Posted on 06/29/2010 7:33:06 AM PDT by Heartlander2
Texas Governor Rick Perry and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer criticized the Obama administration’s border plan on Monday, saying it did not do enough to quell border violence.
Federal officials told Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard Monday that Arizona can expect to see the vast majority of National Guard troops deployed to the border. Arizona will get 524 troops, Texas 250, California 224 and New Mexico 72, officials said.
Administration officials said the soldiers will mainly do surveillance and analyze criminal information. They also will "enhance and repair" 22 miles of existing border fence.
“What we heard wasn’t anything what we hoped to hear,” Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona said. Texas Governor Rick Perry of Texas said the deployment to his state was insufficient.
Mr. Goddard said it was good to hear that officials acknowledge that Arizona is "at the point of the spear." He also said he was disappointed that officials from the U.S. Treasury Department were not present. Mr. Goddard said he believes the solution to stemming illegal immigration lies, in part, on countering well-funded Mexican drug cartels by cutting off their income.
U.S. Sen. John McCain released a statement agreeing with the Arizona governor that the troop level is insufficient. "If the president had visited the Arizona-Mexico border, he would know that at least 6,000 National Guard troops are necessary to assist in securing the entire Southwest border," he said.
The meeting followed months of debate over illegal immigration sparked by Arizona’s new controversial immigration law signed in April.
We need to deport or imprison ALL illegal aliens, including their anchor babies, seal/secure the border and SHOOT anyone who tries to re-enter illegally.
“If the president had visited the Arizona-Mexico border, he would know that at least 6,000 National Guard troops are necessary to assist in securing the entire Southwest border,”
Ha, that would require he had some grasp of military operations.
The only things he has a firm grasp on are his golf clubs and crack pipe.
This doesn’t even approach a “bandaid”, it’s more like tossing a piece of lint on a gaping wound.
He should reconsider visiting the border. He might bump into a few “comrades” in the cause.
Good old Rick Perry. Talking tough on immigration during election season, then flying to Mexico to make another “fences don’t make good neighbors” speech once he’s safely back in office.
I have to agree with you about Rick. He’s using the situation (and has been). Look what we have for an alternative gov.: White.
We’re in a world of hurt.
Both of you have the option of calling up your respective state National Guard units, and using them as a backstop to the Border Patrol (so as not to interfere in its operations). If Obama decides to override your decision by federalizing those troops, then BOTH OF YOU should respond by immediately calling up your state's militia. I'd even advocate a massive expansion of your respective militias by automatically adding any holder of a concealed carry license who is between the ages of 18 and 65 to their ranks.
Further, if you really want someone to pay attention to you, you will authorize all of those called up to carry full auto M16s (or whatever else is modern and available) while on patrol, and direct that all such individuals keep that firearm and 500 rounds of ammo in their homes. Ordering 10,000 or 50,000 full autos from Bushmaster, Colt, etc. will definitely grab some attention, and its perfectly legal under the National Firearms Act (as amended) - these will be state troops, and you each have the power to arm them as you decide.
DO IT! If you are at all serious about the safety of your citizens and protecting your state's border from drug gangs and overwhelming illegal immigration, then DO IT!
Governor Perry, I'm a Texan and I vote. You do something about this, and do it FAST, or I will stay home on Election Day and reload ammo. I promise you that such is far more enjoyable to me than standing on line for 2 hours to vote for people that only mouth meaningless platitudes to get votes - but you can easily get me away from the reloading bench by fulfilling your sworn responsibilities.
White would be a disaster for TX, no doubt. But it’s a poor system when you have to vote for an immigration huckster just to keep someone worse out of office.
We’re in a world of hurt.
Yep King Perry will be gov of Texas for 14 years if he is elected this fall. It maybe time for another amendment and place a time limit on the length of time a gov can serve. He apparently thinks like so many other politicians that he’s owed a job for life.
Maybe the best answer is White with a solidly Republican state house, and have some gridlock until the GOP gets a better gubernatorial candidate.
The Texas House could be a problem as it’s GOP now at 77-73. However the Texas Senate is strongly GOP at 19 - 11 so if they hold the line they could act as the mediator.
No thanks on White... the entire DemoCrap party is radioactive to it’s marxist core. Hold the nose and vote for Perry.
As I recall, it’s the Lt. governor in Texas who holds the real power. Maybe that’s who we need to be worrying about.
Since there's no golf courses or cocktail parties along the border, Obama doesn't really have any reason to visit, does he?
/sarc (but not really)
There is a golf course about 4 miles from the border in Nogales, AZ. Perhaps Gov. Brewer should invite him down there?
It would only take a few extra minutes out of his busy schedule to fly along a section of the border to the East on the Indian reservation where a lot of the crossing occur...
Here’s a new idea for Arizona. Since federal unemployment benefits are to be running out soon, why not offer a nominal sum to unemployed Arizonans to form a desert posse to augment the efforts to reduce illegal crossings?
Substitute teachers are normally paid $50 a day, which is peanuts. For federal minimum wage, which is $58 a day, there are probably a lot of people who would jump at the offer, especially if they threw in three free meals a day. Maybe a grand total of $70 a person per day.
Well, foo, you’d have to double it to $140 a day, to pay the FICA taxes to the feds. But that is still not much.
Most of these folks could be deployed “in depth”, so they would not be on the front lines. Instead they would keep an eye out for those who had made it through the BP lines. This gives them added protection, because if anyone shoots at them, the shooter is, in effect, surrounded, and would have to escape and evade to get back to Mexico.
Gov. Goodhair is a phony and a jerk. First he said TX didn’t need a law like AZ; then he read some tea leaves that said we think he is full of $h1t. So now he is BSing again. I agree with most of what has been said, but Bill White is opposed to photo ID at the polls, so that absolutely rules his @$$ out.
There are a lot of loser GOPers in the Statehouse including the Speaker, but replacing them with DemCraps is not the answer. We had our chance for fresh blood GOP and blew it!
I’m getting pretty tired of doing that. There are a lot of conservatives in this country with very sore noses.
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