JGalt
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Well actually not "tanks", but M113 armored personnel carriers.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott is deploying National Guard troops in M113 armored personnel carrier to various positions along the border
- The news comes days after Abbott sent a letter to President Biden threatening to deploy gunboats and invoking a constitutional clause
- Abbott invoked Article I Section 10 of the Constitution which forbids states from military action 'unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger'
- Affectionately known as the 'battle taxi' by troops in the Army, the M113 is bulletproof and can withstand small explosions
- The Texas Military Department said they ordered 10 of the vehicles and will train around 50 soldiers to operate them
- Last month there were 230,678 recorded encounters between undocumented migrants and Border Patrol officers