The US state of Texas is at war with the US federal government, and some people think that the risk of civil war and Texas independence in the United States is really so serious?
Let's start with the conclusion, some states, including Texas, do have serious conflicts with the Biden administration over immigration issues, and this conflict does have the risk of getting out of control. At present, the Biden administration is not capable of defusing the crisis.
The core reason for this conflict is the problem of illegal immigration in the United States, and the Republican Party is resolutely opposed to illegal immigration. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, advocates pluralism and actually welcomes illegal immigrants, which is an irreconcilable contradiction.
After Biden took office, he opened up the entry of illegal immigrants, and about 6 million illegal immigrants entered the United States in the past three years, especially Texas has become a large recipient of immigrants.
Given the large number of problems caused by illegal immigration, it has also caused strong dissatisfaction among the people of Texas. Texas Governor Abbott has ordered the closure of the U.S.-Mexico border, erected barbed wire, deployed the National Guard to patrol the border, and barred U.S. federal border patrol teams.
In the face of Texas' blatant disobedience, US President Joe Biden issued an ultimatum. It was declared that if the Texas National Guard did not withdraw, the U.S. federal government would take military action against Texas. But the Texas side rejected the ultimatum and did not have any intention of withdrawing the National Guard.
Seeing that the Texas government did not enter the oil and salt, the Biden administration did not dare to come directly, but sued the Texas government to the Supreme Court.
As a result, the Supreme Court justices voted 5-4 in favor of the Biden administration to tear down the barbed wire fence erected by Texas.
With the backing of the Supreme Court, the Biden administration has been given a legal pass to potentially actually send troops to Texas to forcibly dismantle the barbed wire fence that Texas has set up on its own.
However, this ruling was resolutely resisted by the Texas government and resolutely opposed by the people of Texas. So far, Texas has no intention of compromise. Moreover, the governor of Texas raised his arms and received the support of a large number of Americans. Currently, half of the Republican governors in the United States support Texas. The two governors of Oklahoma and Florida are the best and are ready to send the National Guard to help Texas. Good guys, the state government is sending troops to fight the federal government.
There is also a news circulating on American social media that about 2,500 trucks are now driving from Oklahoma and other southern states to Texas, carrying volunteers who support Texas, all of whom oppose illegal immigration, and who have come to support the Texas National Guard and fight against the US federal army. Against this backdrop, the so-called "Texas independence" has also been shouted out by some people.
It must be added here that former President Donald Trump, who is in the midst of a presidential election, strongly supported Texas Governor Abbott and attacked Biden for allowing illegal immigrants to enter the United States. With Trump's support, Texans are more emboldened.
In this case, if the Biden administration comes hard, it is entirely possible to trigger a military conflict or even a constitutional crisis in Texas.
Here, it is necessary to review the history of the Texas resistance. Historically, Texas was part of Mexico and was incorporated into the United States in 1845. In 1861, Texas decided to secede from the United States during the American Civil War, and was forced to rejoin the United States after the Civil War.
In addition, the people of Texas are extremely strong, and Texas' gun control law is the most lenient in the United States, Texas allows "unlicensed gun ownership", pistols can be openly brought on the street, and the governor also publicly said that "this is freedom". As the so-called life and death are downbeat, if you don't accept it, you will do it.
Former US President George W. Bush, as everyone knows, grew up in Texas and began his political career in Texas, where he was elected governor of Texas for successive years, and later successfully served as US president for eight years. During George W. Bush's presidency of the United States, he launched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in succession, and his style of work was extremely tough, and he could fight whoever he wanted.
Having said all this, I just want to express that although the Texas government is openly disobedient, if Biden wants to be tough and send troops to deal with the Texas government and the Texas National Guard, then it is likely to trigger a huge political crisis. It remains to be seen where this conflict will go.