Gov. Abbott is now putting barriers along Texas border with New Mexico (news.yahoo.com)

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Isn’t this against the US constitution? Razor wire along the state border and checkpoints on roads that cross the state border are kind of nuts. I read a comment joking that the wire and road checkpoints were to keep Texan women from escaping to New Mexico, which got a bitter laugh out of me.

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 11 months ago

It depends on what the checkpoints are and if they are a drag on interstate commerce. For a while, California had staffed border checkpoints to look for produce that could bring pathogens to the state.

The Commerce Clause isn't absolute.

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