Bill Text: TX SCR29 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Declaring an invasion of the State of Texas by transnational cartel terrorists, urging the governor to accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border, and urging Congress to deploy military forces to combat transnational cartels.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-17 - Co-author authorized [SCR29 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SCR29-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Creighton S.C.R. No. 29
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 16, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Border Security;
May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3,
Nays 2; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
COMMITTEE VOTE YeaNayAbsent PNVBirdwell X Flores X Blanco X Hinojosa X King X

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Transnational cartels are exploiting weak and
unsecure points along the United States Southern Border to expand
their criminal enterprises and terrorize Americans; and
WHEREAS, 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl were seized by
U.S. authorities in 2022, enough to kill every American man, woman,
and child; and
WHEREAS, The State of Texas is charged with protecting its
citizens and is empowered to defend itself against invasion under
Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution; and
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution
states that the Governor of Texas "shall be Commander-in-Chief of
the military forces of the State" and has the power to organize
armed forces to "repel invasions"; and
WHEREAS, The United States Federal Government is charged, in
the United States Constitution, to "provide for the common defense"
and protect its States "against invasion" under the Preamble and
Article IV, Section 4, respectively; and
WHEREAS, The State of Texas has spent $4 billion on border
initiatives in the 2021-2022 biennium, investing in
state-of-the-art detection equipment, a border wall, and calling up
tens of thousands of members of National and State Guard units; and
WHEREAS, Operation Lone Star's multi-agency effort has led to
over 352,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 23,000
criminal arrests; and
WHEREAS, Both human and drug trafficking by transnational
cartels have created a security threat and humanitarian disaster by
terrorizing residents of the United States and the State of Texas;
and
WHEREAS, Four United States citizens were kidnapped by a
cartel abroad in early March, two of them brutally murdered.
Unfortunately, the tragic incident was not isolated, and violence
permeates any area these transnational cartels inhabit; and
WHEREAS, The continual violation of Texas' sovereignty and
territorial integrity has resulted in reports of residents of Texas
being assaulted, threatened with violence, and robbed; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby declare an invasion by transnational cartel terrorists under
Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution and Article
IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislature ask Governor Abbott to
accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border,
utilizing Eminent Domain where necessary, to prevent the entrance
of transnational cartels into the state; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislature demand that the U.S. Congress
recognize its obligation under the U.S. Constitution to "provide
for the common defense" by voting to deploy U.S. military forces to
combat transnational cartels; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislature demand that the federal
government allocate more financial support to Texas' border
security wall and reimburse Texas for past expenditures on security
efforts to repel invaders at its Southern Border; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official
copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to
the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members
of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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