Texas governor rants about ‘cartel military’ of migrants sparking civil struggle fears

A Texas Lieutenant Governor has gone on an astonishing rant about an “invasion” of a “cartel army” of migrants – as a stand-off between Texas and federal authorities prompts fears of a “civil war”.

Dan Patrick, the deputy to Texas governor Gregg Abbott, said Texas has the best to defend America as he was questioned on the excessive tensions between federal immigration officers and the Texas National Guard. The sides are embroiled in a courtroom battle after the state’s seizure of Shelby Park close to Eagle Pass, the removing of a razor wire put up by Texas, and the institution of buoys within the Rio Grande.

Maria Bartiromo, anchoring the Fox News present, challenged Patrick on how far the dispute between Texas and the Biden administration. would go. “What is this going to turn into a civil war? I mean, you’ve got the Texas rights versus federal rights, both sides with guns?” she stated.

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Patrick responded that Texas has a “right to defend our citizens” and a “right to defend this country”. He added: “These young men and women who serve our National Guard and our DPS, these are the best of the best. Why would he want to send anyone down to confront them?”

The Supreme Court narrowly dominated in favour of the Biden administration, allowing brokers to proceed slicing the razor wire arrange by Texas in an emergency enchantment. Texas, in the meantime, continues to fortify the realm and has made clear it has no plans to evacuate the Shelby Park space, Fox News reported.

Border brokers argue that because of the razor wire their potential to securely apprehend undocumented migrants has been impeded – however the US Border Patrol stated simply final week that that they had “no plans” to dismantle the wire. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been issued two articles of impeachment by House Republicans who accuse him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law”.

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The House will vote quickly on the movement, in response to speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. It requires solely a majority to go the House, earlier than the Senate holds a trial requiring a two-thirds vote for conviction. This is an unlikely consequence within the Democratic-run Senate, with Democrats arguing the Republicans have pushed ahead a sham impeachment course of which doesn’t have enough constitutional grounds.

In Patrick’s astonishing and demonising rant he described migrants as like a “cartel army”. He advised Bartiromo on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures: “It’s a cartel army. You know, the founders never dreamed we’d have a president like this one who would just open the door to everyone. And they said, well, invasion if an army came. Well, we’re facing an army. We’re facing an army, but they’re well-armed. They’re well coordinated.

“Don’t mess with Texas. We’re serious about securing our border. And I’m glad the president stood down on Friday and did not confront us. That would be the wrong thing to do. We don’t want a confrontation and they shouldn’t want a confrontation. ‘Well, we’re just doing our job. Let us do our job.’”

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The Biden administration contends that Texas is interfering with the profitable enforcement of federal immigration legislation, describing it as a “federal responsibility” and accusing Texas of constructing it “harder for frontline personnel to do their jobs and to apply consequences under the law”. The spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added: “We can enforce our laws and administer them safely, humanely, and in an orderly way.”