The Biden administration’s failure to secure the border continues to worsen the ongoing crisis.
A Texas DPS drone recently captured footage of illegal aliens crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. on a raft, highlighting the escalating issue. The raft carried four illegal aliens, including a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy who was later abandoned in the brush by a human smuggler, suffering injuries from cactus thorns.
The driver, Javier Alexander Osorio Ruiz, was arrested for human smuggling by Border Patrol.
This incident underscores the success of Operation Lone Star, launched by Republican Governor Greg Abbott in 2021, which deploys the Texas National Guard and Texas DPS to combat illegal immigration and the flow of deadly drugs like fentanyl.
Critics argue that over the last four years, the Biden administration has deliberately ignored its constitutional duty under Article IV, Section 4, which mandates the federal government to “protect each [state] against Invasion.”
Instead, Biden’s policies appear aimed at “fundamentally transforming the demographics of the U.S.” by allowing unchecked illegal immigration, in stark contrast to President Trump’s promise to “seal the border on day one” if reelected.
Earlier this year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary stay on a federal judge’s decision to put Texas’ law allowing police to arrest illegal immigrants on hold.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced the decision on X at the time, writing, “BREAKING HUGE NEWS,” adding, “Federal appeals court allows Texas immigration law to take effect. Law enforcement officers in Texas are now authorized to arrest & jail any illegal immigrants crossing the border.”
“Obviously this is the case unless the Supreme Court intervenes by March 9,” Abbott noted.
Last week, U.S. District Judge David Ezra wrote that allowing Texas to “permanently supersede [federal] directives on the basis of an invasion would amount to nullification of fed law & authority—a notion that is antithetical to the Constitution & has been unequivocally rejected by courts since the Civil War.”
