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Posted on 07/20/2014 9:06:01 PM PDT by bd476
Gov. Rick Perry to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to RGV
Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce he will activate the Texas National Guard at a news conference Monday in Austin, said state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen.
Hinojosa did not have details of the effort, but an internal memo from another state official’s office said the governor planned to call about 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Rio Grande Valley — at a cost of about $12 million per month.
The memo was provided to The Monitor on the condition of anonymity because the information is not yet public.
Troops are expected to enter the area gradually, building up to 1,000 after about a month, the memo said.
The troops will join the Texas Department of Public Safety in its recent surge to combat human smuggling and drug trafficking amid the influx of mostly Central Americans illegally crossing the Rio Grande. Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced the $1.3 million per week effort last month.
State leaders approved funding for extra DPS troopers to fill in gaps in Border Patrol coverage in the Valley as the federal authorities were overwhelmed with an influx of children and families from Central America. The state officials feared Mexican drug cartels might exploit the situation to move their own drugs and human contraband while Border Patrol attention was turned elsewhere.
Hinojosa said Perry's move smacked of political gamesmanship.
“All these politicians coming down to border, they don't care about solving the problem, they just want to make a political point,” he said.
State officials denied the move amounted to a militarization of the border.
“This is not a militarization of the border,” the memo states. “The DPS and the National Guard are working to keep any drug and human trafficking south of (U.S. Highway) 83 and with the goal of keeping any smuggling from entering major highways to transport East/West/and North.”
DPS officials want to send National Guard troops into western areas of the Valley and the ranch lands further north, according to the memo.
“Smuggling has supposedly according to DPS moved West on the border with an increase in Jim Hogg County," the memo states. "DPS especially wants to apply the Guard in the rural areas to patrol.”
The National Guard deployment — added to the DPS surge — will bring the price tag of troopers on the border to about $5 million per week, the memo said. And the funding source for the effort remains unclear.
“It is not clear where the money will come from in the budget,” the memo states, adding that Perry's office has said the money will come from “non critical” areas, such as health care or transportation.
Hinojosa said the National Guard was not equipped to aid immigrants crossing the Rio Grande.
“They (cartels) are taking advantage of the situation,” he said. “But our local law enforcement from the sheriff’s offices of the different counties to the different police departments are taking care of the situation. This is a civil matter, not a military matter. What we need is more resources to hire more deputies, hire more Border Patrol.
“These are young people, just families coming across. They're not armed. They're not carrying weapons.”
Thanks mate,
Thanks for that post.
Ping to video from GOPJ at 254. Take 14 minutes out of your day to watch.
Buuuump!
Thanks for the ping!
Sheesh Jane....listened to that and just seems one more nail in the coffin. Questions abound what do we do now! and then we learn something else and it’s just multiplying!
Congress is all but dead with a few whimpers here and there....never thought I’d say this but how much longer for all americans to rise? It’s going to take more than poster by a few good men and woman...it’s going to take a population with a will to rise and be heard.........do you see it? Do you hear it? ....Still too many in the dark.
Zack Interview-Security on the border between USA and Mexico
Thank you, GOPJ, yes, I watched that video yesterday after seeing the thread Vince Ferrer posted here:
[26yr Border Patrol Veteran] Zack Interview-Security on the border between USA and Mexico and in fact, I watched it a couple of times to let it sink in.
Then today I noticed that Buckeye Texan had taken great pains to transcribe the entire video. Reading the transcript increases the impact of Zack Taylor's comments that much more. Thanks Buckeye Texan! :)
Transcript: Retired Border Patrol Officer Zach Taylor explains surge of illegals on U.S. border posted by BuckeyeTexan
Thank you GOPJ for mentioning the video here because I think everyone needs to see it.
It is chilling to hear a retired Border Patrol agent comment on the sad truths we face today. I believe him, and respect that man greatly for his honesty in explaining what has happened from the perspective of someone who has been watching our borders for over two decades. Ret. Border Patrol Officer Taylor spoke from his heart, from his experience and he gave the public what I believe is an accurate in-depth analysis of the serious trouble this country is in.
For those who live in parts of the country where the sudden influx of illegal immigrants has gone unnoticed, understand that the entire country will be affected. We will all feel the pinch. Be sure to read the linked .PDF file found on the Florida Dept. of Health's website posted below in something I posted yesterday:
Infectious diseases from people simply visiting here was already a problem. Cases of whooping cough and tuberculosis have increased in the past ten years according to the CDC.
Then there's this alarming letter written by the Florida State Surgeon General:
Florida State Surgeon General Letter to HHS Regarding Unaccompanied Children
Florida Department of Health ^ | July 18, 2014 | Dr. John H. Armstrong posted by Politico2isBack
For full impact, or even to verify for yourself that it's an authentic, urgent request, you might want to take a look at the letter still posted as a one page .PDF file on the Florida Department of Health's website.
Jeepers... thank you for all the information!
You’re very welcome, Alamo-Girl. :)
Thanks, Thecodont and Amen!
Thanks Cen-Tejas, I appreciate your kind comment. :)
Thank you for consolidating this info - for future reference. What worries me (and I’m 64, so unable to set off down south to really get involved), is that so many of us and others like us won’t or can’t, for various reasons, get off our butts and physically do SOMETHING about this. Thanks to the internet and texting and Facebook too many have become complacent. If this situation had manifested 40 years ago I doubt that it would have been allowed to go on this long. The people would have taken whatever means necessary to stop it - and not from the comfort of their living rooms.
This is Obama’s legacy. He counted on the lazy and selfish generation that put him in the Whitehouse. He still depends on the same group to sit back and watch our country self destruct as if they were watching an episode on tv. It’s not just us versus Obama. People better wake the hell up.
Have you considered the fact you might live to be 95?
“Chilling” is an understatement.
Thank you for posting. I just sent it out to multiple email lists.
Thanks, gents. I’m sending that video on to all in my sphere. We are all in for one hell of a ride.
Being download challenged (HughesNet FAP), instead tried the transcript. Only got error message “Sorry, the requested document does not exist on this server”.
Any better link available for this valuable info?
Here’s the thread with Buckeye’s transcript ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3183179/posts
There is a multitude of young guys in South America that yearn to come to the USA. Don’t know if this current flood is actually nobama’s “importing” as much as it his giving them a wink and a nod, which is all it takes to get them heading our way.
The reason so many seem to be criminal is that the criminal element is naturally more aggressive and the first to show up at half a chance. They’ll still be among your yard mowers, just they’ll steal anything not tied down (part of the Patron/Peasant mentality) and will use the temp job as an opportunity to case the joint.
In the long run we may be better off to let those that will actually work at menial jobs in and in exchange return our residing lazy welfare class back to Mother Africa.
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