Declare War Against Mexico

Recognize that a state of war exists

That a state of war exists between the United States (aggrieved party) and Mexico (offensive party) is unquestionable.

1. Mexico has for years encouraged and assisted an illegal invasion of the United States by its citizens and those of countries throughout world, many of which are sworn enemies of our people

2. Mexico has for years dumped raw sewage into the United States as a form of biological warfare

3. Mexico sends its citizens illegally into the United States for the purpose of looting our people through “remittances” and other means for the purpose of enriching the Mexican government

4. Mexico has enabled a network of cartels to develop means to carry out paramilitary terrorist

5. attacks on US citizens on American soil

6. Mexico has flooded America with deadly poisons disguised as recreational drugs

7. Mexico’s president has and continues to incite terrorism within the United States, effectively ordering Mexican citizens illegally present in the United States to wage war against us. Therefore, a state of war does exist between our country and Mexico. The question becomes, how to resolve it.

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Declare War

The most humane and efficient means of resolving the illegal invasion of the United States available to Congress and the President is a formal declaration of war against, in the first place, Mexico.

Before you set your hair on fire, please understand that a declaration of war does not obligate the United States to “attack” Mexico. Such a declaration, in fact, can be resolved without bombing the enemy nation, particularly when that enemy’s combat troops are already inside the United States. Rather, a formal declaration of war simply tells the world that we recognize a state of war exists between the United States and one other sovereign nation, in this case, Mexico. Put another way, a Congressional declaration of war would prove Congress recognizes the state of affairs.

According to GovFact.org, a formal declaration of war provides an internationally recognized set of legal options to the United States. Among these options:

• Seizing enemy property

• Apprehension of enemy aliens

• Termination of diplomatic recognition

• Termination of all contracts between the US or its citizens and Mexico or its citizens

• Abrogation of treaties involving the United States and Mexico

A declared war also unleashes certain domestic powers:

• Trading With the Enemy Act provides serious criminal penalties for individuals and companies that do business with the enemy

• Alien Enemies Act allows the president to apprehend any citizen, subject, or denizen of the enemy country

• Gives the President the power to attack the enemy by air, land, or sea without additional Congressional oversight or limits

• Allows prosecution of the crime of treason to any American citizen who aids and abets citizens of the enemy country

Declaring war against Mexico, then, would immediately end the riots in Los Angeles and prevent the riots planned for over 100 cities this week and, particularly, Saturday, 14 June 2025. Rioters would be declared enemy combatants, allowing local and state police as well as National Guard or US Armed Forces to capture or kill anyone involved in such riots. It’s safe to assume such authorization would quickly quell the uprising, but there would be other instantaneous effects:

• All remittences from the US to Mexico would stop, and anyone transferring money to Mexico would be guilty of numerous offenses and punishments, including execution for treason.

• All trade between the US and Mexico would stop immediately and for the duration of the war.

• Deadly force would be authorized across all points of the border.

• Numerous treaties would bar most US treaty partners from conducting trade with Mexico.

The economic effects of these realities would plunge the Mexican economy into a depression almost overnight.

Declared War Differs from Use of Force Authorization

While the United States’ last declaration of war was against Romania in 1942, our nation has been in almost constant combat since:

• Greece

• Korea

• Vietnam

• Cuba

• El Salvador

• Lebanon

• Grenada

• Iraq

• Bosnia

• Sudan

• Yemen

• Afghanistan

• Iraq (again)

• Syria

Because these actions lacked a formal declaration, or acknowledgement of a “state of war,” none of the tools mentioned above was available. Yes, the US could unilaterally impose sanctions, but no country was obliged to honor the request. Yes, the president was authorized to use force, but international law limited the use of force with UN oversight. No, the president could not legally seize assets, though many presidents did anyway. In other words, use-of-force authorizes allowed for killing and being killed without the availability of less lethal tools to achieve political objectives. As George Friedman explains of formal war declaration:

First, it holds both Congress and the president equally responsible for the decision, and does so unambiguously. Second, it affirms to the people that their lives have now changed and that they will be bearing burdens. Third, it gives the president the political and moral authority he needs to wage war on their behalf and forces everyone to share in the moral responsibility of war. And finally, by submitting it to a political process, many wars might be avoided . . . . A declaration of war both frees and restrains the president, as it was meant to do.

Perhaps most importantly, a formal declaration of war would finally and resoundingly tell the world “we mean business” with regard to our national sovereignty. Brigadier General (retired) Charles Dunlap emphasized this in a 2016 Harvard Law School article responding to academic researchers who claimed formal war declarations have become irrelevant:

Internationally, it is hard to imagine that in the real world a formal declaration of war by a superpower like the United States would be considered “irrelevant” as the Post article suggests most legal scholars believe. Indeed, the fact that such a declaration is rare these days might signal to friend and foe alike a renewed and reinforced commitment to a particular conflict. In the real world, it could be quite significant.

You can expect Canada, England, France, Germany, the United Nations, and the European Union to take notice and give greater focus on President Trump’s insistent that those countries stop their Orwellian censorship programs. “America means business” would take on a whole new meaning.

Lesser Effective Means

I am under no delusions that Congress would move swiftly to pass a war declaration bill, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pursue it.

Congressional hearings and debates, even if compressed into a week or two, on the question of a declared war would capture world attention like no event since 9/11. Every national leader and legislature would stop activity, knowing the outcome of the debate in Congress would have a massive effect on every country’s planning. There would be no point in passing any legislation--or in businesses making any decisions--until the question of war between the US and Mexico was resolved.

Moreover, the war resolution debate would make the marauders in our cities take notice. Without availing the tools of a declared war, the debate would strike in the heart of illegal aliens currently conducting terrorist attacks in Los Angeles and planning attacks in other cities. They would, rightly or wrongly, realize a war declaration means any American citizen with a shotgun can hunt them down for detention or deportation and apply lethal force if they fail to comply. In other words, it would put Americans on equal footing with the invaders, and there are more of us than there are of them.

Finally, beginning the legislative process of a war declaration would force the realities of the invasion onto the minds of Americans and the press. The gravity of the decision would force CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and CBS to cover the hearings and debates gavel to gavel. It would force every military-aged American to recognize the grave danger posed by illegal invasions to their futures, perhaps by forcing a draft to defend, not Ukraine or Kuwait City, but Dallas, St. Louis, and DesMoines. America would stop for a week, holding its collective breath. And, regardless of the final vote, we would see the problem in a whole new light with a renewed urgency to seal the border and expel the miscreants who illegally reside in our country, pillaging our resources and demolishing our culture.

I, therefore, call on Congress to begin the process of declaring war on Mexico.