Abbot has gone full jackboot

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1592553350129909762

This is some scary, scary shit. Beyond the obvious escalation in violence against Latin Americans, this is an explicit rejection of Federal authority. I'm worried it will lead to open conflict between state and federal forces.

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RosaMarie · 41-45, F

We should let everything between Texas and Florida go.

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trollslayer · 46-50, M

@RosaMarie would give non SEC teams a chance.

LeopoldBloom · M

@RosaMarie Hold on there, Sparky. Georgia is a purple state.

RosaMarie · 41-45, F

@LeopoldBloom Just the states that boarder the gulf.

Ryderbike

Not that anyone cares but here goes.

Build a wall around your house. I guarantee no one will bother climbing your wall. Now hang a sign that says if you make it over the wall you can get a job .
You will have plenty coming over .

In Canada if a business hires an undocumented worker they are fined 50,000 dollars and up to two years in prison,

Guess what? No jobs. No Jobs equal no illegals.

If abbot was intelligent he would be jailing Texans that hire undocumented workers.

I’m done.

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LeopoldBloom · M

@Ryderbike You have illegal immigrants and some of them have jobs, it's just nowhere near the level we have in the U.S. Although our illegal immigrant population has been stable for a while, with the same number leaving as entering. The massive increase in H-2A agriculture labor visas has pretty much eliminated employment of illegal farm workers. Here in Georgia, most of the farm workers are H-2A with a few local people.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Ryderbike [quote]If abbot was intelligent he would be jailing Texans that hire undocumented workers.[/quote]
Why would he do that? Where would they get cheap labour from? Doing it this way is the best of all possible worlds for the employers: they get none of the flack and can keep the costs of low skilled labour down. Anyway those are probably the people who voted for him, pissing them off won't help keep him in power.

robingoodfellow · M

@Ryderbike THANK YOU. I've said this on here before: low level management in large companies with names you know have told me outright that upper management is aware of hiring illegals and look the other way because all they care about is a cheap labor force.
If illegal aliens weren't hired by American companies they wouldn't be coming here in droves because they wouldn't be able to survive.

meJess · F

This is what happens when you have an Abbot but no Costello, it’s just not funny.

calicuz · 51-55, M

I'm sure the "Invasion Clauses" are only intended for a "Military Invasion" by a foreign country.
But here goes...............

I wouldn't think that a "Dept of Public Safety" has the authority to arrest anyone including illegal aliens.

If the state has the money to build the wall then that's what they should do, but 8 to 5 says he'll request federal funds to do it.

Gun boats? I'd have to look up what federal law says about gun boats in The Gulf of Mexico, because there are no bodies of water on the border of Texas and Mexico.

The "Mexican Drug Cartels" are actually run by the DEA so if he can arrest DEA Agents he should be given some credit.

If no other state sees the need for extreme measures he may not get support. The other states may like immigrants coming across the border to work and then returning to Mexico daily.

Foreign Powers? What Foreign Powers, Mexico?

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