.
People who say violence is never the answer are literally the first people to be executed when violence comes to town.
How did we solve world war 2? A monopoly on violence.
How did we solve world war 2?
Let the Russians deal with it?
You really don’t want that. You might not realise it now, but even if we win, those of us left will gaze at the ashes under which we buried our friends and family, and wish it hadn’t happened.
Fuck it, Texas deserves to be ash then.
Rip the bandage off and get to recovery and repair faster. We’re just slowly decaying and collapsing into fascism right now.
According to pew research , 40% of Texas is democrat or leans democrat, most can’t leave. 20% aren’t sure. Only 40% or so is hard repub or leans that way.
Just arrest all these fuckers, starting with the Texas Governor.
The governor sucks but please start with Paxton.
Invite them both to the White House. Then arrest them at the same time
What’s the issue? Get a ton of federal agents, march on the border, arrest all obstructing Texas shitheads and beat them down with the book. Make examples out of them.
That will likely result in bloodshed. I think it’s inevitable at this point unless Biden decides to completely roll over.
There’s not going to be any bloodshed. Texas National Guard soldiers want to go home safely every night, just like everyone else. I think the main issue is the border patrol doesn’t want a conflict.
Biden could nationalize the Texas Guard troops at the fence. Then give them a direct order to open the gate. If they don’t, dishonorable discharge for disobeying a direct order from the President. No pension, no nothing. They will open the gate.
What happens after that? Does he de-nationalize them once the issue is sorted, or has Texas now lost full control permanently?
edit: I seem to have hit some nerve with a legitimate question? 7 downvotes??? I don’t know how biden nationalizing the state guard works and what happens after.
The reason people are downvoting you is because your question is “So what does Biden do with his authority after exercising his authority? Not exercise it more or exercise it forever?”
You think you have a gotcha, but really you just sound ignorant and angry.
WTF? There’s no gotcha there.
I seriously have no idea what happens after he does it. There’s 0 anger in my question just trying to understand what it actually means.
It solves the immediate problem, but whats the aftermath.
Edit: And please do tell what kind of options beside eventually giving control back, or keeping control exist? I seriously don’t know.
The National Guard is the “militia” that you hear about in the Constitution and such. Basically militias were brought up during the Revolutionary War and are what actually fought most of the battles. Those people wanted to ensure that militias would always be a thing so that in the future, oppression wouldn’t occur.
In normal times, a governor is the head of a militia. But ultimately, the militias are part of the US military and always under the president. There are going to be laws and situations that Congress has spelled out over the years that say when this can or cannot happen, for how long it can last, etc.
In brief: during an emergency, the president or governor calls up the reservists. Think natural disasters and such. When the emergency is over, they go back home and back to their normal jobs.
Is it so hard to ask for a President that Respects the Rule Of Law? If poor people did this they would be in jail! A Politician does this and gets a sternly worded letter!
everything is now a state by state issue regardless of federal anyway - medical and other insurances such as vehicle policies, what health care you are allowed to receive, wages, how the justice system works, cannabis, food assistance, etcetera
if the federal government wants it otherwise we should have a federal set of laws we all have to live by no matter the state line we cross
biden is barking up the wrong tree seeing as how he is a state’s rights supporter
Is it really? How about we cut off ALL federal aid and services?
I can’t believe you actually said we should have fed laws. You must be a troll.
states in the end decide if they want federal aid and services such as SNAP
US lets the states decide because it has devolved into a state’s right over federal country
That’s not what you said.
You said there should be federal laws. There are. Try taking pot across state lines via airplane and see if you get caught and which laws you get charged under.
depends on the state lines you cross and how that state or now city feels about it
some cities in the US are half illegal and half recreational and or medical so sometimes it is a half of the city line
the states also decide if they want to use federal or state laws when convicting not the federal government
anyone who has extensively travelled the US will see past the HOA looking veil
federal laws have devolved into something that allows states full control
