Posted on 10/23/2021 8:24:41 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Honest question: Why wasn’t this done weeks or even months ago?
Rick Perry should have done this when GW Bush left the border wide open after 9/11
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.
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.
Hmmm...
After the arrest, what happens?
Hopefully they are shoveled back across the border...
Hopefully they are NOT transferred to the federal border patrol...
How many adult males will be allowed in a “family group”?
Shhh. We’re supposed to lower our expectations and praise Abbott.
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!
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.
Bingo. Only state publicly they are using live rounds and it’s not a prop gun, and they have shoot to kill orders.
Land mines!
I am thankful he has made this decision!...Period!
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.
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.
I wish AZ and Cartelfornia would do this.
Deputize millions of willing, armed Texans and send them to the border.
Article states National Guard, but they may not realized there
are two possibilities.
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.
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