Opinion: Texas Can Fix the Border Crisis
https://dallasexpress.com/opinion/opinio...-border-crisis/
By Don Huffines
Feb 2, 2023

Earlier this month, President Biden met with Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador for summit talks regarding, among other things, illegal immigration and border security. The event was highly stylized, with the usual feel-good photo-ops for the heads of state. On-lookers can be forgiven for suspecting that nothing serious would result.

And they would be right. Political platitudes are not policy.

Meanwhile, far from the Palacio Nacional and the White House, the crisis at our border becomes more pronounced. Drugs, sex trafficking, violence, and illegal immigration have intensified to record-breaking numbers in the past year. In fact, December saw the highest number of illegal border crossings during any month of Joe Biden’s presidency.

There is so much federal intransigence on securing the border that one wonders if this is by design. The results, as they say, speak for themselves, which is why our best hope is for courageous governors and state legislatures tackle the problem head-on.

And this leaves it up to Texas, in particular, to fix what is in effect a national problem. Broadly speaking, we need to proceed on two parallel tracks, both of which have hitherto never been attempted in a serious, concerted fashion.

First, we need to resolve for ourselves, both psychologically and politically, that the border crisis will not end unless we begin putting sincere economic pressure on Mexico—and other Latin American countries—to act as a good-faith partner in respecting national boundaries.

Second, our representatives and governor in Austin need to avail themselves of readily available Constitutional options to defend the state.

With respect to the psychological aspect of the first point, Texans must be clear-sighted in their understanding that the organized crime-backed flow of millions of illegal immigrants over our border is what in any other sane society and time would be labeled an invasion.-- excerpt, rest at link above --