Gov. Abbott Is Right: Texas Has The Right To Defend Itself And Secure Its Border

States have a fundamental right of self-defense that transcends the authority of the president and the Supreme Court.

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Biden administration is unwilling to secure southern border but is now considering fencing illegal aliens inside Texas. Abbott promises to retaliate by sending more buses to DC.



The Biden administration has proven itself unwilling to secure the southern border. It is, however, apparently more than willing to secure Texas' northern border if that means fencing in the fallout of failed Democratic policies and sparing blue states from facing repercussions over their long-standing support of illegal immigration.

Three U.S. officials not authorized to discuss the matter recently told the Los Angeles Times that the Biden administration is considering the possibility of using geofencing to force illegal aliens to remain in Texas while awaiting asylum screening.

According to this plan, a possible expansion of the Family Expedited Removal Management program, migrant families would be fitted with ankle bracelets or other such GPS monitoring devices and tracked during their wait.

This in theory would preclude Republican Gov. Greg Abbott from busing migrants to the various Democratic sanctuary states and sanctuary cities whose incentives and invitations have exacerbated the underlying problem.

The New York Post reported that roughly 35,000 illegal aliens have been bused from Texas to sanctuary cities, including over 13,000 to New York City.

An end to the busing would no doubt be greatly appreciated by the likes of sanctuary city Mayor Eric Adams, who admitted this week that "this issue will destroy New York City" and has littered the border with flyers telling migrants not to compound his city's difficulties.

Los Angeles, presently taking legal action against Texas over the busing initiative, would also likely be pleased with not having to honor its sanctuary city commitments.

A possible silver lining for beleaguered border towns and critics of what Abbott has repeatedly termed an "invasion" is that by keeping illegal aliens closer to the border, it might be easier to locate and boot them out of the country should they fail their screenings, reported the Times.

After all, migrants whose incursions take them deep into the American heartland are reportedly much harder to capture "because of the complicated logistical planning needed to apprehend children and their parents." Additionally, various Democrat-run municipalities and regions around the country refuse to cooperate with immigration officials.

Despite the prospect of easier deportations, in the meantime, forced retention of illegal hordes would likely further overwhelm the Lone Star State's facilities and sap its remaining resources.

Yael Schacher, director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International, told the Times, "There hasn't been an attempt to force asylum-seeking families to remain in border towns for 35 years," referencing the Reagan administration's requirement that illegal aliens apply for asylum and wait where they crossed the border in south Texas.

Abbott responded to the Times article, writing, "This scam was tried years ago & was shot down by a judge. We will send Biden the same swift justice. And, we will add even more buses of migrants to D.C.."

When pressed about the prospect of burdening Texas with the illegal aliens Democrats no longer want to deal with, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman told Fox News Digital that the Biden administration "is committed to expanding safe and orderly pathways for migrants to lawfully enter the United States, while imposing consequences to those who fail to use those pathways."

"DHS continuously holds policy and operational discussions on how to leverage our authorities to ensure a fair, humane, and effective immigration process that efficiently removes those without a lawful basis to stay in the country," continued the statement.

The proposal has been widely criticized online.

Megyn Kelly wrote, "So this is Biden’s solution? Keep the immigration problem in Texas so he can get the blue state governors and mayors off his back?"

Jon Gabriel, the editor in chief of Ricochet, shared an image captioned "Biden's Border Wall," showing Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas walled out of the United States.

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Sean Davis, co-founder of the Federalist, noted, "So if it's possible to confine illegal immigrants to a specific geographic area, why not just 'limit their ability to travel' into the U.S. in the first place?"

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) tweeted, "Biden once again wants to make Texas bear the brunt of the open borders MAYHEM he’s caused. Innocent Texans are going to DIE because of this. These migrants shouldn’t stay in Texas, THEY SHOULD STAY IN MEXICO!! CLOSE THE BORDER NOW!!"

Not only has the Biden administration recently been looking for ways to simultaneously relieve Democratic cities and add to Texas' burden, it fought the Lone Star State's latest effort to stem the flow of illegal aliens into the nation. Texas recently installed a floating barrier along the Rio Grande. The Biden administration fought the initiative, and a federal judge recently ordered it to be temporarily removed.

Abbott indicated on Wednesday that Texas would appeal and "is prepared to take this fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court."

Under Biden's watch, nearly 2 million illegal aliens, including tens of thousands flagged as possibly having terrorist links, stole into the nation between October 2022 and July 2023. Roughly 3.7 million more entered in the previous months of the Democratic president's time in office.

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Mark Levin warns 'we HAVE to start using the Left's tactics against the Left' — here's why



On the most recent episode of "The Rubin Report," Dave Rubin spoke with fellow BlazeTV host Mark Levin about the lesser-known origins of Karl Marx and why liberal Democrats need to join conservatives to save the U.S. from the radical Left.

Mark highlighted the importance of the U.S. Constitution and what people misunderstand when interpreting its meaning. He said he fears that critical race theory and the ideas of cultural Marxism may be leading us to a constitutional crisis. Then he shared the true history of Karl Marx: a man who was a supporter of classical liberalism before he became an angry man suffering from social alienation, living off of subsidies from his wealthy friend Friedrich Engels who turned his attention to class conflict.

Dave and Mark discussed how progressives have fundamentally altered public schools and higher education in America, attacking "Americanism" and erasing history to change the way people look at our country.

Dave asked what we can do to push back against the "slow march" of Marxist ideology in our institutions in an age of social media and culture war.

"We have to start using the Left's tactics against the Left," Mark answered. "I never used to believe that. I used to preach free market capitalism, and I still believe that ... but tactically, we're going to have to get active. We're going to have to do things we've never done before because Marxism is a constant revolution. Conservatism or constitutional conservatism is a stand-in-place. And so they are always on the move, and we are always on defense — if we're doing anything at all."

"The Democrat Party is always [figuratively] breaking windows. The Republican Party is always sitting in rocking chairs, you know, and just watching," he continued. "This has to change ... I think that's why a lot of people like Trump, wittingly or not, because he would break windows when they break windows.

"More and more of us in our everyday lives are going to have to become activists — I don't mean violent activist, I mean activists in the everyday things we do, where we choose to buy things, when we talk to neighbors to form groups to go to school boards and these sorts of things, start pressuring our legislatures so we have friendly legislatures to pass laws like they have in Florida to address Big Tech," Levin said.

"We need to be on offense. We need to bring litigation. We need to throw as much against them as they throw against us, and do everything we possible can ... we're up against street Marxists or mobs or whatever you want to call them, that want to destroy our society," he added, noting how many of history's communist revolutions had the same goal.

Watch the video below to catch more of the conversation:



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Mark Levin: This Is a Constitutional Crisis

Mark Levin: This Is a Constitutional Crisis