Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR29 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: Creighton S.C.R. No. 29
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 16, 2023, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Border Security;
4		-	May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3,
5		-	Nays 2; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
7		-	COMMITTEE VOTE YeaNayAbsent PNVBirdwell X Flores X Blanco X Hinojosa X King X
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10	4		SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
11	5		WHEREAS, Transnational cartels are exploiting weak and
12	6		unsecure points along the United States Southern Border to expand
13	7		their criminal enterprises and terrorize Americans; and
14	8		WHEREAS, 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl were seized by
15	9		U.S. authorities in 2022, enough to kill every American man, woman,
16	10		and child; and
17	11		WHEREAS, The State of Texas is charged with protecting its
18	12		citizens and is empowered to defend itself against invasion under
19		-	Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution; ~~and~~
	13	+	Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution;
20	14		WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution
21	15		states that the Governor of Texas "shall be Commander-in-Chief of
22	16		the military forces of the State" and has the power to organize
23	17		armed forces to "repel invasions"; and
24	18		WHEREAS, The United States Federal Government is charged, in
25	19		the United States Constitution, to "provide for the common defense"
26	20		and protect its States "against invasion" under the Preamble and
27	21		Article IV, Section 4, respectively; and
28	22		WHEREAS, The State of Texas has spent $4 billion on border
29	23		initiatives in the 2021-2022 biennium, investing in
30	24		state-of-the-art detection equipment, a border wall, and calling up
31		-	tens of thousands of members of National and State Guard units; ~~and~~
	25	+	tens of thousands of members of National and State Guard units;
32	26		WHEREAS, Operation Lone Star's multi-agency effort has led to
33	27		over 352,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 23,000
34	28		criminal arrests; and
35	29		WHEREAS, Both human and drug trafficking by transnational
36	30		cartels have created a security threat and humanitarian disaster by
37	31		terrorizing residents of the United States and the State of Texas;
38	32		and
39	33		WHEREAS, Four United States citizens were kidnapped by a
40	34		cartel abroad in early March, two of them brutally murdered.
41	35		Unfortunately, the tragic incident was not isolated, and violence
42	36		permeates any area these transnational cartels inhabit; and
43		-	WHEREAS, The continual violation of Texas' sovereignty and
	37	+	WHEREAS, The continual violation of Texas's sovereignty and
44	38		territorial integrity has resulted in reports of residents of Texas
45	39		being assaulted, threatened with violence, and robbed; now,
46	40		therefore, be it
47	41		RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
48	42		hereby declare an invasion by transnational cartel terrorists under
49	43		Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution and Article
50	44		IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution; and, be it further
51	45		RESOLVED, That the Legislature ask Governor Abbott to
52	46		accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border,
53	47		utilizing Eminent Domain where necessary, to prevent the entrance
54	48		of transnational cartels into the state; and, be it further
55	49		RESOLVED, That the Legislature demand that the U.S. Congress
56	50		recognize its obligation under the U.S. Constitution to "provide
57	51		for the common defense" by voting to deploy U.S. military forces to
58	52		combat transnational cartels; and, be it further
59	53		RESOLVED, That the Legislature demand that the federal
60	54		government allocate more financial support to Texas' border
61	55		security wall and reimburse Texas for past expenditures on security
62	56		efforts to repel invaders at its Southern Border; and, be it further
63	57		RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official
64	58		copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to
65	59		the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
66	60		Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members
67	61		of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this
68	62		resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
69	63		memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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