Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas (USA), threatened that he would continue to use “constitutional law” to protect American territory, so arrest of migrants entering illegally will continue into the country along the border with Mexico, as well as with the construction of “barriers” to stop the migration crisis in the North American country.

Through your official account X(before Twitter), the state president claimed that Constitution countries recognizes the right protecting the territory from “invasion”justifying that Texas is doing “exactly what James Madison “He said it would be protected by the Constitution.”

Madison “Father of the Constitution”as Abbott calls it in his letter, “emphasized in Article 1, Section 10, the clause that the Virginia State Militia were authorized ‘to be called upon to suppress smugglers’ who endangered their state.”

According to him, the smugglers brought goods in the state they put the sovereignty of its borders is under threatthe situation he had in mind when transferring chemical precursors from Mexico to the US across the border.

“Today, Texas faces a situation similar to that of the Virginia smugglers, but with Mexican drug cartels who act as paramilitary forces on our borders. Criminal smuggling activity facing Texas far exceeds Madison’s criteria for use by state police,” he wrote in the publication.

Despite the governor’s position, his actions were recently sharply questioned by a judge David Ezra, who questioned the legality of legislation allowing the state to arrest migrants. During the February 15 hearing, Ezra argued that sees “no evidence that Texas is at war” to take these measures, although he acknowledged that the state was under great pressure.

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“We will continue to build barriers to prevent illegal entry into our state, arrest migrants who cross the border illegally, and we will fulfill our duty to ensure border security“Abbott said.

He announced this last Friday, February 16. will build a military camp at Eagle Pass, near the US-Mexico border.