Bannon`s War Room Episode 5786: Stopping Texas From Becoming A Sanctuary State
Nov 5, 2026
Jordan Boyd, a Federalist journalist covering Texas and conservatism; Todd Bensman, a Heritage Foundation immigration and security analyst; and Brian Harrison, a former Trump official and Texas legislator, examine Texas’s political crossroads. They discuss voter distrust, property taxes, emergency powers, sanctuary policies, ICE partnerships, deportation data, and the risks to border cooperation.
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Use The Lame Duck Session To Restore Checks
- Brian Harrison urges Governor Greg Abbott to call a special session before leaving office and restore legislative checks on executive emergency powers.
- He argues no governor should write, suspend, or delete laws by unilateral decree.
Texas Emergency Powers Could Enable Sanctuary Policies
- Harrison warns that Texas emergency powers could let a new governor suspend border-security laws and enable sanctuary policies.
- He says the legislature has only ten weeks to act before inauguration and a likely veto blocks reform.
Harrison Says He Proposed Reform Before Democrats Won
- Brian Harrison says he proposed identical limits on gubernatorial emergency authority four years earlier, when Greg Abbott had just won reelection.
- He cites past messages from Gina Hinojosa and Nathan Johnson supporting similar limits before Democrats gained power.