Texas Governor Invokes Invasion Clause

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he is invoking “invasion clauses” due to illegal immigration from Mexico, allowing his administration to use the National Guard to repel illegal aliens, construct a border wall, and deploy gun boats.
Abbott, a Republican who won reelection by about 10 percentage points last week, said that he will now “fully authorize Texas to take unprecedented measures to defend our state against an invasion.”
“I invoked the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. [and the] Texas Constitutions” to make the declaration, Abbott wrote on social media. “I’m using that constitutional authority [and] other authorization [and] Executive Orders to keep our state [and] country safe.”
That entails deploying the Texas National Guard to the border. The Guard members will be authorized to repel and turn away illegal immigrants who are attempting to cross into the United States, according to his office.
 
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