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After Biden took office in 2021, the U.S. policy on illegal immigration became extremely relaxed, and Texas has become one of the convenient options for illegal immigrants because it is adjacent to Mexico and has a long border. In March 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star (OLS) to control illegal immigration across the border. In this way, the U.S. federal ** and the Texas local** have a dispute. On 22 January, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Texas, allowing the Border Patrol to cut and dismantle the wall. On January 25, 25 Republican governors signed a statement in support of Texas border control, supporting the Texas governor and the Texas Constitution's right to self-defense.
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Texas? Texas Grilled Chicken, you must be a foodie. This Texas is not Peter, today we are going to talk about Texas. Texas is also known as Texas, abbreviated as Texas or Texas, in order not to be confused with Texas City, Shandong Province, hereinafter referred to as Texas or Texas. You may not know about Texas, but you must know about Houston, and yes, the Houston Rockets, where Yao Ming used to play, are in Texas.
The name of Texas comes from the Cado word "tejas" in the Indian Hasini language, meaning "friend" or "ally", and Spanish explorers used it when they mistook it for a place name. Texas was a Spanish colony. After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, Texas became part of Mexico. Mexico wanted to resist the frequent invasion of the indigenous Camanchi tribe by immigrating large numbers, so it opened up new immigrants of non-Mexican and Spanish nationality, and a large number of American immigrants began to pour into Texas to reclaim and establish their homeland.
Due to internal discord in Mexico, immigration policy toward the Texas region has been changed rapidly. In 1835, local immigrants in Texas began to organize and integrate, believing that Mexico** violated the original 1824 Constitution, which led to the Texas Revolution. In 1836, Texas declared its independence and formed the Republic of Texas. In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th state of the United States, and the United States and Mexico broke out in the Mexican-American War over the status of Texas, and Mexico was eventually defeated. Indean was once an independent republic and had a five-pointed star on both the state flag and coat of arms, also known as the "Lone Star State."
(1) The second largest state in the United States by area
Texas covers an area of 69With 60,000 square kilometers, it is the second largest state in the United States, after Alaska. But Texas is less than half the size of Alaska, and there is a proverb in the United States: "If you take Alaska in half, then Texas is the third largest state." By country, Texas is smaller than Chile and larger than Myanmar, ranking 39th in the world. Texas is larger than any European country except Russia, and more than 90,000 square kilometers larger than Ukraine, Europe's second-largest country.
(2) The second most populous state in the United States
With a population of 30.03 million in 2022, Texas is the second most populous state in the United States. The Chinese population is about 220,000, accounting for 0 percent of the state's population8%。Texas is the size of Qinghai Province in China, and its population is about five times that of Qinghai. By country, Texas has a smaller population than Nepal and more than Madagascar, ranking 49th in the world.
(3) The capital city of Austin is not as famous as Houston
The capital of Texas is Austin, but it is nowhere near as famous as Houston. Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest city in the United States, and the greater Houston area is the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Yao Ming used to play for the Rockets in Houston.
(4) The state with the second largest GDP in the United States
The total GDP of Texas in 2022 is 1At $88 trillion, it ranks second in the United States, after California. In terms of country rankings, Texas surpasses Australia in terms of GDP and ranks 12th in the world. Texas is the energy state of the United States, oil reserves account for about one-third of the known ** in the United States, natural gas production accounts for a quarter of the national production, ExxonMobil Corporation, BP, ConocoPhillips, Marathon Petroleum Company, Valero Energy Company, Phillips 66 and other large petrochemical companies are headquartered in Texas.
(5) The birthplace of integrated circuits
Texas is the birthplace of integrated circuits, and the electronics industry is very developed, such as the American ** Telegraph Company (AT&T), National Instruments (National Instruments), Advanced Micro Devices (Advanced Micro Devices), Dell (Dell), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Texas Instruments (Texas Instruments). instruments) and other high-tech companies are headquartered in Texas.
(6) The state of animal husbandry
Texas is the livestock state of the United States, with the largest number of farms in the United States and the largest number of cattle in the country. Texas is the largest producer of cotton in the United States and one of the main producers of watermelon, grapefruit and cantaloupe in the United States.
(7) Everything in Texas is huge
The people of Texas love the big size: big houses, big trucks, even big steaks. So there is a saying in the United States: "Everything is bigger in texas". There is a joke about Texas tuba on the Internet, this article is inconvenient to quote, please search the Internet by yourself.
(8) Everyone in Texas can own a gun
In September 2021, a new firearms bill in Texas went into effect. Under this act, most Texas citizens who legally own firearms can carry firearms in public without training or obtaining a license. The whole American society was so shocked by this bill that some public entertainment venues in Texas at that time even posted signs with the slogan: "Don't panic when you see a gun, don't report 911, it's legal." In many places in Texas, you can see this kind of slogan: "We don."'t dial 911", followed by a gun logo.
(9) The origins of the American West
The western cowboy not only created a wealth of material wealth for the United States, but also had a profound impact on American culture. They were pioneers in the development of the western region, they were full of spirit of exploration, and they were called "heroes on horseback" by the Americans. Although the days of cowboys are gone, the cowboy spirit lives on. Fort Worth, Texas is one of America's famous, oldest cowboy towns, which is believed to be the origin of the American West.
Texas is the only country in the history of the United States to join the United States as an independent country, and it still has its own military, including the Texas National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, and the Texas Inland Force. Texans swore allegiance to the state flag, vowing to live and die with the state before God. Texans are ambivalent about America, and even in the 21st century, there is still a large group of Texans who consider themselves Lone Star Republicans rather than Americans, and there is an independence march every year in Texas.
Although the 10th Amendment to the Constitution states that "the states reserve the right to secede from the Union", the Federation** will not allow Texas to become independent. After the Civil War, Lincoln said, "In view of the Constitution and the laws, no state can legally secede from the Union by its own ideas alone, and the Union cannot be a**." In 1868, Texas independence went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that when Texas became part of the United States, it had an inseparable relationship with the Union. It is an immutable fact that Texas has become a territory of the United States, and there is no precedent for a federal state to secede from the United States.
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