The Department of Homeland Security had directed the state to stop blocking the U.S. Border Patrol’s access to roughly 2½ miles of the U.S.-Mexico border

Texas is refusing to comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the Biden administration over actions by the state that have impeded U.S. Border Patrol agents from accessing part of the border with Mexico.

In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton rejected the Biden administration’s request for the state to “cease and desist” its takeover of Shelby Park, an epicenter of southwest border illegal immigration in Eagle Pass.

“Because the facts and law side with Texas, the State will continue utilizing its constitutional authority to defend her territory, and I will continue defending those lawful efforts in court,” Paxton wrote.

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For fuck’s sake, arrest these nimrods. At gunpoint, because God knows they aren’t fucking cooperative.

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Just arrest all these fuckers, starting with the Texas Governor.

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The governor sucks but please start with Paxton.

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Invite them both to the White House. Then arrest them at the same time

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Just send in an 18 year old kid with a gun, those Texans will be petrified with fear and won’t even be able to respond. Or does that only work when it’s at a school?

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Just designate the area as an “open air campus” and then you’re good to go.

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I’m frustrated at myself for laughing as hard as I did

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“Now stop it or we’ll send another sternly-worded letter!”

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Arrest the guy for obstructing federal agencies. Then send another strongly worded letter to everyone else.

If they still refuse… arrest them too.

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That would be nice, wouldn’t it?

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Just start the civil war already, jeeze.

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OR Texas can pull it’s head out of its own asshole.

It’s a long shot, I know.

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You really don’t want that. You might not realise it now, but even if we win, those of us left will gaze at the ashes under which we buried our friends and family, and wish it hadn’t happened.

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It is difficult to imagine how enforcing constitutionally-enshrined federal law will spark a civil war.

Unless you mean these assholes are traitors. At which point it becomes even more important to enforce the rule of law and yeet them out of government.

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Dems: “Help! We sent a letter with strongest possible wording, it wasn’t effective, and we’re all out of ideas!”

How many times do conservatives have to slap Dems in the face before realizing they aren’t good faith actors?! Genocide in the Middle East, murder for fun on the southern border…what a mess.

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The only thing Ken Paxton should be defending in court is himself for securities fraud.

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