Gov. Perry sends Nat'l Guard to Border!

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Ruh-Roh! Operation Strong Safety

Perry said he can no longer wait for the President to act as gang members and drug cartels flood into Texas.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...uard-to-Border

[n david]

Has Gov. Perry addressed what the NG is supposed to do if fired on by either cartel or Mexican troops?

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Originally Posted by n david

Has Gov. Perry addressed what the NG is supposed to do if fired on by either cartel or Mexican troops?

He is saying that they will help with surveillance and will help to deploy aircraft (operating drones), etc. to monitor the Border. It takes a lot of pressure of DPS to have so much to attend to.

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I don't have Steve McCraw's (Director of DPS) statement as of yet. He is describing what all will entail.

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Here is the press conference: 30:20

http://patdollard.com/2014/07/watch-...rder-security/

Major General John Nichols, Adjutant General of Texas National Guard, begins at 12:11 mark to discuss role of National Guard.

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Adjutant General John Nichols, head of the Texas Military Forces, said he expected 1,000 troops to be mobilized within a month. The National Guard will also provide helicopters that will offer nighttime surveillance to law enforcement, he said.

“Technically speaking, if we were asked to we could detain people but we’re not planning on that,” said Nichols, who joined Perry at the press conference. “We’re planning on referring and deterring — so deterring them with physical presence and referring any people that we see that we think are illegal immigrants to DPS.”

Nichols said most of the soldiers are trained in life-saving techniques and will be prepared to deal with unaccompanied minors from Central America. The young immigrants generally turn themselves in to authorities and are later released pending adjudication in the courts, which sometimes takes years.

“We think that they will come to us and say please take us to a Border Patrol station,” Nichols said. “We’re going to be prepared to have water there, to render aid if they need it.”

He said he expected to be in communication with law enforcement to help process the immigrants.

“This idea that somehow or another there is a militarization going on is frankly a little offensive to the folks at the National Guard who travel to the border on a regular basis to help,” Perry said. “This is about border security.”

Likewise, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, said the state should focus on providing humanitarian relief, not more law enforcement.

Whose mother is part of LaRaza....



http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/...-guard-troops/

[KeptByTheWord]

It is about time someone is doing something about this situation!

[MawMaw]

Good for Gov Perry! At least he is trying to do something!

[Jermyn Davidson]

Well maybe all of the border states should do this and then they should all bill the Federal govt.

Then when the Feds don't pay, they can make all sorts of harrassing telephone calls to the White House at odd hours of the evening until the White House comes up with a payment arrangement.

[n david]

AZ tried to "bill the Feds" a few years ago, and it didn't work. AZ was also taken to court and defeated when it tried to pass laws to secure the border. The law was ruled unconstitutional.

I wouldn't be surprised if Just Us AG Holder comes out with a statement soon condemning Perry and warning other border states to leave the enforcement to the Feds.

Hopefully, this border mess will get dealt with once Republicans take over the Senate. I say HOPEFULLY, because the guy in the WH has signaled previously that he won't sign anything less than a bill which has what he wants. He won't compromise...but he blames Republicans for not working with him.

Go figure.