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Posted on 10/05/2011 10:23:06 AM PDT by hocndoc
As I've written before, Governor Rick Perry is for border control and has the record to prove it, in spite of very unique challenges in Texas.
Unfortunately, the Federal government which has the Constitutional duty to protect our borders has refused to fund the necessary manpower and equipment and has also been negligent in identifying, arresting, and deporting illegal aliens. Governor Perry has focused on border security to control illegal invasion in the first place, both in Texas and the greater United States. He advocates what he calls “boots on the ground:" patrolling the border, with agents, planes, drones, and helicopters.
Governor Perry supports strategically placed fencing in urban areas and not the rural fence that doesn’t work well when placed 1/4 mile from the Rio Grand. More here from National Public Radio. This article from the LA Times, gives an example of the unintended consequences of unwise placement of the fence, resulting in Texans whose homes have been fenced off from the rest of the US.
While there are National Guard troops on the 2000 mile border with Mexico, only 250 of the 1200 are deployed along the 1200 miles of Texas' border. Perry has repeatedly asked for more. Read this news report from a year ago. He also pushed the Federal government to allow the military practice to their skills with unmanned Predator aircraft along our border ("They’ve gotta practice somewhere.”)
As a direct result of the Governor alerting Texas Republican Congressmen about President Obama’s plan to remove the National Guard after less than 6 months, we'll have them longer. News report, here, from June, 2011 about the extension.
Texas (along with our costs from eleven ICE detention center detainees being dumped in the State by Homeland security, our support of Katrina refugees, and our natural disasters like Ike, wildfires, and tornadoes) is expected to pay for our own Guard if we want them here after September.
Watch and listen to Governor Perry talking with Fox News Greta van Susteren about the border, that "boots on the ground" phrase, and the problems with the fence. (You can see and hear the Texas Ranger helicopters in the background.)
He created the Ranger Recon force, sending 150 Texas Rangers (Motto:"One riot, one Ranger") to the border along with helicopters and Texas Guardsmen, paid for with Texas state funds. "Operation Linebacker" and "Border Star" were efforts from 2006 and 2007: Gov. Perry Implements and Leads Operation Border Star From 2009: Gov. Perry Expanding Operation Border Star – Sends Rangers, Guard to the Border.
Texas spends over $200 million a year on the cost of jailing illegal aliens that the feds bring here. In addition, we’ve spent $79 million of our own Texas tax funds on troops, helicopters.
When the Texas Legislature refused to fund his program to implement a "virtual border" using camera surveillance to augment "boots on the ground," so he used money from the Governor’s discretionary fund. In some cases, local sheriffs and cities refused to cooperate and their opposition impeded full implementation of the program.
The following are from the Governor's News room:
Tuesday, June 07, 2011: Gov. Perry Adds Sanctuary Cities to Special Session Call He also added bills to approve "Secure Communities" and a ban on Texas driver license for illegal aliens.
"Gov. Rick Perry announced the addition of legislation relating to the abolishment of sanctuary cities, the use of the federal Secure Communities program by law enforcement agencies, and the issuance of driver’s licenses and personal identification certificates to the special session call.
“Texas owes it to the brave law enforcement officials, who put their lives on the line every day to protect our families and communities, to give them the discretion they need to adequately do their jobs,” Gov. Perry said.
“Abolishing sanctuary cities in Texas, using the federal Secure Communities program and ensuring that only individuals who are here legally can obtain a valid Texas driver’s license sends a clear message that Texas will not turn a blind eye to those breaking our laws.”
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Gov. Rick Perry on House Passage of House Bill 12.
Friday, May 27, 2011: Gov. Perry Takes a Major Step in Securing the Integrity of the Electoral Process; Signs legislation requiring voters to present photo ID at polling places
Tuesday, June 28, 2011: Statement by Gov. Rick Perry Regarding Sanctuary City Legislation
2005: Gov. Perry works with the 16-member Texas Border Sheriff’s Association to deter illegal immigration and prevent border-related crime - Creates ‘Operation Linebacker” - Awards $6 Million to Border Counties for Border Security
2007: Gov. Perry Praises Progress of Statewide Radio Communications Capabilities
2010: Governor Perry’s Letter to Barack Obama (2010)
2010: Gov. Perry: Federal Government Must Take Action To Prevent Spillover Violence from Mexico Requests Predator Drones and National Guard Troops along Border (2010)
2010: Governor’s Perry’s Homeland Security Strategic Plan for Texas, 2010 - 2015 (in pdf)
2010: Gov. Perry Releases Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan 2010-2015
(Thanks to "casinva" at FreeRepublic.com for many of these sources.)
