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[CNN] Texas has until the end of today to stop blocking federal access to miles of the US-Mexico border (www.cnn.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The Department of Homeland Security warns it will – by the end of Wednesday – “refer the matter to the Department of Justice for appropriate action and consider all other options available to restore Border Patrol’s access to the border” if Texas doesn’t confirm it will “cease and desist its efforts to block Border Patrol’s access in and around the Shelby Park area and remove all barriers to access to the U.S.-Mexico border,” the letter states.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Texas is like a cat, convinced of its independence while being completely dependent. Anything we got gone is due to being part of the Union. We'd be Cuba 2.0 on our own at best.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Balls in your court, Commander in Chief. You gonna put down these fascist dogs or extend a hand and help them up again?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton are all about provoking a confrontation that they can milk for rage-bait headlines. But I'm wondering if this doesn't somehow tie into Patrick's that too front Biden from the ballot. Like maybe they'll say a confrontation would be insurrection against the state or something stupid like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

“Texas’s failure to provide access to the border persists even in instances of imminent danger to life and safety,” the letter from Department of Homeland Security General Counsel Jonathan Meyer reads.

The federal-state border standoff in Texas has prompted members of a kind of group known for using demonizing rhetoric and intersecting with extremists to issue a call on social media for people to travel to Eagle Pass in protest.

Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber is monitoring the potential arrival this weekend of people from around the country and is concerned for the safety and security of the area due to the heated rhetoric on immigration, he told CNN.

Groups like this one that use “patriot” as part of their names have emerged since 2020 in an effort to get Donald Trump to form a third major political party, the Anti-Defamation League told CNN in a statement.

The heads of every executive branch in the state must provide within 120 days a report to the governor’s office detailing any use “of public funds directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of illegal aliens,” the order says.

The governor directs the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police to provide monthly reports on the number of people “charged or convicted of a criminal offense” and to note whether they are documented or undocumented, according to the order.

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