Deep in the Heart of Texas: State to Start Enforcing U.S./Mexico Border?

A sign of the times.  The Texas Tribune reports that “[a]s [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott takes extraordinary measures in the name of border security, some on the right are pushing him to go one unprecedented and legally questionable step further: declare an `invasion’ under the U.S. Constitution and begin using state personnel to deport migrants.”  Let us be clear.  Rather than “questionable,” such state action would be clearly unconstitutional under the Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v. United States (2012).

Official Picture of Governor Greg Abbott

KJ