The Hill makes crap up, says Texas cannot declare an “invasion” at its border
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SEE: Why Texas cannot declare an ‘invasion’ at the border
Well, isn’t this special? The Hill confidently asserts “There are legal and practical reasons why states cannot take immigration matters into their own hands. It is well-settled law that immigration enforcement is the jurisdiction of the federal government.”
The truth is, our federal constitution delegates to Congress a limited power “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization”, and nowhere in the federal Constitution does the word “immigration” appear.
The allowance to establish a uniform rule of naturalization is nothing more than providing the steps by which a foreign national may become a citizen of the United States. It is not a delegation of a power by which a State, and people therein, have surrendered their inalienable and preexisting right to self-defense, and that would include the preexisting power to protect against an invasion of its borders by foreign nationals.
In fact it is expressly stated in our federal Constitution that:
https://www.alipac.us/f9/hill-makes-crap-up-says-texas-cannot-declare-%93invasion%94-its-border-397254/
