{"id":1279841,"date":"2022-02-07T20:52:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T01:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1279841"},"modified":"2022-02-07T20:52:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T01:52:48","slug":"ag-says-his-state-is-under-invasion-from-illegal-migrants-threatens-to-defy-biden-and-defend-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-says-his-state-is-under-invasion-from-illegal-migrants-threatens-to-defy-biden-and-defend-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Says His State Is Under \u2018Invasion\u2019 From Illegal Migrants, Threatens To Defy Biden And Defend The Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fag-says-his-state-is-under-invasion-from-illegal-migrants-threatens-to-defy-biden-and-defend-the-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1279841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued an opinion Monday calling the crisis at the border an \u201cinvasion,\u201d claiming that by declaring it as such the state is allowed to take more action to defend itself against the \u201cinvasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government\u2019s failure to secure the border and protect Arizona from invasion is dangerous and unprecedented,\u201d Brnovich said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azag.gov\/opinions\/i22-001-r21-015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>. \u201cThe Founders foresaw that States might need to protect themselves from invasion and made clear in the Constitution that States retain the sovereign power to defend themselves within their own territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TODAY our office issued a legal opinion determining the current crisis at Arizona\u2019s southern border, fueled by violence and lawlessness of cartels &amp; gangs, legally qualifies as an \u201cinvasion\u201d under the U.S. Constitution, &amp; AZ has the power to defend itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VqOCI9qGHk\">https:\/\/t.co\/VqOCI9qGHk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Brnovich (@GeneralBrnovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeneralBrnovich\/status\/1490802982253826050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe violence and lawlessness at the border caused by transnational cartels and gangs satisfies the definition of an \u2018invasion\u2019 under the U.S. Constitution, and Arizona therefore has the power to defend itself from this invasion under the Governor\u2019s authority as Commander-in-Chief,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn actual invasion permits the State to engage in defensive actions within its own territory at or near its border,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have pointed to Article 1 Section 10 of the Constitution to argue that \u201ca State may defend itself when it has been \u2018actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay,\u2019 and the State does not need the consent of Congress to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opinion mentions founder James Madison, who \u201ccited Virginia using its militia to stop smugglers as an example of a valid exercise of the invasion power.\u201d It further claims that under the Import-Export Clause, states have the right to inspect goods at the ports of entry, \u201cthis is an aspect of the historical police power that is expressly preserved for the States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brnovich said the \u201con-the-ground violence and lawlessness at Arizona\u2019s border caused by cartels and gangs is extensive, well-documented, and persistent\u201d and \u201ccan satisfy the definition of \u2018actually invaded\u2019 and \u2018invasion\u2019 under the U.S. Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is now up for Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to \u201cmake a final determination\u201d as to whether or not to use defensive force, according to the opinion. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/14\/yuma-mexico-jorge-ventura-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Videos Show Migrants Crossing Into Arizona With No Border Patrol In Sight)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection ended 2021 with more than 2 million migrant encounters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/25\/customs-border-protection-illiegal-immigration-2-million-december\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data<\/a>. Republican Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/10\/yuma-arizona-state-emergency-migrant-encounters-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declared<\/a> a local <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/26\/migrants-border-crisis-yuma-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emergency<\/a> in December due to \u201cunprecedented numbers of migrants entering the city \u2026 resulting in a humanitarian and border crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicholls cited data showing a 2,647% increase in number of migrant encounters since Oct. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued an opinion Monday calling the crisis at the border an \u201cinvasion,\u201d claiming that by declaring it as such the state is allowed to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}