Although he was defeated in the Republican gubernatorial primaries, former State Senator Don Huffines remains vocal on social media about his liberty conservative views.
On March 21, 2022, Los Angeles-based Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin tweeted about a suspected Mexican cartel gunman aiming an AK-47 at a Border Patrol helicopter patrolling Starr County, Texas.
Melugin tweeted, “NEW: Video from @TxDPS shows a suspected cartel gunman aiming an AK-47 at their helicopter from MX as it was patrolling in Starr County, TX in the RGV on Wednesday. This is the same area where the cartel has shot at Border Patrol from across the river in recent months. @FoxNews”
NEW: Video from @TxDPS shows a suspected cartel gunman aiming an AK-47 at their helicopter from MX as it was patrolling in Starr County, TX in the RGV on Wednesday. This is the same area where the cartel has shot at Border Patrol from across the river in recent months. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/VSPIWyQ8o8
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) March 21, 2022
In response to Melugin’s tweet, Huffines said “It’s an invasion.”
It’s an invasion. https://t.co/hEichGwyIH
— Don Huffines (@DonHuffines) March 21, 2022
Immigration remains a major issue in the US. It’s arguably the foundational issue of our time, given its demographic, socio-economic, and national security implications. Not checking mass migration will result in the demographic character of the US being irreversibly altered, Democrat electoral hegemony, and Mexican cartels being able to penetrate the American interior and carve out their own statelets.
From the Sinaloa cartel to Jalisco New General Cartel, Mexican cartels are growing in power and making significant headway in American markets. There are true national security threats.
If America had a serious conservative movement, it would be focusing on treating immigration as the primary national security issue. The way this would be handled is through enacting an immigration moratorium, building a border wall, and using targeted strikes against cartels.
Unfortunately, we’re a long way from getting to such a point. To Huffines’ credit, his gubernatorial campaign brought the idea of having a state-based immigration policy to the fore of political discussion. At this point, it makes more sense for the US to have red border states like Arizona and Texas to take the initiative on border security. From there, hardline immigration policies can be de facto nationalized.
In sum, all politics starts locally.
