Posted on 07/22/2014 5:50:36 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Texas Governor Rick Perry announced Monday afternoon that he is sending 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to the U.S.-Mexican border. “Over the years I have repeatedly called on the federal government to live up to its responsibility of protecting this great nation by securing the border,” said Perry, who added that he will “not stand idly by while our citizens are under assault and little children from Central America are detained in squalor.”
Under assault might be an understatement. According to Perry, more than 203,000 illegal aliens responsible for committing more than 640,000 crimes, including 3000 homicides, have been booked into Texas county jails since 2008. He further pointed out that the thousands of unaccompanied minors apprehended crossing the border comprise less than 20 percent of total influx and while enforcement agents are giving humanitarian aid to these children, “drug cartels, human traffickers and individual criminals are exploiting this tragedy for their own criminal opportunities.”
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
The ONLY way people should be allowed into the country is through the lawful immigration process that does exist...It just needs, no, begs to be enforced......
I don’t disagree. Please explain how putting guard on the border will result in fewer illegals coming in and ICE dispersing them around the country and not deporting them.
As I said before...Instead of spending 4 billion dollars giving them aid, spend 4 billion dollars hiring guards and build a wall...patrol the wall closely and and USE the crossings to regulate LEGAL access......
This would be much, much more secure than the seive we have now......
in fact, we don’t even have a seive...We have NOTHING.....
I disagree.
Build a wall and search regularly for tunnels.
Stop dispersing them around the country.
Speed up deportation.
Remove incentives.
Well, that is similar to what I suggest...Build a wall...deport those ALREADY here...Allow NO MORE crossings...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.