Posted on 12/01/2016 3:22:16 PM PST by detective
While surveillance helicopters were grounded in Texas, the head of Customs and Border Protection called the flights critical to countering illegal immigration from Mexico.
Records bear that out: A government report credited Operation Phalanx with apprehending 110,000 illegal border crossers.
CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske stated in a Nov. 16 letter that Phalanx provided tangible benefits to border security. His letter to the Department of Defense was sent two days before it was revealed that CBPs parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, had quietly halted border surveillance flights in Texas Laredo district.
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What a turd.
Why did Hussein Obama want to hurt the country with open borders?
Why does Hussein Obama want to stop energy exploration and keep the US dependent on buying foreign oil?
Why did Hussein Obama say he would side with the Muslims?
Why would a guy Named Hussein want to flood people who hate America into our country?
You used the wrong "T" word, Hussein is a Traitor working to make us a slave to Islam. That is what Muslims do, they lie, deceive and punish until they are in control.
For several years the Rio Grande Valley has been the most active sector for illegal immigration. Compared to the previous hotspot, Tucson, the RGV has much smaller CBP air units. The Texas DPS and various NG Lakota units have been providing assistance.
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