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

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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/

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Greg Abbott, our next Governor, said that the Federal Government will be getting a bill.

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Still didn't hear them address the influx of children and what they will do with them. They are mainly there to deter criminals - 1 in 5 already have a record. Largest percentage of Meth is coming from Mexico.

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It is also important to note that this is not a long-term solution but just a stop gap. The military is not a cost-effective solution for long-term needs at the border. Even more critically, putting the National Guard on the border does nothing to deal with the root causes of illegal immigration: lax enforcement of immigration laws that encourage more illegal immigration and flawed foreign policies that have left willing partners in Central America twisting in the wind.

It will be interesting to see if the feds will attempt to interfere with an action that is well within Perry’s authority. The nation—especially other border states—will be watching.

http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/21/te..._medium=social

Totally agree.

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