Yes, indeed it is.
Posted on 07/20/2014 9:06:01 PM PDT by bd476
Gov. Rick Perry to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to RGV
Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce he will activate the Texas National Guard at a news conference Monday in Austin, said state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen.
Hinojosa did not have details of the effort, but an internal memo from another state official’s office said the governor planned to call about 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Rio Grande Valley — at a cost of about $12 million per month.
The memo was provided to The Monitor on the condition of anonymity because the information is not yet public.
Troops are expected to enter the area gradually, building up to 1,000 after about a month, the memo said.
The troops will join the Texas Department of Public Safety in its recent surge to combat human smuggling and drug trafficking amid the influx of mostly Central Americans illegally crossing the Rio Grande. Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced the $1.3 million per week effort last month.
State leaders approved funding for extra DPS troopers to fill in gaps in Border Patrol coverage in the Valley as the federal authorities were overwhelmed with an influx of children and families from Central America. The state officials feared Mexican drug cartels might exploit the situation to move their own drugs and human contraband while Border Patrol attention was turned elsewhere.
Hinojosa said Perry's move smacked of political gamesmanship.
“All these politicians coming down to border, they don't care about solving the problem, they just want to make a political point,” he said.
State officials denied the move amounted to a militarization of the border.
“This is not a militarization of the border,” the memo states. “The DPS and the National Guard are working to keep any drug and human trafficking south of (U.S. Highway) 83 and with the goal of keeping any smuggling from entering major highways to transport East/West/and North.”
DPS officials want to send National Guard troops into western areas of the Valley and the ranch lands further north, according to the memo.
“Smuggling has supposedly according to DPS moved West on the border with an increase in Jim Hogg County," the memo states. "DPS especially wants to apply the Guard in the rural areas to patrol.”
The National Guard deployment — added to the DPS surge — will bring the price tag of troopers on the border to about $5 million per week, the memo said. And the funding source for the effort remains unclear.
“It is not clear where the money will come from in the budget,” the memo states, adding that Perry's office has said the money will come from “non critical” areas, such as health care or transportation.
Hinojosa said the National Guard was not equipped to aid immigrants crossing the Rio Grande.
“They (cartels) are taking advantage of the situation,” he said. “But our local law enforcement from the sheriff’s offices of the different counties to the different police departments are taking care of the situation. This is a civil matter, not a military matter. What we need is more resources to hire more deputies, hire more Border Patrol.
“These are young people, just families coming across. They're not armed. They're not carrying weapons.”
That’s about 1 per mile.
“annex mexico” and give it back to Spain !
Posse comitatis does not apply to National Guard units and state defense forces while under the authority of a state. It applies mainly to Federal troops, with an exception for the Coast Guard.
Actually, no I don't know know how many stanzas of 'Jeopardy' you sang.
Yet a quick glance at your profile page shows that you have written:
- that you love God, your wife, your son, the USA,
the rest of your family and your church friends,- that you hate illegal immigration, and
- that you will speak respectfully to others.
That all sounds pretty good and you didn't have to sing a note. :)
But Never America, so why does the nationanal and international media rag about American imperialism?
It will be interesting. FRiend, all we have right now is hope.
The only way they can take that away is if you give it to them.
Give me a heads up and we'll see if I can schedule the time for the next event.
I think it has to do with any armed troops under federal command and while NG is a state guard it still comes under federal jurisdiction which is a huge bitch here I Tx with Perry and me.
Restore the power of the 10th amendment!!
Well now that we are neighbors, the least I can do is invite you to the BBQ ;)
in what month?
been hearing this for weeks - is he waiting to shut the barn door until after the cows are all out - in this case “in”?
We do not need more illegals. We have at least 20 million too many already. Time to deport all of them .
Thanks. I pinged it out.
It is late .
Check in with me again about the TCMS shoot.
Its down on the Trinity River in Wilmer/Hutchins in Kaufman Co
Gonna a have a shoot and BBQ there, And the pre and after partys will be in Canton
Gnight FRiend
If he’s serious, he’ll send them down there with chain-link fencing materials and some generators with big metal alligator clips.
They're just bringing deadly infectious DISEASES!!! YOU DUMMY!!!
Plus, they are NOT SUSTAINABLE and they are being used and abused!!!
Pay attention! Who's going to pay for all this deliberately illegal activity that is tacitily approved by our lame-braned coyote-in-chief??? (sorry Syncro)
We mustered more than that the day after 19 Apr 1775.
Texas seriously needs to re-do their Constitution on militia since they are on the border with Mexico. 1k guards can help turn out 50K all-volunteer militia.
I urge everyone to contact Perry and Sen Cruz. This is unacceptable.
Bump!!
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