Posted on 03/31/2016 9:34:57 AM PDT by walford
Building more walls between the United States and Mexico will not boost border security, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Tuesday.
The Texas Republican toured the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and visited Anzalduas Park during an all-day visit to the Rio Grande Valley.
Cornyn also met with Mission Mayor Norberto "Beto" Salinas, McAllen Mayor Jim Darling, Superintendent of Bridges Rigo Villarreal and Chief Patrol Agent Manuel Padilla, who heads the Rio Grande Valley Sector.
Cornyn brought Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, along for a firsthand look at trade and security issues.
Asked about the border wall -- a hot topic during the Republican presidential primary -- Cornyn said he didn't favor new fencing.
"It's more than just physical obstacles," Cornyn said. "It's people. It's the boots on the ground. And it's the technology.
"We had the opportunity to see the aerostats now that have been fairly recently deployed and see the great advantage that that gives to our Border Patrol and law enforcement authorities in terms of managing the border," Cornyn said.
During the visit, Cornyn said he wanted to emphasize that trade with Mexico is vital to the U.S. economy.
"When people talk about the border, so often I think they forget the advantages of our proximity to Mexico," Cornyn said. "Six million jobs in the U.S. depend on bi-national trade between the U.S. and Mexico."
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We need a wall to put you on the other side and prevent you from ever returning, John Bob boy.
The only reason I ever entertained support for Trump was national security which starts with border security. Yet with so called conservatives like Cornyn in Congress, border security will only be a pipe dream even if Trump is elected president.
“...He’s going to find out what it’s like to be back in the minority, I just don’t see any way the Pubbies hold on to the Senate.”
It seems that the GOP is hell-bent upon losing gracefully rather than respect the will of their own voting base. They want to abandon the principles of freedom, individual empowerment and equality under the law upon which the Party of Abraham Lincoln was founded in favor of emulating an European “conservative” party: That they could more efficiently manage a social welfare state.
That transformation will fragment the Party and relegate it to Third Party status, leaving the fascist Democrats with the largest plurality — much as was the case in late 1920s Weimar Germany. And we all know what happened after that.
Thanks for the insight.
Start prosecuting employers violating the law, close all the loopholes permitting the employment of illegals, stop providing social services to them and the problem will self heal fairly quickly.
[[Sen. John Cornyn: We don’t need more walls between Texas and Mexico]]
Really? Tell that to the families who are victims of illegal migrant rapes, murders, thefts etc- over 80,000 VIOLENT illegal criminals roaming our streets because there has been no wall- John can go pound sand!
A major difference is we still have the Second Amendment, and at least 10 million citizens with military service.
Border walls without machine gun towers are probably not too effective.
“People need to think long and hard about a wall since they can also keep you in.”
Hence, there are border checkpoints in which authorities can establish the identities/backgrounds of people coming and going, then decide whether they should be allowed in — ya know, enforce existing laws.
There is absolutely NO benefit from an open border that allows criminals, parasites and terrorists to cross into our homeland unchecked.
“Start prosecuting employers violating the law, close all the loopholes permitting the employment of illegals, stop providing social services to them and the problem will self heal fairly quickly.”
Note my OP. The ‘anchor baby’ loophole should be closed also. Many already here will deport themselves — if they come here in the first place.
Cornyn is a disgrace to Texas.
Well of course not. A wall would stop the cheap labor express.
AH, but we need mass surveillance and gazzillions of FBI agents ruffling through our iphones.
Funny what they say is possible and impossible.
Primary the RINO.
No teddy bear vending machine?
Part of the north american continent crew. Working to destroy us sovereignty....hoosiermama where is that great you tube link?
I would be a shame if Cornyn or one of his family got run over by a drunk drive here illegally. A dang shame if that were to happen. I’d never wish that on him.
We’ve got 3+ years to find a viable primary opponent. There are several state representatives from North Texas that are very conservative, including my rep, Matt Rinaldi. If a viable candidate comes forth, that would hopefully hasten Cornyn’s retirement.
“A major difference is we still have the Second Amendment, and at least 10 million citizens with military service.”
There is a major functional difference between ‘defacto’ and ‘de jure.’
You will notice, just as is the case with enforcing immigration laws, the 2nd Amendment has been essentially nullified by Leftist local governments — particularly in the major cities.
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