Posted on 09/24/2011 7:43:22 AM PDT by Clairity
Governing Principle
There can be no homeland security without border security, and there can be no higher priority than protecting our citizens.
While our focus begins with preventing the worst of the violence currently raging in northern Mexico from spilling over into the United States, the violence is only part of the destruction that can result from a porous border. The free flow of drugs, weapons and people resulting from inadequate security can undercut economic development, education and trade. As such, they can hurt Texas families in every way imaginable, from loss of jobs to the loss of family members to addiction, imprisonment or death.
Border security is a federal responsibility but a Texas problem, and Texas has invested hundreds of millions of state dollars in efforts to support and supplement security forces already in place. Still, this is a problem that will only be solved with more federal accountability and involvement.
Highlights
-- Starting in 2005 with Operation Linebacker, the state has sought to provide funding, manpower and equipment to local law enforcement agencies operating along the Texas-Mexico border.
-- The state's latest operation, Border Star, builds on the successes of previous operations with unprecedented local, state and federal law enforcement coordination. With the assistance of the 80th and 81st Legislatures, the State of Texas has been able to appropriate more than $110 million each session to fund and amplify these efforts.
-- In response to a rising tide of gang violence in Texas communities, the Governor allocated $4 million in criminal justice grants to cities across the state to increase patrols of gang hotspots. In 2009, Gov. Perry worked to secure more than $10 million in state funding for enhanced anti-gang efforts during the 2010-11 biennium.
-- In September 2009, Gov. Perry announced the formation of highly-skilled Ranger Recon Teams â which include Texas Rangers, Texas National Guard Counterdrug forces, Highway Patrol and DPS Aviation assets â in order to address threats building in the unincorporated areas along the Texas-Mexico border.
-- Since early 2009, Gov. Perry has repeatedly called on Washington to authorize the deployment of 1,000 Title 32 National Guard soldiers to the Texas-Mexico border to support border security operations currently underway. (see letter to President Obama, letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and request to Defense Secretary Gates)
--Gov. Perry has also recommended an expeditious deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles to provide real-time surveillance and intelligence to law enforcement on the ground.
Perry is one of the only politicians in the nation with the guts to have passed Voter ID.
(Sniffle).....dam, I oughta be ashamed (hangs head).
Texas laid out the rules for in state tuition. Illegals’ kids were already receiving in state tuition not just in this state but all others who’ve had no legislation on it. It lays it out pretty clearly 3 years living in Texas, graduated from a Texas high school, working toward citizenship, and those kids can not have a criminal record. This is the republican way instead of just ignoring it.
Here is a map of Texas, Virtually the entire state is privately owned land. There is more private land in Texas than in any other state in the Union!(The white areas are private land)
Now here is Alaska..
Here in Upstate NY, we just support the whole family.
And Perry is correct. What he is saying is if you guys were like Canada, we could embrace an open border.
While these ARE benefits to illegals technically, the Texas legislature has decided that in the end, these measures actually reduce the tax burden on Texans and promote the general welfare of the state.
You are correct though that he should have saved the compassion BS for the general election.
Border security should not be assigned an either/or solution to pursue.
Shows you how myopic these Perry supporters are...they only see two options...
Perry understands that using all methods in targeted ways is the only reasonable solution
I am sick and tired of the “only a fence will work crowd”
The cost would be ridiculous, it would be tied up with law suit and legal fees out the wazoo because virtually the entire border is privately owned land and there are are water rights issues along with international treaties to deal with.
On top of all that, it is unworkable without patrols.
Many stretches of the Texas border are 2..3 hundred miles from anything.
Even if we had the fence and we had the manpower we dont have the infrastructure to house the troopers
We will have to run electricity, water and roads to the middle of nowhere just so we can build barracks for the troopers.
Perry realizes that Arial surveillance is the answer for these remote areas.
America is becoming a “Sound Bite Nation”
Sometimes I think that is the biggest threat to America.
“Speaking of career politicians who recently made it to the top, such as the Bushes, Clinton and now Father of Fast and Furious Obama, does anyone anymore really trust that someone like Perry has not had his illegal immigrant and border policies directly influenced by drug money and related corruption? Argue it all day long if you like, but no other explanation even comes close to making sense.”
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Big money is the womb of government corruption. Afterall, just look at what the Congress is. It would not surprise me in the least. We know about Clinton. He made no effort to hide his pay-to-play sellout of American security for campaign money with the ChiComs (Riyahdi(sp?) and Johnny Wong, et al) and he never went to federal prison for that. Bush was/is pro-Mexican for many reasons and he sure ran and hid after his tenure as President and has deliberately refused to take a stand for America against Obama’s Marxism and damage to America.
I would agree it is very difficult to find reasons why American politicians become anti-Americans and work hard to enable themselves to be above the law, and the level of the non-politial elite.
And that's HUGE. I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt there but no one else that I know is. And my friends and acquaintances are ALL conservatives. She's more popular on FR than anywhere else in the world. Unfortunately for her fans here it will take more than the 150-200 members of her personality cult to get her elected.
No sale. Please keep this illegal alien subsidizer home in Texas. (Also, I would really prefer someone of sufficient intelligence as leader of the free world.)
The next generation (my dad and his siblings) went to school but no college....trade schools and correspondence school were in lieu of college and the best thing going. They worked all their lives until the day they died.
The next generation went to school w/ some college.
The next generation (my children) - All 3 went to and graduated from college and turned out to be hardworking AMERICAN CITIZENS.
So, in my eyes, the registration of my grandparents really had little to do with anything...It was just a tracking system. Real life was/is all about school and work and ethics and FAMILY.
Your crime: You are instigating an atmosphere of doubleplus ungood bellyfeel!
Most Conservatives likely want Fence+ and not "only a fence."
The cost would be ridiculous, it would be tied up with law suit and legal fees out the wazoo because virtually the entire border is privately owned land and there are are water rights issues along with international treaties to deal with.
America is not (was not) a country of excuses, but is (should be) a "Git 'er done" country. If we can build the "intercontinental" railroad in the 1800s, highways, transmission lines, and gas pipelines all across the country, and send men to the moon, why is an above-ground fence such a monumental and insurmountable task??
On top of all that, it is unworkable without patrols. Many stretches of the Texas border are 2..3 hundred miles from anything.
That's 200~300 miles to be exploited by those with nefarious objectives. Why not make it more difficult for them with a fence backed up by surveillance?
Even if we had the fence and we had the manpower we dont have the infrastructure to house the troopers We will have to run electricity, water and roads to the middle of nowhere just so we can build barracks for the troopers.
More lame excuses. We have military bases and remote outposts all over the US and world. Again, is America a "Can do" country or not? Are we going to have homeland security or CYA "blue ribbon" commissions after the next 9/11 with ~20M unknown people wandering our country?
Perry realizes that Arial surveillance is the answer for these remote areas.
Part of the answer, not the only answer, much like "fence only" is not the answer. Let's "Git 'er done" and stop making excuses.
I am not making excuses.
I am assessing realities.
You wouldn’t bid a contract to build a fence without doing so would you?
Perry has made the decision that the cost/benefit ratio and workability of a continuous fence is unworkable.
Yes: exempt yourself from any permitting or "force majeure" delays outside your control. Focus on the cost to build and leave other matters to the state and federal govt to resolve in a timely manner and/or compensate you to de-mobilize and re-mobilize if such events occur.
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