Guest post by former Texas Senator Donald Huffines
The cartel-controlled Mexican government is joining forces with the U.S. federal government to flood Texas with millions of illegal immigrants from more than 160 countries. The border crisis is causing a breakdown in the rule of law with the goal of turning Texas blue and ensuring that Democrats never lose the presidency and control of the free world.
Open borders generate billions of dollars a year for the corrupt, dysfunctional, cartel-controlled Mexican government, ensuring the border remains open. The key to stopping a premeditated attack in Texas is to put economic pressure on Mexico to force its government to secure its river banks. They would not do this if the cartel-controlled Mexican government did not allow illegal aliens to cross our southern border.
President Trump has shown that being tough on Mexico works. He began putting pressure on Mexico through tariff threats in 2019. efficient. Conflicts on the U.S.-Mexico border have been reduced by more than half. However, once Biden took office and lifted the threat of tariffs, the number of encounters jumped more than fivefold to 2,475,669 in 2023.
problem solution
For decades, Mexico deliberately did not control its side of the border, and with the cooperation of the United States, the situation was an all-out invasion that allowed cartels and criminals to flourish. Texas must apply economic pressure until the border is secure.
For economic warfare to be successful, Texas must clearly articulate why we are enacting economic pressure and what parameters must be met to end economic warfare.
The HLF is a staunch supporter of capitalism and true free markets, but times of war require drastic measures to ensure victory. Therefore, the Legislature must provide an automatic kill switch for all forms of economic stress that would deactivate these measures when the number of illegal border crossings in Texas falls below 4,000 per month. HLF estimates that this economic war will not last more than 90 days.
The Texas Legislature should pass the following measures:
Crushing Mexico’s tourism industry
In 2023, tourism accounted for 9.2% of Mexico’s GDP, created employment opportunities for more than 4.76 million Mexicans, and became an important part of the Mexican economy.
Texas taxpayers spend billions of dollars each year on border security, and the Texas Legislature should immediately use hundreds of millions of dollars in its budget to educate citizens across North America about the dangers of traveling to Mexico. Marketing advertising campaigns should vividly demonstrate how dangerous traveling in Mexico is and make it clear that the Mexican government sides with Mexican drug cartels, sex traffickers, fentanyl smugglers, murderers and rapists.
Additionally, the Legislature should require people traveling from Texas to Mexico by land, air or sea to sign a waiver acknowledging the dangers of traveling to Mexico, which could further hamper tourism.
Stop, search and, if necessary, seize all trucks and other cargo crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas
Texas’ daily trade with Mexico exceeds $780 million, while the United States’ daily trade with Mexico is $2 billion.
The Legislature must pass a bill directing the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to conduct thorough searches of all vehicles, ships and commercial airliners passing through the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas to stop illegal activity and apply economic pressure.
State inspectors will impound commercial vehicles, ships and commercial airliners in search of contraband and human smuggling, causing long delays in the movement of economic goods. Texas has the authority to inspect these shipments for security, illegal materials and proper paperwork. Livestock and agricultural products should be exempted from these inspections to minimize the impact on perishable goods.
Establish border security inspection reimbursement
Article I, Section 10, Section 2 of the United States Constitution gives Texas the authority to charge fees for enforcing inspection laws.
The Legislature shall impose a 6% Border Security Inspection Reimbursement (BSIR) fee on all remittances from any source between Texas and Mexico. In addition, all commercial aircraft landing in Texas from Mexico are subject to a $10,000 BSIR fee.
Ban illegal aliens from sending money to Mexico and other countries
According to the Baker Institute for Public Policy, remittances from Texas to Mexico alone totaled $8.5 billion in 2022. This money comes from the Texas economy and pours into the Mexican economy. The Texas Legislature should ban all transfers of funds by illegal aliens.
in conclusion
Huffins Freedom Foundation’s plan points a clear path for Mexico to secure its side of the Rio Grande. If Mexico chooses to fight this economic war, they will lose and the Mexico we know today will cease to exist. Texas strives to be a good friend and neighbor to Mexico, but it’s a two-way street.
Former Texas Senator Donald B. Huffines was a committed Christian, proud fifth-generation Texan, husband, father, grandfather and self-made businessman. Don Huffines fearlessly fought for fiscal restraint and government accountability in the Texas Senate while representing Dallas County.
While serving in the Senate, Senator Huffins served as Vice Chairman of the Border Security Committee. Huffins has also earned a reputation as one of Texas’ most conservative lawmakers. Don Huffines now serves as President of the Huffines Liberty Foundation and leads the Texas 1st Congress by promoting the values we all hold dear that make Texas great. One movement.
