With the immigration nightmares we have in the south, a large southern boarder state that we could close our boarders to would greatly help.
If you think controlling the Rio Grande is difficult, I do not believe you’ll find that the northern side of Texas will be much easier. If nothing else, you’re going to need a lot more razor wire.
Further, to avoid tarrifs, most mexican shipping would reroute to california, arizona, and new mexico.
If Texit happens, Arizona will be quick to follow. Which is to say, it won’t, and for all the same reasons.
But California already does a ton of direct traffic with Mexico, as sea shipping tends to be far faster and cheaper than overland travel, particularly given the deplorable state of our southern rail networks.
Online pollster YouGov surveyed more than 35,000 U.S. adults in 46 states earlier this month and found that just about a quarter of Americans said they would support their state seceding, ranging from less than 10% in Connecticut to 36% in Alaska.
There are some pretty obvious trends in the data, chief among them that “larger” states — be that in population or geography — are the most willing to secede. Alaska leads the way with 36%, followed by 31% in Texas and 29% in California.
And that desire for secession is driven by Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, who overwhelmingly are more supportive of seceding across the country. (New Jersey was the only state where Democrats were more in favor of secession than Republicans, 17% to 16%.)
This is a generic “taking my ball and going home” sentiment that springs up any time Democrats control the federal government. It flips to “If you don’t like it, there’s the door” as soon as a Republican takes office.
If you think controlling the Rio Grande is difficult, I do not believe you’ll find that the northern side of Texas will be much easier. If nothing else, you’re going to need a lot more razor wire.
If Texit happens, Arizona will be quick to follow. Which is to say, it won’t, and for all the same reasons.
But California already does a ton of direct traffic with Mexico, as sea shipping tends to be far faster and cheaper than overland travel, particularly given the deplorable state of our southern rail networks.
I’m not sure we’ve been to the same Rio Grande. Maybe west of Junction there’s some good flow but you can wade across pretty easily east of Big Bend.
But yes, razor wire on the texas boarder feels appropriate… not because of the migrants, but rather the texans.
I’m not hearing calls for Arizonit, maybe their blowhards are quieter than the texans.
Almost 1 in 4 AZ Republicans wants to secede from the U.S.
This is a generic “taking my ball and going home” sentiment that springs up any time Democrats control the federal government. It flips to “If you don’t like it, there’s the door” as soon as a Republican takes office.