Since at least the summer of 2022 and the creation of Operation Lone Star, the state of Texas has flagrantly violated federal law, illegally installing razor wire and barring federal agents from accessing the border. This illegal abrogation of border authority recently played a part in the death of 3 migrants crossing the Rio Grande, as Texas ignored their distress and wouldn't allow Federal border agents to aid them.
Yesterday, January 23rd, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, ordered Texas to allow federal agents access. The Texas National Guard released a statement that they will continue to "hold the line" at Colby Park.
There are no heroes in this story, as we are all painfully aware of the abuses perpetrated by federal border control, and are under no illusions about what their authority means for migrants. However, Operation Lone Star and Texas' unilateral border policies are even MORE dangerous, even MORE outrageous than the existing federal policies, so this Supreme Court ruling marks a chance to scale back some of the most egregious human rights violations.
Interesting. IMO race is meaningless, but it makes sense to want to hold on to culture. As a settler myself, I understand the Chicano impulse to try to invent culture to hold on to. However, as I’m pretty sure they point out in the podcast, they’re ok with settlers if they actually put in the work to understand the culture and help people survive. The problem is they feel entitled to be their equals without actually doing anything to deserve it. They maintain a settler attitude while putting on a false facade. In terms of extreme non-white identity movements, I understand why they’d go there, but I won’t condone it. They are still wrong and can still cause harm with false consciousness. I recognize Bin Laden was right in some ways, but he was still a reactionary and I definitely wouldn’t condone ISIS. Hindu nationalists are fascist, there’s no denying. There’s also a problem with some black nationalist movements that they can be almost like controlled opposition. Denying realities that could be put to the advantage and sometimes even shifted into anti-indigenous sentiment and right-libertarianism.