Texas Under Pressure to Secure Its Own Border Against Illegal Immigration Amid Escalating Crisis

Texas State Troopers arrest two U.S. citizens who were transporting three illegal aliens to San Antonio, in Kinney County, Texas, on Oct. 20, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

DEL RIO, Texas—The border crisis has reached a point where a growing chorus in Texas is pushing for the state to take matters into its own hands.

Several state Republican lawmakers, bolstered by their U.S. congressional counterparts, argue that Texas needs to step up because the state is being invaded—orchestrated by Mexican cartels—and the Constitution allows for defense.