The federal government has controlled US immigration policy since the 1800s. However, in 2023, Texas Republicans, led by far-right Governor Greg Abbott, proposed legislation—SB 4—that invokes the Invasion Clauses of the United States and Texas constitutions to challenge the federal government’s sovereignty over the Texas-Mexico border. The clause authorizes the…

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