The governor of Texas says his state is being “invaded” and that under the Constitution he has the right to defend his border.

On the first point, millions of people are indeed unlawfully crossing the border into Texas. Joe Biden refuses to do anything about it. In fact, he seems to be encouraging it. He stopped construction of Donald Trump’s border wall, reversed the “stay in Mexico” policy which required immigrants seeking asylum to remain in Mexico pending a decision by American authorities, and, to the extent he accidentally catches illegal immigrants, he usually lets them go with a polite request that they appear at a hearing scheduled years in the future.

Most don’t appear. It’s like catch-and-release fishing. They’re usually smart enough not to get caught twice.

The border policy is so asinine that you have to wonder if someone has the goods on Joe.

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