Abbott doubles down on border ‘invasion’ declaration after Supreme Court blow - eviltoast
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday accused the federal government of breaking the compact with the states following a Supreme Court ruling on Monday that cleared the way for the Border Patrol …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ® on Wednesday accused the federal government of breaking the compact with the states following a Supreme Court ruling on Monday that cleared the way for the Border Patrol to remove razor wire installed by Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border.

In a statement, Abbott said, “President Biden has refused to enforce [immigration] laws and has even violated them.”

It’s the latest escalation in a legal and political standoff between Texas and the federal government, though Abbott stopped short of announcing any specific measures.

He has been pushing constitutional boundaries on state versus federal jurisdiction of border and immigration enforcement for the better part of two years; his legal team, including state Attorney General Ken Paxton, first publicly toyed with the idea of formally declaring a border “invasion” in April 2022.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    191·
    10 months ago

    About 10 million Texans yearl travel over 50 miles, [source], does that mean Texas is invading most of the US annually?

    50 miles won’t even get you out of Texas in most of Texas. The rest of what you said is fine though.

    • MacGuffin94@lemmy.world
      1310·
      10 months ago

      50 miles might not even get you from one county to another. Land mass size Texas is close to the whole of Europe.

      • SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
        17·
        10 months ago

        Land mass size Texas is close to the whole of Europe.

        That is so wrong, you must be from the US.

        Texas Landmass: 261,232 sq mi (676,587 km2)

        Europe: 3,930,000 sq mi -> Europe is 15x the Size of Texas.

        Size of European Countries

        TLDR: Texas is the size of France + BeNeLux + Swiss. No Germany, No Spain, No Poland, No Italy, No Sweden, Norway or Finland…

        Are the USA and Europe the Same Size? Although the United States and Europe are relatively similar in size, Europe is bigger than the United States. The United States is the fourth (or third) largest nation on the planet. Over 6.97% of the United State’s total area (3,796,742sq miles) is occupied by water. Europe is the second-smallest continent on the planet with an area of about 3,930,000sq miles. Europe occupies about 2% of the world’s surface area and 6.8% of the world’s total land area (57,510,000sq miles). Therefore, Europe has a bigger land area (3,910,680 sq miles) than the U.S. (3,531,905 sq miles).

        If Texas size is “close to the whole of Europe” and Europe is bigger than the US, Texas must be bigger than the US. Crazy.

    • Brainsploosh@lemmy.world
      41·
      10 months ago

      True, but it might get you far enough that you aren’t “home”, and might be “invading” a neighbouring city.

      But I agree, it’s a weakly relevant datapoint, but the only other travel data I could find was that 250k texans fly for Thanksgiving, which was even less useful.

      I’m honestly baffled, how do you set policy, have informed debate or even identify business opportunities with so little reliable data?