Posted on 07/14/2014 6:26:48 AM PDT by kristinn
The life jackets helped many make it across the Rio Grande from Reynosa, the Mexican city across the water from Mission, just west of McAllen. Sources say they come over on rafts ferried by the so-called “coyotes,” the human smugglers whose means of transport are rendered useless whenever discovered by the Border Patrol. Many don’t make it across the river; multiple sources became emotional when recounting their discoveries of small, lifeless bodies washed up along the riverbank.
FOX EXCLUSIVE: McALLEN, Texas — Life jackets of all sizes and the occasional punctured raft are strewn along the banks of the Rio Grande, just south of Mission, Texas, where a relentless onslaught of illegal immigrants eagerly surrender to beleaguered Border Patrol agents around the clock.
It’s a cycle for which there is no end in sight.
“You're going to be out here a long time,” Fernando, an El Salvadoran child, told FoxNews.com shortly after surrendering to Border Patrol authorities after midnight Saturday. “There are thousands of us."
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FoxNews.com accompanied Texas lawmaker Louie Gohmert, a former judge and current Republican Congressman, to the site in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday. Gohmert, whose district lies some 550 miles northeast of what has become the most heavily-trafficked people-smuggling route in the world, has been to the location many times, but has never seen it so understaffed and overwhelmed.
“I’m more concerned than ever [that the border is] so seriously undermanned and I’ll be raising hell in Washington,” Gohmert, who invited FoxNews.com to see the situation first-hand, would later tell Border Patrol officials.
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Just like Cuba flushed its toilet in the 80’s and dumped its leftovers in our country...
What’s funny about this one is we have an elected president, not a leader, but duly elected, twice...That is a plumbing genius...He hooked it alllllll up...
Now, you are right that the republican party has failed to pony up a good candidate to counter this Fabian socialist movement...
But hey, throwing rocks in a glass house is hazardous...
That is another fact of lack of leadership, and being true to conservative ideals/principles...
I bet a dollar to a donut hole that if the order that states in this country were to be changed and allow the southwestern states along the border, even California in that mix...The candidates would be “thinned out” a little differently...
Those little itty bitty northeastern “politically moderate” states would be changing their tune, and acting a little differently if that were to occur...
Back in the day...I had a rare bumper sticker (on my truck) that said...”Don’t blame me, I voted for Fred!”
Until people who claim to be republicans start admitting (myself included) that they were duped, fooled, or downright lied to by the establishment in the leadership of that republican party, this whole mish-mash of BS is going to continue, and no corrective measures will be implemented...
I would love to be wrong, but I do not believe anyone has the virtue to admit they were wrong (politically), and start firing (replacing) elected officials, you may know and may even like, with effective un-apologetic, virtuous people that are not beholden to an office, but are personally committed, and willing to sacrifice everything to achieve corrective political solutions to right the wrongs of this government...
The problem is not us outside of Washington D.C., those state houses and your local town halls...
But we are, and had better start being the solution, or we might as well hang it up...Efforts by a few pockets are NOT going to do a damn thing to fix this problem...
Every two years we get a chance to pony up and make changes...Why do people keep electing the same old people cut from the same mold??? (politically speaking of course???)
/soapbox
If those in the Federal government is not upholding the US Constitution (defending us from invasion), then the next in line to "man up" are the States.
Governors have the responsibility to also uphold the US Constitution.
All border governors have the inherent right to call upon their citizens to defend the border of the US (if the Feds wont do it).
The thread was about Perry so he was used as an example.
A governor can give "Constitutional legitimacy" for calling up regular citizens to form militias and take the necessary steps to seal the border from this illegal invasion.
If all governors fail to also uphold the Constitution, then it falls ultimately to We the People.
If somehow someone could figure a way to organize and cause millions of citizens to descend upon the border in a organized way, then the People can seal the border.
The last step also needs a leader, someone to inspire the citizens to act.
I am ready to join millions of other citizens to help defend our border -- the question is how to get the people to act. I don't have that answer.
OMG!
As I was looking at the map just now, at least six more red symbols appeared!
/soapbox
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Someone on the O'Reilly show said that the GOP is now where the Democrats were 40 years ago.
He may be right.
What is it? Entitlements? Welfare? Fatherless children? Unmarried mothers? Unmarried fathers? Acceptance of an alcohol/drug culture? Nothing's my fault? SOMETHING is bad.
I do believe that the leadership we are supposed to be getting from the White House is missing. But I believed that NOT too long after Obama's first election.
It should be a lesson to us to elect someone with good character, not the "correct" color and/or gender.
Clearly, the coup is complete. We have no representation in Washington.
Bump for later. Thanks!
“Infuriating they wont do this.”
You bet it is. Don’t the governors have the authority to call out the NG for service? I thought Gov Perry of TX intended to do just that.
You say you are “ready”...Ok...
Will we see you “actually” on the border???
How long do you plan to stay???
What are YOU prepared to do??? What are YOU prepared to sacrifice to achieve your goal(s)???
Again, what or who is going to spur you to actually pack up and head to the border???
“If somehow someone could figure a way to organize and cause millions of citizens to descend upon the border in a organized way, then the People can seal the border.” (Your words)
I think you set the bar too high??? And you say here you are waiting for someone to give you the word to “go”...
And somehow if that doesn’t happen you are not going to mobilize...
I think you are overlooking one BIG factor in the idea the Governor Perry and any other border state governor has the ability to mobilize the “Guard” and direct them to some crisis...Sure, we do not need to see the exact statutes of authority on those state Constitutions that give them this authority...
What you are overlooking is the sustainability of that effort...AND, the fiduciary necessities involved with mobilizing troops by those provisions in state law...
This is not a call them up and man up on the border, easy breezy, and the problem is solved...
The governors can very well call the guard up, and give them work to do...But the Feds control the money and other logistical support needed to sustain that effort...
That’s the big hill that needs to be humped in all of this...
So, if you are ready, to man up and mobilize yourself...I say “Good Luck”!!! Honestly...You might not be alone in that effort...
Lets say Perry or another border state governor gives the green light to go...And you head out...
What is it you think you will/might do if you spot suspected illegals crossing over in your area???
What if your encounter with such people ends up with them ignoring you, and your instructions, whatever that may be, what will you do at that point???
Remember, this is a public forum, with rules, and decorum that is not set by us, but the owner of this website...And there are certainly people (accounts) setup on this website that give interested parties (agencies) the ability to monitor and gather info and identities for possible “visitation”...I’m just giving you something to think about before you type it up and hit post...
Yes, I and many other citizens would respond to a call by the Governors to help secure out border.
Since the likihood of any Governor doing more than just talk is near zero there is no use pontificating in more detail at this time.
The reality is that we are likely witnessing the final transformation of our Constitutional Republic into spanish speaking third world sewer. The demographics and open border almost guarantee it will happen.
Jefferson is correct when he stated, The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
That doesn't seem to be a joke or sarcasm. So I'll treat it seriously.
The 2008-2009 Texas budget for border security was $111 million. In 2010-2011, it was $121 million. In 2012-2013, it was $222 million. In 2014-2015, it is $332 million. And just this month, we have allocated an additional $1.5 million PER WEEK.
Do Perry and Abbott want the Feds to cough up some dough? YOU BET! (Security is one of the federal government's primary constitutional duties, ya know.)
Are they shy about spending our money on border security? No.
Note: In 2011, we were facing a $27 billion (not million) budget deficit. When everything under the sun got slashed in our budget, we nearly doubled our spending on border security.
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Excellent work!
Thanks Much.
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