Guest post by Donald Huffines, former Texas State Senator
The cartel-controlled Mexican government is working in tandem with the United States federal government to flood Texas with millions of illegal aliens from over 160 countries. The border crisis is leading the way toward the collapse of the rule of law—and is designed to turn Texas blue, ensuring the Democrat Party never loses the presidency and control of the free world.
The wide-open border generates billions of dollars annually for the corrupt, dysfunctional, cartel-controlled Mexican government, guaranteeing the border stays open. The key to stopping this premeditated attack on Texas is to bring economic pressure on Mexico to force the Mexican government to secure its side of the river. No illegal aliens would cross our southern border if the cartel-controlled Mexican government did not allow them to.
President Trump showed that a tough-on-Mexico approach works. He began putting pressure on Mexico through the threat of tariffs in 2019. On June 7, the United States and Mexico reached an agreement for Mexico to step up immigration enforcement and take in more illegal aliens waiting for their U.S. asylum hearings. It worked. U.S.–Mexican border encounters declined by more than half. However, once Biden took office and removed the threat of tariffs, encounters skyrocketed more than fivefold to 2,475,669 in 2023.
Solutions to the Problem
For decades, Mexico has deliberately failed to control its side of the border, and with the cooperation of the United States, the situation is a full-scale invasion, allowing cartels and criminals to thrive. Texas must exert economic pressure until the border is secure.
For economic warfare to be successful, Texas must clearly articulate why we are implementing economic pressure and what parameters must be met to end the economic warfare.
HLF is a staunch supporter of capitalism and truly free markets, but times of war call for drastic measures to ensure victory. Therefore, the Legislature must give all forms of economic pressure an automatic kill switch, which deactivates these measures when illegal Texas border crossings are below 4,000 a month. HLF estimates this economic war to last no more than 90 days.
The Texas Legislature should pass the following measures: