Episode 8: Protection from Invasion and Violence

Small Talk Small Government

Today we discuss the border, and especially what Title 42 is. What tools do we have to enforce our national borders? With people entering our country in staggering numbers, is it an invasion? We know fentanyl is coming across the border, but what other nefarious activity is resulting from the administration refusing to enforce the border laws?

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.”
― United States Constitution, Article IV, Section 4

References and further reading:

https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/border-crime/exclusive-colored-wristbands-help-cartels-track-migrants-payments-for-smuggling-them-lawmaker-confirms/

https://cis.org/Bensman/Overwhelmed-Mexican-AlienSmuggling-Cartels-Use-Wristband-System-Bring-Order-Business

https://rootlaw.com/legal-advice/eng-immigration-101-what-is-title-42/

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cbp-enforcement-statistics

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

https://www.jacobooyensministries.org/sex-trafficking-is-a-growing-epidemic

https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/fentanyl-the-national-security-crisis-joe-biden-and-alejandro-mayorkas-want-america-to-ignore/

https://nypost.com/2021/10/11/100-million-in-border-wall-materials-wasted-in-texas-report/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/fentanyl-seizures-u-s-southern-border-rise-dramatically-n1272676 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/what-is-the-remain-in-mexico-policy https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-07/how-much-of-president-donald-trumps-border-wall-was-built https://nypost.com/2021/02/05/biden-reinstates-catch-and-release-policy-at-southern-border/