Here’s the latest from WingRight.org, with the “short version” of the Governor’s strong record on border security.
Again, thank you, casinva for all the hard work you’ve done.
He's a hispanderer and unless we agree with him we're heartless.........
Sheesh...get with the program would ya.
You forget our long heritage here in Texas.
It would do you good to read the article, check out the real-time sources, rather than use words like “hispanderer.”
I agree with you!
...Perry is wonderful... at blaming others.
He could have led the way, and done what AZ, OK,
and now Alabama have done.
...and, notice above, the LONG list of great things,
since June 2011 ?
...WHY didn’t he do all that, 5 years ago?
instead, waiting until he decided to run for President?
he’s just another career politician, who will say whatever is necessary, (or switch to whichever party...) to win.
and i will NEVER vote for an “evangelcial” who quotes from the Quran and praises Islam !!!
I've read a lot on this immigration issue concerning Perry, it's the main reason I can't support him. His record is not good, his recent pronouncements during the debates show his record is in cement and is hardly a conservative one.
Most conservatives don't like his record or what he's saying, it's why he's tanking in the polls.
and i’ve admitted before, Perry has many good points.
but instead of telling us about those,
the Perry supporters, insist on trying to erase the bad.
at least C. Wife, admitted that Gardisil was a mistake.
HER, i respect. at least that is being honest.
Perry has a great record on jobs, and many other things.
but Perry isn’t strong on border security, by a LONG shot !
These are not my words alone. These are years and years of real news reports and press releases from the Governor’s office.
Yes, I used more reports from recent years. However, the links go back to 2005. As I said, this is the short version.
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and hopeless whiners!
Link to a report on recent active taking place on the border by Perry's Texas Rangers Recon Teams
WESLACO — Answering a smattering of gunshots with a 300-round barrage should show drug runners - their inflatable rafts full of illegal contraband - that Texas law enforcement officers aren't messing around, authorities said.
He said a single shot against a U.S. law enforcement officer is "one too many."
"We are going to use overwhelming force. We're going to use tactics ... You shoot a law enforcement officer, you're going to get return fire," he said. snip....
A Freeper who lives in the valley, has said thank God for Governor Perry. IF it wasn't for his actions we'd been over run and killed by now by the drug cartel. Freeper said...those blacks hawks come so low over our house they rip the shingles right off our roof.
This is the fence the feds have built. 
This fence should make us all feel safe./s
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Thank you for the advice!
Thanks for the bump and the pings!
Providing benefits to people who are here illegally only encourages more. You would only do that if you are not concerned with the fact that they are not supposed to be here. Instead you you reward them?
I think he also denied any TTC or if there was a Trans Texas Corridor under way, he was not involved in it. Anyone on FR beleive that?
The integration of Texas Rangers, Guardsmen, Border Sheriffs and communication and aviation assets is one of the more innovative of Governor Perry's approaches to border security. These programs date back to at least 2005 and I believe some elements were implemented even earlier by the Governor.
Which begs the question, is it the role of a state like Texas, or Indiana, or Massachsetts for that matter, to use it's limited monetary and precious human treasure to defend itself against foreign invaders? If we truly are a Representative Constitutional Republic, the answer should be No! But in the case of Texas the answer has to be yes, if survival is to matter.
Had the Federal Government respected the Constitutional imperative to secure and defend our borders, this burden that has now fallen on the people of Texas could have been lightened considerably and ideally eliminated completely.
Unfortunately, that has not been the case. Those who profess to be staunch conservatives claim to be appalled. Isn't it ironic that the Governor of Texas would become the target of those who claim to demand secure borders?
We deal with reality here in Texas, that’s why we’ve been trying increase security at the border and have attempted time and again to get the Federal government to do its job.
Since the Feds force us to educate the children of illegal aliens, we end up with young 17 and 18 year olds who have lived here at least 3 years, who graduate from our high schools while living with their illegal alien parents, and who get admitted to college. As a State, we decided in 2001 and again in 2005 to allow an exception to the non-resident tuition for these achievers.
I’ve never seen anything with the Governor denying that he supported TTC.Do you have a source on that denial?
I have seen Wayne Christian’s explanation about how the Governor changed course on TTC.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2772684/posts
I suspect that the people ‘targeting’ Perry, even on FR, have little knowledge of his actions and have done no research what-so-ever. They’ve read the inflammatory headlines and off they go. They seem to do this because he’s not their “preferred” candidate so they don’t bother with the facts.
You know the tagline “Proudly posting without reading the article since _____”
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