Governor Gregg Abbott's letter of declaration invoking "right of self-defense" of Texas as a state against an invasion of illegal immigrants that was caused and enabled by (((feds))). As an European I'm asking you Americans to brief me on this situation, is it legit? Could Texas soon leave the fed? [1050x1280 - 192KB]

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Under Article 1 Section 10 Clause 3 of the constitution, Abbott can declare an invasion and keep troops (armed forces aka an army.) Normally, member states are prohibited from keeping their own army. Abbott has used that clause to essentially call the Texas National Guard a state's army.

The National Guard isn't necessarily an army for the state, but troops offered to the nation under the name of the state. They typically provide in-state humanitarian services (disaster recovery, etc.) but under his declaration they are now an army.

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Thanks.

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Except when the government decides you can't have firearms. It's the national guard that goes door to door. Just like they did in New Orleans, post Katrina.

Calling up militia would be a better option, in my opinion.

Considering the amount of hardware that has been sent to ukraine and israel, the civilians are likely to be better equipped.

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Probably, but he's "following the rules" at the moment.

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