The Center Square By Bethany Blankley 1/23/2024
Judge: Texas must 'show civil disobedience' in response to U.S. Supreme Court rulingOne day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the state of Texas in a legal battle with the federal government over wire barriers at the border, Montgomery County officials unanimously passed a resolution declaring an invasion and expressing support for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star.
After the vote Tuesday, Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough said he wanted to say something “in response to the Supreme Court ruling yesterday to allow Border Patrol agents to remove Texas barriers. I believe it is time for Texas to show some civil disobedience.”
Through OLS, Texas erected concertina wire barriers to prevent illegal entry between ports of entry on Texas soil. After Border Patrol agents began tearing them down, Texas sued. The Supreme Court reversed a Fifth Circuit Court ruling, Border Patrol agents are now able to tear down Texas’ concertina wire barriers in Eagle Pass, Texas, as the case progresses.
After the ruling, Abbott said he would “continue to defend Texas' constitutional authority to secure the border and prevent the Biden administration from destroying our property.”
Some of Montgomery County’s residents have called on county officials to declare an invasion for over a year and a half. One of them was Montgomery County resident Jonathan Hullihan, General Counsel for Citizens Defending Freedom, who argues that what’s happening at the U.S. border isn’t an immigration issue, but a national security issue. Hullihan, an international law and national security law expert, serves in the reserves in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, after previously being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
So far, nearly 100 Texas counties have issued disaster and invasion declarations, or both, citing the border crisis, The Center Square has exclusively reported.
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