You have a choice: believe your lyin’ eyes, or NPR.
It is good practice to always arm yourself in Texas, anywhere in Texas. The illegal alien criminal element is everywhere. Not to mention our home grown criminals.
The border patrol halts all I-10 traffic 100 miles east of El Paso, to scan trucks and vehicles. That is 100 miles into US territory. They do not even pretend to enforce the border. They are playing zone defense while ATF smuggles guns to the Mexican narcotrafficantes. It is truly dangerous and out of control in this state.
Perry does the best he can within very strict state limitations: the federal government is supposed to protect the borders. In reality, it is Texas rangers, sheriffs and cops against Mexican narcos and resident illegals. They have shootouts with drug trafficers on the border all the time now. The feds do just about zero - - cause problems and get in the way.
People think this is about votes for dims and cheap labor for pubs. It’s nothing of the sort. Those are just tactics to get them in the country. The stategy is to wipe out whites in all Western countries. If that wasn’t the case the majority would assimilate and put pressure on the others to assimilate. That isn’t happening so the strategy is clear.