Texas Has a Plan to Close the Border

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Texas Has a Plan to Close the Border
The border crisis during the Biden Administration is, unfortunately, a frequent topic in BRIGHT. Every month or quarter or fiscal year seems to bring a historic first.

In a recent speech, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said, “While securing the border is the federal government's responsibility, Texas will not sit idly by as this crisis grows. Texas is responding with the most robust and comprehensive border plan the nation has ever seen.”

The Texas legislature is finalizing a plan to allow state and local law enforcement to take action. The Boston Globe reported:

Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation that makes it a state felony to cross the border from Mexico illegally and create a new border police force that could deputize private citizens, the latest in the state’s continued push to test the limits of the federal government’s authority over immigration.

Civil rights organizations, immigration advocates, and Democrats immediately decried the efforts that began drawing attention after Friday’s deadline for filing bills in Texas’ ongoing biennial legislative session.

Jazz Shaw at Hot Air notes that Governor Abbott is making the new plan under his existing $4 billion Operation Lone Star to get control of the Texas border. From Shaw:

Allowing the new law enforcement agency to deputize people living near the border is another interesting twist. More than 45% of Texas households have at least one firearm in them. (Compare that to 19.95% in New York.) That puts the old expression about not messing with Texas in perspective. And many of those gun-owning Texans who have been watching bands of migrants traipsing across their property and menacing their families would likely be eager to sign up for a deputy’s badge. Also, being deputized would likely shield them from some repercussions if they are forced to respond to violent migrants.

Migrants arrested under the new law would face up to ten years in jail and a $10,000 fine for each offense. Once the news about this law starts circulating in Mexico (assuming it passes), both migrants and cartel mules might think twice before making their next trip.

US border agents, Mexican military stop 1,000 illegal migrants from storming El Paso bridge (Post Millennial)

Why the SVB Collapse Might Be Good for You
This clip from Dave Ramsey caught my attention.

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