[BuckeyeTexan]

You keep saying this is an observation mission. It isn’t. It’s a force-multiplier mission. The TNG has the authority to detain according to TX AG Abbott. Perry hasn’t given them authority to arrest yet, but they can detain and call BP to come get illegals or call TX DPS to come arrest criminals for state and federal crimes. They won’t be sitting around sucking their thumbs.

[GeronL]

So the NG will catch the invaders and turn them over to the feds who will let them go inside the US.

brilliant!

[OneWingedShark]

You keep saying this is an observation mission. It isn’t. It’s a force-multiplier mission. The TNG has the authority to detain according to TX AG Abbott. Perry hasn’t given them authority to arrest yet, but they can detain and call BP to come get illegals or call TX DPS to come arrest criminals for state and federal crimes. They won’t be sitting around sucking their thumbs.

Wholly inappropriate; what is needed here is military force, not authority to arrest.
The reason it's such a big crisis is because people refuse to acknowledge it for what it is, an invasion.