Abbott declares invasion in Texas and calls on Biden not to fulfill commitments

2023-09-22 04:02:55

In what is already considered a historic crossing in terms of massive crossings of migrants into the United States irregularly, Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas; has officially declared an invasion on the southern border; while Rolando Salinas, Mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, issued an emergency declaration.

“I officially declared an invasion on our border because of Biden’s policies. We deployed the Texas National Guard, the DPS and local law enforcement,” was what the Governor of the State of Texas published, through his account on the social network X, formerly Twitter.

In addition to stating that they are building a border wall with barbed wire and maritime barriers and that they are repelling immigrants

The aforementioned message was accompanied by the image of a letter that he sent to Joseph R. Biden, Jr, president of the United States, dated November 16, 2022 and where he stated that he had not fulfilled his commitment to protect each one of the States of the American Union against the invasion.

“The failure of the federal government has forced me to invoke Article I, Paragraph 10, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, thus allowing the State of Texas to protect its own territory against the invasion of Mexican drug cartels.”

And, in a period of almost a week, There are more than eight thousand migrants in transit who have entered the United States irregularly through Piedras Negras, Coahuila; The majority are people from Venezuela, but also from Central and South America; plus some families from Africa.

Derived from the aforementioned numbers of migrants and the impact it has on the activities of the border ports in terms of the care and processing of thousands of migrants; Since Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities have had to channel support personnel to the Border Patrol to expedite these immigration processes.

This has led CBP authorities to close the operations of International Bridge number I, at least for vehicular traffic, for an indefinite period; as well as the activities on the railway crossing bridge; now more than 24 hours of inactivity.

To the above, The issuance of an emergency declaration is added due to the strong increase in undocumented immigrants in the city of Eagle Passsigned by Rolando Salinas, mayor of the aforementioned Texas city that borders Piedras Negras, in Coahuila.

“A local state of disaster has been declared for the city of Eagle Pass. The state of disaster will continue for a period of seven (7) days from the date of this declaration, unless renewed by the City Council of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas”, document that was issued on September 19 2023.