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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, A Fox News border correspondent reported in summer |
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2023 that U.S. Customs and Border Protection guards were cutting |
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the barbed wire barrier on private property in Eagle Pass to allow |
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undocumented immigrants to enter; and |
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WHEREAS, The State of Texas installed the barbed wire along |
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the border to prevent unlawful entries; the reporter received video |
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from a source in Eagle Pass showing the Border Patrol slicing |
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through the wire, and subsequently spoke to the Texas Department of |
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Public Safety, which indicated that DPS had permission from the |
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property owner to lay down razor wire and arrest migrants for |
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criminal trespass; and |
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WHEREAS, The actions by the Border Patrol facilitating the |
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entry of undocumented immigrants represent serious interference |
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with our state's obligation to protect its citizens and their |
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property; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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3rd Called Session, hereby respectfully urge the Texas attorney |
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general to file suit against the federal government for injunctive |
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relief from the Border Patrol's practice of destroying barriers |
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placed by Texas along its international border; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an |
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official copy of this resolution to the Texas attorney general. |