The border issue is heating up Texas politics and it is even causing some Democrats to cross party lines, to support Republicans that want to do something about it.

Remember Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West? His deputies had a standoff with people dressed in Mexican military uniforms. Sheriff West is a Democrat, but he knows this issue trumps party alliances.

Republicans could really make this into their new National Security concern if they play it right. At least that’s how many Republicans in Texas are playing it. And they are making the right play. When will America’s Republican President do the same?