Former Department of Homeland Security second-in-command Ken Cuccinelli accused Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday of doing nothing to resolve the border crisis, more than a year after it began, and instead accused him of wasting billions of dollars on Operation Lone Star, a joint border mission between state troopers and national guard members, which Cuccinelli derided as a “photo op.
Cuccinelli and former White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought last October began calling for border governors to cite the state self-defense clause outlined in Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution, as well as the invasion clause in Article IV, Section 4. If the federal government fails to protect a state, the governor may take action to protect itself — in this case, arresting and removing any person who illegally crosses the border.
Cuccinelli calculated that, of the 8,000 noncitizens encountered at the southern border daily in April, approximately 3,500 are released into the interior of the country. At the current rate, if Title 42 ends next week, potentially twice as many people would be released into the country, he said. The “worst-case scenario” would mean “five times as many” migrants being released into the U.S. as the current rate.
“However, these decisions did not address the current situation of escalating violence and smuggling by transnational cartels and gangs,” Brnovich wrote. “If I make that declaration and tell law enforcement to do it, and law enforcement does do this, they are subject to potential criminal penalties imposed by Merrick Garland, the United States attorney general, and the Biden administration, that would be more than happy to arrest and to prosecute a Texas law enforcement official,” Abbott told 710 KURV on May 11.
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