POLITICS
Texas Wants to Create a State Security Force to Repel Border Crossers
The security force would be a mix of law enforcement and private citizens
With all of the excitement surrounding the indictment of Trump, we’re kinda losing track of other things that are going on in the country. Like the southern border.
But Texas hasn’t forgotten. There is a bill before the legislature that would create a new Texas state security force to “repel border crossers and do battle with cartel operatives.” The force would be made up of local law enforcement and private citizens “without a felony conviction.”
But wait, it gets better.
The members of the unit would be immune from prosecution and lawsuits as they go about their business of arresting, detaining, and deterring individuals crossing the border illegally including with the use of non-deadly force. Additionally, they could “use force to repel, arrest, and detain known transnational cartel operatives in the border region.”
And it would be cheap too! Everybody in Texas is armed, so they could bring their own weapons. No need to allocate money in the state budget to arm this new private army.
