By: Creighton S.C.R. No. 29                 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION          WHEREAS, Transnational cartels are exploiting weak and   unsecure points along the United States Southern Border to expand   their criminal enterprises and terrorize Americans; and          WHEREAS, 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl were seized by   U.S. authorities in 2022, enough to kill every American man, woman,   and child; and          WHEREAS, The State of Texas is charged with protecting its   citizens and is empowered to defend itself against invasion under   Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution;          WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution   states that the Governor of Texas "shall be Commander-in-Chief of   the military forces of the State" and has the power to organize   armed forces to "repel invasions"; and          WHEREAS, The United States Federal Government is charged, in   the United States Constitution, to "provide for the common defense"   and protect its States "against invasion" under the Preamble and   Article IV, Section 4, respectively; and          WHEREAS, The State of Texas has spent $4 billion on border   initiatives in the 2021-2022 biennium, investing in   state-of-the-art detection equipment, a border wall, and calling up   tens of thousands of members of National and State Guard units;          WHEREAS, Operation Lone Star's multi-agency effort has led to   over 352,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 23,000   criminal arrests; and          WHEREAS, Both human and drug trafficking by transnational   cartels have created a security threat and humanitarian disaster by   terrorizing residents of the United States and the State of Texas;   and          WHEREAS, Four United States citizens were kidnapped by a   cartel abroad in early March, two of them brutally murdered.   Unfortunately, the tragic incident was not isolated, and violence   permeates any area these transnational cartels inhabit; and          WHEREAS, The continual violation of Texas's sovereignty and   territorial integrity has resulted in reports of residents of Texas   being assaulted, threatened with violence, and robbed; now,   therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby declare an invasion by transnational cartel terrorists under   Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution and Article   IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Legislature ask Governor Abbott to   accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border,   utilizing Eminent Domain where necessary, to prevent the entrance   of transnational cartels into the state; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Legislature demand that the U.S. Congress   recognize its obligation under the U.S. Constitution to "provide   for the common defense" by voting to deploy U.S. military forces to   combat transnational cartels; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Legislature demand that the federal   government allocate more financial support to Texas' border   security wall and reimburse Texas for past expenditures on security   efforts to repel invaders at its Southern Border; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official   copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to   the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of   Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members   of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this   resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a   memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.