As Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) refuses to quit over the border issue, more left-wingers are demanding President Joe Biden to federalize the Texas National Guard. Texas and the Biden administration have long disagreed on immigration, but last month's Supreme Court decision to require Texas to give up control of a crucial section of the U.S.-Mexico border escalated tensions. Abbott refused to comply, claiming the judgment infringed his constitutional rights. As the Biden administration decides what to do next, more left-wing figures are calling for him to federalize the Texas National Guard.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) claimed on X that "Governor Greg Abbott is deploying the Texas National Guard to impede and sow mayhem at the border." "If Abbott does not respect the Supreme Court's judgment from yesterday, @POTUS must immediately seize sole federal control of the Texas National Guard."
Many Democrats cited President Dwight Eisenhower's federalization of the Arkansas National Guard in response to then-Gov. Orval Eugene Faubus's mobilization to stop the Brown v. Board of Education judgment.
Abbott is violating a Supreme Court ruling by using the Texas Guard. Former presidential and gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke wrote on X that "when Gov. Faubus did this in 1957, Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas Guard to insure compliance with the law." “Biden must adopt this example of brave, decisive leadership to halt this crisis before it becomes worse."
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) said that "Abbott is following the Donald Trump playbook: make immigration harder and more risky, so asylum seekers are forced into cartels and the system remains broken."
Columnists like the Daily Beast, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Daily Kos argued for federalizing the National Guard, citing comparisons between Abbott's tactics and the Confederate States of America's.
Will Bunch, writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, called Eagle Pass today's Fort Sumter. Biden must answer accordingly. His parallel extended to Eagle Pass, Texas, being worse than Fort Sumter.
Bunch claims that "rebel forces of the newly constituted Confederacy truly did not kill anyone* during their bombardment of the government fort off Charleston." However, four migrants trying to enter the US drowned at or near the contentious park in Eagle Pass, Texas, between the Texas National Guard's militaristic tactics and President Joe Biden's more humane, locked-out agents.
About half of US governors have backed Abbott, and former President Donald Trump joined the cause on Thursday.
Trump said on Truth Social, "We ask all willing States to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entrance of Illegals, and to deport them back across the Border." Every American should support Texas's prudent efforts to protect its safety, security, and sovereignty, as well as the American people's."
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) claimed on X that "Governor Greg Abbott is deploying the Texas National Guard to impede and sow mayhem at the border." "If Abbott does not respect the Supreme Court's judgment from yesterday, @POTUS must immediately seize sole federal control of the Texas National Guard."
Many Democrats cited President Dwight Eisenhower's federalization of the Arkansas National Guard in response to then-Gov. Orval Eugene Faubus's mobilization to stop the Brown v. Board of Education judgment.
Abbott is violating a Supreme Court ruling by using the Texas Guard. Former presidential and gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke wrote on X that "when Gov. Faubus did this in 1957, Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas Guard to insure compliance with the law." “Biden must adopt this example of brave, decisive leadership to halt this crisis before it becomes worse."
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) said that "Abbott is following the Donald Trump playbook: make immigration harder and more risky, so asylum seekers are forced into cartels and the system remains broken."
Columnists like the Daily Beast, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Daily Kos argued for federalizing the National Guard, citing comparisons between Abbott's tactics and the Confederate States of America's.
Will Bunch, writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, called Eagle Pass today's Fort Sumter. Biden must answer accordingly. His parallel extended to Eagle Pass, Texas, being worse than Fort Sumter.
Bunch claims that "rebel forces of the newly constituted Confederacy truly did not kill anyone* during their bombardment of the government fort off Charleston." However, four migrants trying to enter the US drowned at or near the contentious park in Eagle Pass, Texas, between the Texas National Guard's militaristic tactics and President Joe Biden's more humane, locked-out agents.
About half of US governors have backed Abbott, and former President Donald Trump joined the cause on Thursday.
Trump said on Truth Social, "We ask all willing States to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entrance of Illegals, and to deport them back across the Border." Every American should support Texas's prudent efforts to protect its safety, security, and sovereignty, as well as the American people's."
