WASHINGTON – Sen. Roger Marshall will introduce a resolution to declare a formal “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border as the number of illegal crossings reaches a new high under the Biden administration, The Post has exclusively learned.
“Given that our own commander in chief will not end this historic crisis – an invasion as defined by the United States Constitution – Congress must recognize the right of each state to secure its borders for itself,” said Marshall (R- by Kansas). The charge.
The resolution would designate the mass influx an “invasion” under the Constitution, which holds that states have the right to protect themselves under such conditions.
“More than 6 million migrants have crossed our southern border under Joe Biden. That’s more than double the population of the entire state of Kansas,” Marshall said.
Although the resolution is unlikely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, the designation would activate language in the Constitution that holds that states can take action independent of the federal government to repel “invaders.”
The resolution “to express the sentiment of the Senate regarding the constitutional right of state governors to repel the dangerous invasion underway across the southern border of the United States” is based on the “unless actually invaded” portion of the Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution, which allows state officials more flexibility to defend against invasion.
Senator Roger Marshall will introduce a resolution that would declare an “invasion” on the US-Mexico border. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A formal invasion would allow states to take action independent of the federal government. REUTERS/José Luis González
“No State, without the consent of Congress… shall maintain troops or warships in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded,” it says. The document. has the founding document.
Declaring the crisis an invasion would also trigger Section 4 of the Constitution, which holds that the United States “shall guarantee to each state in this union a republican form of government and shall protect each of them against invasion.”
The resolution comes as tensions rise between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over steps Abbott can take to stop illegal immigration.
Texas has deployed barbed wire and sea barriers to discourage illegal crossings, despite opposition from the White House.
Marshall told The Post that “Congress must recognize the right of each state to secure its borders.” Photo by David Peinado/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Workers install floating barriers in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, on August 21, 2023. .ZUMAPRESS.com/MEGA
In July, the Justice Department sued Texas over the installation of a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande intended to curb illegal immigration, alleging that the barrier obstructed “the navigable capacity of the waters of the United States” and raised humanitarian concerns. , environmental and public safety. .
A federal judge initially told Texas to reject the buoys, but the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a stay on that decision. For now, the buoys will remain in place while the matter moves through the courts.
Marshall’s ruling also comes days after the Department of Homeland Security revealed that encounters with migrants crossing the southern border reached a new high in August.
As of Aug. 31, there have been more than 2.86 million Border Patrol encounters with immigrants attempting to enter the United States illegally this fiscal year, up from 2.77 million for all of fiscal year 2022.
That number is expected to exceed 3 million by October 1.
Border Patrol agents processing migrants near San Diego on September 25, 2023.ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
DHS counts do not include immigrants who escape border agents, so the actual number of immigrants entering the country illegally is likely higher.
Marshall’s resolution cites 10 pages of complaints about the Biden administration that Republicans say contributed to the immigration crisis, from his words on the debate stage inviting immigrants to the United States to the White House’s April proposal to expanding access to health care for aliens who were granted deferred action, “further encouraging illegal aliens to enter the United States.”
“Chinese men of military age with ties to the CCP, cartel drug traffickers and people on the terrorist watch list are among the millions exploiting our border vulnerabilities,” Marshall said. “This is our nation’s most immediate national security threat, but Joe Biden refuses to do anything to stop this invasion of our southern border.”
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