I wonder if things could be different at the border if Texas was back to being the Lone Star Republic.
Maybe that is a pipe dream. Even with Texas guard units there, their weapons, if carried, are not loaded and they are acting as heavily outfitted security guards instead of reacting to what is obviously an invasion.
The current administration wants this.
And yes, the swamp is wide and deep. Most of the opposition to Trump building the wall could also be found in the republicans either not helping or actively standing in the way.
So, I have no problem with Gov Abbott sending the migrants to other cities. The cost of travel is still less than the cost on the local system of providing welfare. That being said, is it aiding and abbetting the invasion? That is, you now have bad actors in various places in the country and we sent them there once they got over the border.