(Center Square) – Judges and commissioners from four more Texas counties have declared an invasion of the southern border of Julio, Kearns, La Salle and Medina.

Judges from those counties have also joined a new coalition led by newly elected Atascosa County Judge Weldon Coode to urge other counties to declare an invasion and defend Texas sovereignty.

Cude was one of 87 newly elected judges in November. Ahead of his election, Atascosa County was among the first to issue a disaster declaration in 2021 and an invasion in 2022.

Coode said in an exclusive Center Square interview that when he took office in January, he couldn’t understand why other counties hadn’t declared an invasion.

“Why don’t you declare an invasion?” Cood asked. “If people from all over the world are coming to your county by bus or plane or smuggling people or drugs, why not declare an invasion?

“When millions of people come across the southern border, it matters. If it’s not an invasion, what is it?”

Before being elected county judge, Cude was elected to serve six terms on the county commissioner, a predominantly Hispanic population in a rural, predominantly Republican area of ​​southern San Antonio.

At Judge Orientation in February, I met with newly elected Kinney County Judge John Paul Schuster to talk about the crisis facing the county. He and Mr. Schuster then began lobbying other judges, and now four more counties have declared raids.

They also work with other courts in neighboring counties to “promote the common goals of the safety, security and well-being of their residents” and to “support each other in stopping the ongoing crisis through all legal means.” form an alliance with officials.

By signing a new resolution, the judges and commissioners of Julio, Karnes, La Salle and Medina declared the invasion.

The move to declare an invasion was led by Kinney County, which issued its first disaster declaration on April 21, 2021. Since then, more than 50 counties have issued disaster declarations because of the border crisis.

Kinney, Goliad, and Terrell counties then declared their invasion on July 5, 2022. Edwards and Presidio counties soon followed. At least 42 counties have declared invasion by January 2023. On the one-year anniversary of the invasion declaration, officials in Kinney, Goliad, and Terrell counties called on other counties to do so as well.

Officials from four new counties signed the same resolution titled “Resolution Calling for Additional Measures to Secure Our Borders, Deter Border Aggression, and Protect Our Communities.”

The law states that the U.S. Constitution “outlines the primary responsibilities of the federal government to ‘ensure domestic tranquility’ and ‘provide for the common defense,'” citing Article 4(4) of the U.S. Constitution. and states: Guarantee the Republican form of government to all nations in this coalition and protect them from aggression. It also cites Article 4, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution, which gives the governor of Texas legal powers as commander-in-chief to “enforce state law, and muster the militia to suppress and repel insurrection.” We have the authority.” aggression. ”

The resolution also states that “cartels use weak and insecure borders for their own power and gain, causing harm to our communities” and “not to traffic people or drugs into the United States.” It operates as a paramilitary narco-terrorist organization profiting from the

It also noted that Gov. Greg Abbott was using “the legal authority conferred by the Texas Constitution to protect the border,” and that “the ongoing border security crisis is unacceptable and overwhelming to residents.” It poses an impacting security threat and humanitarian disaster.” in Texas. ”

“Our county is in crisis,” Coode told Center Square. “We absolutely have the right to defend ourselves to the constitution and will of the United States and the State of Texas, and we support Governor Greg Abbott and Operation Lone Star 100%.”

The 46 counties that have so far declared invasion include Atascosa, Burnett, Chambers, Clay, Colin, Hector, Edwards, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Julio, Goliad, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Contains jasper. , Johnson, Kearns, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Leon, Liberty, Live Oak, Madison, McMullen, Medina, Montague, Navarro, Orange, Parker, Presidio, Shackelford, Somerbel, Terrell, Throckmorton, Tyler , Van Zandt, Waller, Wharton, Wichita, Wilson, Wise.