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Abbott Deploys Armed National Guard To Border To Arrest Illegal Aliens For Trespassing
thefederalist.com ^ | October 21, 2021 | Jordan Davidson

Posted on 10/23/2021 8:24:41 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave the green light for thousands of specially trained National Guard troops to go to the Southern U.S. border and begin making arrests of illegal aliens who are trespassing in the state.

In a new deterrence approach to combatting the lasting effects of Biden’s border crisis, Abbott is using Operation Lone Star to grant Guard members new authority to make civilian arrests of illegal migrants beginning this week following at least “40 hours of traditional police training in the use of deadly force.”

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw confirmed to Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies that approximately 3,000 of these specially trained National Guard members are scheduled to go to the border over the next six weeks.

“Nobody’s ever really used the guard before in this capacity,” McCraw said. “We’re going to use them to actually secure the border. The governor, the legislature, and the citizens of Texas have made it very clear; they want the border secure. It is good for our federal partner as well. The federal government should be thanking the state of Texas, and it’ll make the rest of the country safer as we increase the level of security.”

The newly-armed Guard will primarily work with the Texas Department of Public Safety officers in overwhelmed areas such as Del Rio, Texas, to arrest, handcuff, and charge individual male illegal aliens who are traversing private ranchland to get into the United States.

“[Ranchland] owners have all entered into state agreements to become complainants in misdemeanor-level criminal trespassing cases that DPS officers will charge (and have been charging since July),” Bensman reported. “The so-called single male ‘runners’ run because they are still subject to federal instant expulsion policy to control the Covid-19 pandemic.”

Women, unaccompanied children, and family groups will not be arrested by the state.

Since the beginning of the fiscal year in October 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered more than 1.5 million illegal aliens at the Southwest land border, according to official CBP data, including more than 200,000 migrant encounters in both July and August. The Washington Post reported yesterday that according to unpublished CBP data obtained by the outlet, border arrests hit an all-time high as “U.S. authorities detained more than 1.7 million migrants along the Mexico border.”

Abbott signaled earlier this month that the Texas National Guard was “gearing up” to handle the increasing number of illegal aliens making their way across the border using caravans.

“Texas National Guard is gearing up at the border for increased caravans attempting to cross the border caused by Biden’s open border policy,” Abbott tweeted. “They are working with the Texas Dept. of Public Safety to seal surge locations at the border & arrest trespassers.”

Texas National Guard is gearing up at the border for increased caravans attempting to cross the border caused by Biden’s open border policy.

They are working with the Texas Dept. of Public Safety to seal surge locations at the border & arrest trespassers.

⁦@TexasGuard⁩ pic.twitter.com/VAKGoHak0G

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) October 2, 2021

He also noted the transport of tactical vehicles to the border at the end of September.

Texas National Guard surge transports tactical vehicles to the border.

The @TexasGuard continues to surge equipment & personnel to the Texas border to provide more support to address Biden's ongoing crisis.

Texas is securing the border. pic.twitter.com/dZ4O6sXTEG

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 28, 2021


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: border; gregabbott; texas
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1 posted on 10/23/2021 8:24:41 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Honest question: Why wasn’t this done weeks or even months ago?


2 posted on 10/23/2021 8:28:00 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021.)
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To: CatOwner

Rick Perry should have done this when GW Bush left the border wide open after 9/11


3 posted on 10/23/2021 8:29:09 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I guess better than nothing, but this is far from enough. Letting women and children to continue to invade? No. Arrest them? Then what? How about everyone immediately deported.

I would put in a massive land mine field where there is no border wall. This is an invasion and it is way, way past time we started treating it like it is.


4 posted on 10/23/2021 8:35:45 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

The U.S. Federal Government for decades has proven it is unstable and has proven it will make the wrong decision every time.

Texas will have to take over illegal border jumpers.............no other choice.


5 posted on 10/23/2021 8:36:16 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Hmmm...
After the arrest, what happens?
Hopefully they are shoveled back across the border...
Hopefully they are NOT transferred to the federal border patrol...


6 posted on 10/23/2021 8:36:30 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

How many adult males will be allowed in a “family group”?


7 posted on 10/23/2021 8:38:04 PM PDT by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siati armati!)
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To: CatOwner

Shhh. We’re supposed to lower our expectations and praise Abbott.


8 posted on 10/23/2021 8:38:48 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

So whats the penalty for trespassing? 5 days in jail at the max? This is going to be Arrest and release isn’t it Abbott? Smooth! Texas being conned by this idiot again! If anything they need to be shot at like Alex Baldwin on a movie set to send the message INVASIONS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!


9 posted on 10/23/2021 8:39:35 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian ( Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less! )
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To: CatOwner

Don’t get too over-joyous.

Watch Biden nationalize these National Guard troops like
Kennedy did when George Wallace was trying to use them.

His handlers won’t let time sit and do nothing.

Of course the media will jump up and down about how mean
Abbott is, and what a humanitarian Biden is.


10 posted on 10/23/2021 8:57:42 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

Bingo. Only state publicly they are using live rounds and it’s not a prop gun, and they have shoot to kill orders.


11 posted on 10/23/2021 8:58:28 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

Land mines!


12 posted on 10/23/2021 9:03:35 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I am thankful he has made this decision!...Period!


13 posted on 10/23/2021 9:11:53 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

If Biden shows up to the border, arrest him too.
14 posted on 10/23/2021 9:15:05 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: CatOwner

Part of the problem is that when the governor of the state activates the National Guard, in most cases the Feds can then place the Guard under Federal command and take them away from the Governor, so that’s a legal challenge to try to overcome. It also takes time to get funds for, assemble, and train then deputize forces - remember, the Guard is normally trained to break things and kill people, not arrest them. You can’t just wave a wand and make it happen in an acceptable fashion in seconds. Logistics *is* a thing.

This is over and above any political machinations or weaknesses that may or may not have been involved.


15 posted on 10/23/2021 9:28:52 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Does anyone know if Abbott used Army National Guard or Texas State Guard troops? As I understand it, if it’s the latter then Empty Shelves can’t federalize them.


16 posted on 10/23/2021 9:56:44 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I wish AZ and Cartelfornia would do this.


17 posted on 10/23/2021 10:02:01 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Deputize millions of willing, armed Texans and send them to the border.


18 posted on 10/23/2021 10:15:52 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump is my president, not the Commander-in-Thief, brain-dead Joseph Stolen)
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To: atomic_dog

Article states National Guard, but they may not realized there
are two possibilities.


19 posted on 10/24/2021 12:06:42 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Next: Texas National Guard engineers will be used to build the border wall on private lands.

Would be nice if NG funds were also used to hire private contractors to help them build these walls. I suggest contacting previously used private contractors and see if they want to sign new contracts with the State and National Guard.

Would some Freeper from Texas forward this suggestion to the right people in the state government. I don’t know anyone down there.


20 posted on 10/24/2021 1:50:11 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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