This is a resolution—a statement of position rather than a law that changes rules—arguing that states have the constitutional right to control who enters their borders and to defend themselves without waiting for federal approval. The resolution specifically focuses on southern border states, claiming they're facing an invasion by terrorist organizations, drug cartels, and criminal groups. It asserts that these states can take independent action to protect their citizens and exclude people they deem a threat, based on the argument that the U.S. Constitution gives states this power. Essentially, the resolution is making a legal and political argument that states don't need to wait for the federal government to act on border security—they can do it themselves. This touches on a long-standing tension in American government about whether states or the federal government has primary authority over immigration and border control, with this resolution taking the position that states have significant independent power in this area.

Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who have seized control of our southern border.

Arrington, Jodey C.

 <p>This resolution declares that every state within the United States has the sovereign right to exclude any person who does not have the right to be there. It also declares that the states along the southern border (1) are being invaded by terrorists, narco-terrorist cartels, and criminal actors; and (2) have the sovereign and unilateral authority to defend themselves against such an invasion.</p>