Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was asked on March 28 to provide an official opinion on the legal and constitutional ramifications of an unchecked border crisis.
In the request, State Rep. Matt Krause specifically asked Paxton “whether the federal government has failed to uphold its obligations to protect Texas from invasion under Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, and whether Texas has the sovereign power to defend itself from invasion.”
Paxton declined to issue a formal opinion in his response, dated June 9, but not released more widely until July 8.
“The issue you raise in your opinion request involves a potential claim under consideration by States and State Attorneys General across the country in our efforts to stop illegal immigration,” Paxton stated in his response, according to a copy obtained by The Epoch Times….