The Department of Homeland Security had directed the state to stop blocking the U.S. Border Patrol’s access to roughly 2½ miles of the U.S.-Mexico border

Texas is refusing to comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the Biden administration over actions by the state that have impeded U.S. Border Patrol agents from accessing part of the border with Mexico.

In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton rejected the Biden administration’s request for the state to “cease and desist” its takeover of Shelby Park, an epicenter of southwest border illegal immigration in Eagle Pass.

“Because the facts and law side with Texas, the State will continue utilizing its constitutional authority to defend her territory, and I will continue defending those lawful efforts in court,” Paxton wrote.

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      Arrest the guy for obstructing federal agencies. Then send another strongly worded letter to everyone else.

      If they still refuse… arrest them too.

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            They’ve had their heads up their ass for so long that they think their farts are a lovely breeze of fresh air. Now they’re permanently grown into that position; like how your mom said if you tug at your face it’ll stay that way…

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          It is difficult to imagine how enforcing constitutionally-enshrined federal law will spark a civil war.

          Unless you mean these assholes are traitors. At which point it becomes even more important to enforce the rule of law and yeet them out of government.

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                People who say violence is never the answer are literally the first people to be executed when violence comes to town.

                How did we solve world war 2? A monopoly on violence.

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          You really don’t want that. You might not realise it now, but even if we win, those of us left will gaze at the ashes under which we buried our friends and family, and wish it hadn’t happened.

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            Fuck it, Texas deserves to be ash then.

            Rip the bandage off and get to recovery and repair faster. We’re just slowly decaying and collapsing into fascism right now.

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              According to pew research , 40% of Texas is democrat or leans democrat, most can’t leave. 20% aren’t sure. Only 40% or so is hard repub or leans that way.

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      Dems: “Help! We sent a letter with strongest possible wording, it wasn’t effective, and we’re all out of ideas!”

      How many times do conservatives have to slap Dems in the face before realizing they aren’t good faith actors?! Genocide in the Middle East, murder for fun on the southern border…what a mess.