On July 29, 2005, the “Border Protection Corps Act” was submitted to the House of Representatives by John Culberson (R-TX) and 47 other house Reps. Per the Bill
To authorize the Governor of a State to organize and call into service a militia of able-bodied and eligible citizens to help prevent individuals from unlawfully crossing an international border and entering the United States anywhere other than a port of entry, to appropriate funds to support this service, and for other purposes.
From Findings
The uniquely devious, criminal, cowardly, and fanatically determined nature of the terrorist criminal organizations and individuals that have declared war on the people of the United States compel the Congress to invoke its constitutional authority to authorize all able-bodied and eligible United States citizens to serve in a militia in defense of our international borders under the direct command and control of the Governors of the border States.
And where will this new militia come from?
From Program Authorized
The Governor of a State is authorized to call eligible United States citizens into service in the militia, and to equip, train, discipline, and otherwise control the operation of such militia forces in defense of the international borders of the United States under such terms, conditions, and requirements as are contained in the laws and constitution of the State.
And what will be happening to those arrested, you may ask?
All individuals taken into custody under subsection (b) shall be promptly delivered to a Federal law enforcement authority. A Federal law enforcement authority may not release any individual so detained in the United States. All such individuals shall be removed to the country from which they entered the United States, but only after Federal law enforcement authorities are fully satisfied that each individual so removed is not a violent or dangerous criminal, a terrorist, or a potential terrorist, in which case that individual shall be prosecuted in the United States to the fullest extent provided by law.
Do you think your Governor should have an Army? Once recruited, will these individuals be eligible for fighting in Iraq, like the Reservists? And most importantly can a Governor institute a Draft?
