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Ex-Trump officials urge Texas to declare border ‘invasion’

Continued from Front servative policy think tank provide asylum. He said he
led by former Trump admin- has not spoken with Abbott
It is unclear whether Ab- istration officials. It includes and said the governor's
bott, who is up for reelec- Ken Cuccinelli, an immigra- current sweeping border
tion in November and is tion hard-liner and former mission, known as Opera-
already installing more bor- Homeland Security official tion Lone Star, has put little
der barrier and allowing under Trump. He argued dent in the number of peo-
troopers to arrest migrants that states are entitled to ple crossing the border. The
on trespassing charges, defend themselves from mission has also drawn criti-
supports the aggressive immediate danger or inva- cism from Guard members
proposals former Trump of- sion, as it is defined by the over long deployments
ficials are pushing. Abbott "invasion clause," under the and little to do, and some
did not elaborate on what "states self-defense clause." arrests have appeared to
steps he will announce While speaking Tuesday to have no connection to
Wednesday. a conservative talk radio border security.
Border Patrol officials say A line of Texas Department of Safety vehicles line up on the station, Abbott's remarks "Until you are actually re-
they are planning for as Texas side of the Rio Grande with Mexico visible, right, near an about constitutional au- turning people to Mexico,
many as 18,000 arrivals dai- encampment of migrants, many from Haiti, on Sept. 22, 2021, in thority were in relation to what you are doing will
ly once the health policy, Del Rio, Texas. Congress, which he said have no effect," Cuccinelli
known as the Title 42 au- Associated Press had the only power to re- said.
thority, expires in May. Last acting director for Immigra- the state is being invad- duce the flow of migrants. Emily Berman, who teaches
week, about 7,100 migrants tion and Customs Enforce- ed and use extraordinary "We'll be taking unprec- constitutional law at the
were coming a day to the ment under Trump, said at powers normally reserved edented action," Abbott University of Houston, said
southern U.S. border. a border security confer- for war. But Ducey, who is told radio station KCRS. the "invasion clause" cited
But the way former Trump ence in San Antonio last term-limited and not on "Congress has to stop talk- by proponents is tucked
immigration officials see it, week he had spoken with the ballot in 2022, has not ing about it, has to stop into a broader constitution-
Texas and Arizona can pick Abbott about the idea. embraced the theory and complaining about it, has al assurance that the U.S.
up where the federal gov- "We've had discussions with has avoided commenting to stop going to the border must defend states from
ernment leaves off once his attorneys in his office, directly on it. and looking at it. Congress invasion and domestic vi-
the policy ends. 'Is there a way to use this Arizona Attorney General has to take action, just like olence. Additionally, she
Their plan involves a novel clause within the Constitu- Mark Brnovich, a Republi- Texas is taking action." said, the "state self-defense
interpretation of the U.S. tion where it talks about can, issued a legal opinion Asked if he considered clause" says states cannot
Constitution to have the invasion?'" Homan said in February declaring that what was happening on engage in warlike actions
National Guard or state during the Border Security Ducey has the power to the Texas border "an in- or foreign policy unless in-
police forcibly send mi- Expo. use National Guard troops vasion," Abbott did not vaded.
grants to Mexico, without Homan said those talks took and state law enforcement use those words but said Berman said she hasn't seen
regard to immigration laws place about three months to forcibly send migrants he would be discussing it the constitutional clauses
and law enforcement pro- ago, and on Tuesday de- back. Brnovich is locked Wednesday. used since the 1990s, when
cedures. Border enforce- scribed the governor's of- in a tough Republican U.S. Cuccinelli said in practice, the courts ruled that they
ment has always been a fice as "noncommittal but Senate primary in which he envisions the plan would did not have jurisdiction to
federal responsibility, and willing to listen." border security is a top is- look similar to the enforce- decide what qualified an
in Texas, state leaders have In Arizona, Republican sue. ment of Title 42, which cir- invasion, but believed that
not been pushing for such Gov. Doug Ducey has also Driving the effort on the cumvented U.S. obliga- one could only be done
a move. been under pressure within right is the Center for Re- tions under American law by another governmental
Tom Homan, the former his party to declare that newing America, a con- and international treaty to entity.q

Toyota buyers soon will lose U.S.

electric vehicle tax credits

Motors already have. soon will be. Additional EV was canceled. It's rolling
The lack of credits is prob- tax credits are in the Build out a fully electric model
lematic for automakers Back Better spending bill called the bZ4X with 250
shifting from petroleum- backed by President Joe miles per charge, this sum-
powered vehicles to bat- Biden, which is stalled in mer. The Build Back Better
teries in the effort to reduce Congress. bill would give EV buyers a
emissions, meet govern- Toyota reached the cap $7,500 tax credit through
ment fuel-economy stan- largely by selling plug-in 2026 to charge up sales.
dards and fight climate gas-electric hybrid vehi- But the following year, only
In this Sunday, March 21, 2021, photo, the company logo change. Nissan is about cles. The company's plug- electric vehicles made in
adorns a sign outside a Toyota dealership in Lakewood, Colo.
Associated Press 30,000 vehicles away from in RAV4 Prime small SUV the U.S. would qualify for
reaching the cap, and with 42 miles of electric the credit. And the base
DETROIT (AP) — Toyota 200,000-vehicle cap on the others will follow as more range earns the buyer a credit rises by $4,500 if
customers soon won't be credits, Bob Carter, Toyo- EVs are introduced. $7,500 credit, the largest the vehicle is made at a
able to get U.S. federal tax ta's head of North Ameri- Tesla, the top seller of elec- available. The Prius Prime U.S. plant that runs under
credits for buying electric can sales, said Wednes- tric vehicles in the world, plug-in, with 25 miles of a union-negotiated col-
or hybrid vehicles. day. After that, the credits and GM already are at electric range, gets $4,500. lective bargaining agree-
The automaker expects will be phased out over a price disadvantage to Toyota previously had of- ment. Only GM, Ford and
that sometime before the the next year, reaching other automakers without fered a fully electric RAV4, Stellantis vehicles would
end of June it will reach a zero, as Tesla and General the credits, and Toyota but it didn't sell well and qualify. q