Texas Counties to Gov. Abbott: Declare ‘Invasion’ on Southern Border, Turn Illegal Aliens Back

Kinney County Judge Tully Shahan at a press conference in Brackettville, Texas, on July 5, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—Local officials in small Texas counties are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to label the border crisis an “invasion” and use his constitutional authority to stop illegal immigration.

Kinney County Judge Tully Shahan signed a local disaster declaration on July 5 requesting that Abbott “immediately prevent and/or remove all persons violating the sovereignty of Texas and that of the United States.”