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The Sheriff had to defend them to the press, and I don't think he much enjoyed it.

Perhaps you might suggest to the good Sheriff that if he spent time defending Americans by facing the mexican troops that are illegally entering u.S. territory alongside folks like Jack (which are the only ones DOING anything) instead of bravely "facing the press" then the good sheriff just might have a bit more stroke when commanding control of this issue.

Of course, that's just silly me, what would I know?

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[Spiff]

Of course, that's just silly me, what would I know?

Sheriff Dever is doing as well as can be expected given the limitation placed upon him. He's got a pretty good relationship with most of the border watch groups and is trying to treat Foote's group carefully until he's convinced they are, in fact, a danger to others and themselves.

Dever does not have unlimited resources with which to patrol the border. He's got other crimes in the HUGE county to deal with too.

Dever does not have carte blanche from his bosses (the County) to run around doing Border Patrol's job. He does what he can do and would have surely responded to a 911 call about the Mexican Army troops if Foote actually did see them and had called to report it.

Dever has no qualms about calling Border Patrol if he or his deputies pull over someone who is obviously not supposed to be here.

Dever is a good conservative Republican. I know him and he is good people.

[HiJinx]

Of course, that's just silly me, what would I know?

Honestly? No more than half the story. Jack Foote isn't the only one doing something about the invasion down here.

And Sheriff Dever was one of the first to go to Capitol Hill and try to tell those idiots how bad the situation is down here. He's screaming to both county and state officials to beef up his budget so he can protect us, and is getting nowhere.

Finally, how do you propose a sheriff's deputy (singular) stop a platoon of Mexican soldiers armed with AK-47s and RPKs? Remember, the Sheriff doesn't have the funding to go out and arm his deputies with anything more than a sidearm and a shotgun...and maybe a few AR-15s.

Would you suggest we offer up a deputy or two as martyrs in order to make our point? Won't work...we've already lost at least one LEO that I know of. There was absolutely no change until the I-10 shootout occured.