Okay, I am going to take a crack at this. My goal is to discern somehow what the true motive might be for these specific closures.
Now, I gotta say there are alot of factors, and I am not associated with law enforcement, public policy, or government administration. I have on my side little more than some college, some time as a navy enlisted man, some years of experience and a good imagination.
Furthermore, I have no special skills or tools in analysis, no research resources other than google, no special computer software, and no "phone a friend" assistance available to me.
But here are the specific closures scheduled: 3 of them soon I think: Twin Falls, Idaho; Billings, Montana; Riverside, California.
In six months, all in Texas: Lubbock, Amarillo, Dallas, San Angelo, Abilene and San Antonio.
Disclaimer: this is all speculation!
Okay, brainstorming:
"tipping our hand" to smugglers and/or terrorists where our weak points will be
creating a facility and budget downsizing that justifies layoffs of undesirable whistleblowers in the Border Patrol
the closures are associated somehow with states that opposed Obamacare? (I am not familiar with which states those are)
the 6-month closures are a threat to force Rick Perry / state of Texas to do something in order to keep them
Future Muslim enclaves?
negotiated arrangement with Sinoloa cartel and/or La Raza in return for some as yet unknown favor or monetary benefit
tired of fighting with Arizona, and wanting the traffic to come through Texas for a while?
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Okay I know I am way out there on my conspiracy theory limb, and with little support. But is there anyone besides me out there who has learned to think this way with the Obama administration: 1. Nothing happens without a good reason, 2. Its all interconnected, 3. Its totally self-serving and corrupt.
JMHO. Perhaps someday we will know the truth.
Fishy, indeed.
This is a one/two punch if I’ve ever seen one. Close down these stations and force neighboring stations to cover the slack. Next, require better enforcement of the area’s where the stations were closed leaving the operational station basically un-guarded. Bad guys do bad things by the OPEN station (because it is basically un—staffed at this point) and when a bad guy is caught deep in the United States, blame the Border Patrol and close more stations because “the Border patrol is not doing their jobs and costing the tax payers money; we’ll use drones instead...”. We become completely borderless.