Words matter.
According to a Fox News report, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KA) will bring a resolution to the floor Tuesday afternoon to officially declare the crisis at the southern border an “invasion.”
Many counties along the Texas-Mexico border have already declared the crisis an “invasion.”
“Joe Biden has the power to secure our borders; instead, he has chosen to break the law, resulting in the worst border crisis in history,” Marshall told Fox News Digital in a statement. “I do not know how Joe Biden sleeps at night knowing terrorists, CCP nationals, cartels, and worse are living here in the interior of our country.”
“Since our commander in chief won’t stop this historic crisis, an invasion declaration, as defined by the U.S. Constitution, allows Congress to recognize each state’s right to secure their own borders,” Marshall said. “Where Joe Biden fails to put Americans safety first, our resolution acknowledges each state’s right to secure their borders themselves, as leaders like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have. The cartels and the CCP should not have more operational control of our borders than we do.”
Marshall is expected to say that “The President has not done his constitutional duty, we’ve established that. Thus, we must invoke and concur with the governor of Texas, that an actual invasion has occurred.”
“The governor of Texas, Governor Abbott, has not just a moral responsibility, but the constitutional right to invoke his power and authority to do everything in his capabilities, to protect the good people of Texas,” he is expected to say.
“Governors of all 50 States possess the authority and power as Commander-in-Chief of their respective States to repel the invasion,” the resolution reads.
Marshall is one of 20 GOP Senators opposing the bipartisan border bill.
This story is developing…
Sen. Roger Marshall demands southern border crisis be classified as 'an invasion' https://t.co/m4VlVYNka9
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