“”Texas has been defending its border for some time now on its own””
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Really? Appears they’re causing widespread carnage to me. I think ya want to stop them BEFORE they enter the state.
Texas Criminal Alien Arrest Data
According to DHS status indicators, over 217,000 criminal aliens have been booked into local Texas jails between June 1, 2011 and March 31, 2017.
During their criminal careers, these criminal aliens were charged with more than 579,000 criminal offenses. Those arrests include 1,179 homicide charges; 68,900 assault charges; 16,854 burglary charges; 68,999 drug charges; 699 kidnapping charges; 40,818 theft charges; 45,104 obstructing police charges; 3,813 robbery charges; 6,190 sexual assault charges; and 8,693 weapons charges. Of the total criminal aliens arrested in that timeframe, over 144,000 or 66% were identified by DHS status as being in the US illegally at the time of their last arrest.
https://www.dps.texas.gov/administration/crime_records/pages/txCriminalAlienStatistics.htm
That is why our Governor is spending millions of our own State funds putting DPS on the border and kicking some serious butt.
We have been talking with him about mobilizing the Texas Brigade and forming up a Citizens Brigade also.
Getting close to that and now with President Trump in office it may happen.