# Texas national guard vs. Border Patrol standoff - begining of a new civil war?

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**Created:** [January 21, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-national-guard-vs-border-patrol-standoff-begining-of-a-new-civil-war/996440 "2024-01-21T16:45:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-national-guard-vs-border-patrol-standoff-begining-of-a-new-civil-war/996440/142 "2024-01-29T18:51:30Z")

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Moderating:

@Jasmine and those who responded to her:

> [@X.L.Lent](#):
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> Is this going to be the “first shot” of a new civil war? If the US supreme court rules  
> against Texas and Texas ignores the ruling, keeping it’s national guard at the border,  
> then what happens?

The above is the subject of this thread.

The following post is a hijack, because it is not responsive to the question posed in the OP. So are all of @Sam_Stone’s posts in this thread. Do not respond to them, as you are continuing his hijack.

> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> Honest question: My understanding was that the loophole the Biden administration uses to avoid enforcing the border as the law calls for is that the President has administrative discretion as to what to prioritize when there aren’t enough resources. And boy howdy, there just aren’t enough resources to enforce the border.

There are other threads in which to discuss border security and who is in charge of it. Here’s one:

> [@How would you solve the immigration debate? A hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-solve-the-immigration-debate-a-hypothetical/985252):
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> Here’s the scenario. You come across some kind of magical device that gives you the following powers. You have mind control over all the members of the US Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Whatever you want to put in it regarding immigration into the US is fair game. Where it comes to associated things like needing to finance something with a tax increase, it’ll be done in a neutral manner (across the board increases or cuts, etc.). No trying to shoehorn in any pol…

Or start a new thread if you don’t like the premise of the one I shared.

Do not respond further with that discussion in this thread. The OP is entitled to a discussion about the subject on which they posted.

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