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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

How governor Greg Abbott is using an obscure ‘invasion’ legal theory for a border power grab in Texas

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

If you were to believe Texas governor Greg Abbott, you would think a literal army of migrants, loaded down with drugs and armed with the best guns the Sinaloa cartel can buy, is marching on the Lone Star State.

“Your inaction has led to catastrophic consequences. Under your watch, America is suffering the highest volume of illegal immigration in the history of our country,” Mr Abbott wrote in a letter to the White House in November, saying the state was under “invasion by the Mexican drug cartels.”

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