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Local government in the great state of Texas is ready to respond to Biden’s border disaster, according to The Western Journal.
Kinney county stated, “The ongoing border crisis has resulted in thousands of illegal aliens invading Kinney County and overwhelming our local, state, and federal law enforcement.”
Goliad County Judge Mike Bennett stated, “This continual violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity has resulted in residents of Kinney County being assaulted, threatened with violence, and robbed, while also sustaining vast amounts of property damage.”
“This needs to be addressed at the source — which is our border — and that’s what we’re hoping our governor will do,” Bennett said.
Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd said, “If we’re not going to do something about any of this, then we’re not a nation,” Boyd said.
“I’d much rather see the federal government get off their duff and do something about this, but, I’m sorry, I have no faith. It’s going to have to come from the state of Texas. If the state doesn’t do something, it’s all going to be over.”
From The Western Journal:
The Kinney declaration reads, “The ongoing border crisis has resulted in thousands of illegal aliens invading Kinney County and overwhelming our local, state, and federal law enforcement.”
“This continual violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity has resulted in residents of Kinney County being assaulted, threatened with violence, and robbed, while also sustaining vast amounts of property damage.”
Similar language was used in all four declarations, signifying a unity between the counties against this deluge that, frankly, the federal government will not match.
Every declaration also requested that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott deploy additional Texas National Guardsmen to their counties in order to combat the ongoing crisis. Abbott has already begun to deploy military forces to the border under Operation Lone Star, which plans to fight the current immigration flood.
While Abbott has not yet declared a state of emergency in Texas, the governor asked on Monday that county judges send him a “full and accurate” estimate of the financial impact Biden’s border crisis has pushed on their communities, so he can personally bill the federal government, according to The Epoch Times.
Goliad County Judge Mike Bennett, who signed his county’s declaration, reportedly anticipates a majority of Texas’ 254 counties to follow in his footsteps.
The outlet reported that during a public meeting in Houston last week, Bennett said the border crisis is absorbing almost all of the resources that small counties like his have.
“This needs to be addressed at the source — which is our border — and that’s what we’re hoping our governor will do,” Bennett said.
— Advertisement — The judge is absolutely right. As The Times reported, over 76,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended by Border Patrol in the first two weeks of April — close to the entire month of January’s statistics, based on Customs and Border Protection data. In March, 172,331 immigrants were encountered by Border Patrol — more than 18,000 of which were unaccompanied minors.
