New Report From Huffines Liberty Foundation Says States Should Start Taking Charge of Immigration Enforcement
Jose Nino
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According to a new report published by the Huffines Liberty Foundation, the Texas government, alongside other red state governments, has the power to declare an invasion, put the clamps on illegal border crossings, and push its elected officials in the United States Congress to expand the state’s power to handle illegal immigration.
This report specifically explains how Texas can exercise its authority under Article 1, Section 10 of the US Constitution to declare that the current wave of illegal aliens rushing the southern border with Mexico is an invasion and halt all border crossings.
On top of that, the report makes the following policy recommendation: “As immigration reform legislation works its way through Congress, Texas should push its representatives in Congress to expand the power of states to deal directly with illegal immigration. This would include allowing states to fully enforce federal immigration laws, make a violation of federal immigration law a state crime, and make it illegal for illegal immigrants to apply for, solicit, or perform work.”
Per the report by former State Senator Don Huffines and Bill Peacock, “the federal government has worked diligently over the last 230 years to reclaim many of those powers” originally bestowed to the states or the people.
Huffines and Peacock explain that “The centralization of power of immigration has had the exact consequences that our founders feared. The federal government today has purposely abandoned control of the border to suit the interests of the national government.”
The report outlined how states can reassert power over immigration through the 10th amendment of the US Constitution or declaring the current migration wave an invasion.
On top of that, the report recommends that Texas’ congressional representatives advocate for the devolution of power to the states. One way states can flex their muscles on immigration is by making a violation of federal immigration law a state crime. Another suggestion is to grant state law enforcement the power to conduct warrantless arrests under probable cause that an arrestee has carried out a crime that allows them to be deported under federal immigration law. Last but certainly not least, the report advocated for states to have the power to criminalize illegal aliens’ ability to apply for, solicit, or carry out work.
“The only way to get illegal immigration under control is to expand the ability of states to address the problem independently of the federal government,” the report highlights.
“Cooperation and the sharing of power between the state and federal government was one of the primary features of the government adopted by our founders in the U.S. Constitution,” it concluded. “Returning to the original design and intent of our structure of government would significantly reduce illegal immigration in our nation and restore the separation of government powers which increases liberty for everyone.”
In this time of massive crisis, states must assume extraordinary powers in order to protect the country’s demographic core. Because let’s face it, the feds aren’t going to do anything meaningful on this issue.
In turn, states like Texas will have to lead the way in setting up their own immigration restriction measures and establishing their own immigration enforcement bodies.
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