Amid the heated debate in the United States over the Texans’ calls for secession, it is important to shed light on the various aspects of Texas capabilities in this regard.

Tensions surged after the Supreme Court ruled on January 22, in a narrow 5-4 verdict, that federal agents can remove razor wire placed along the border on the orders of Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a bid to reduce migrant crossings.

In response, Abbott said he was invoking “Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself” against what he described as an “invasion,” with 25 other Republican governors releasing a joint statement expressing their support for his position.

Republican presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley had said that Texas could secede from the United States if its people chose to.

“If that whole state says, ‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore,’ I mean, that’s their decision to make,” Haley said before hurrying on.

“Let’s talk about what’s reality. Texas isn’t going to secede,” she said.

Source: Al-Manar English Website