> Doesn’t matter if they are armed or not.
> They have been told by the Governor to “Observe and Report” only.
> And Perry’s Aides admit that he has the Authority to Apprehend.
> It’s a PR Tactic by Perry.
You are exactly right; if it wasn’t a PR stunt the mission wouldn’t be an observation mission, or even an arrest/apprehend mission, but an actual military mission [to include the use lethal force] to secure the border from breaches.
IOW, if this wasn’t a PR stunt then we’d be seeing real “controversy” portrayed in the media, to include accusations of killing children. (To which I say if their lives were valuable to their parents, or their country, they wouldn’t be used as human shields in an invasion attempt.)