The state said there will be a six month gap of vulnerability at the border when feds pull National Guard troops. Posted on 03/05/2008 3:04:42 PM PST by NRA2BFree
The state said there will be a six month gap of vulnerability at the border when feds pull National Guard troops.
Sate homeland security said the National Guard on the border will leave in July, six months earlier than expected. Officials said border agents won’t take over until December at the earliest, leaving more than 180 miles of border virtually unwatched.
The original plan was to have the National Guard watch the border until 6,000 new agents could be properly trained.
Border patrol officials said that won’t happen until December, but state officials said that’s not stopping the feds from pulling the plug early.
State officials said the feds are not saying what’s behind the early withdrawal of guard troops from across the country.
The state said the withdrawal leaves the New Mexico border vulnerable.
"We'll create a window where the smugglers and the cartels and the border criminals may try and take advantage of," said Tim Manning of New Mexico Homeland Security.
Homeland security said heavy patrols and new fencing in Arizona and Texas means there will be a funneling effect of immigrants and smugglers into New Mexico.
In remembrance of the 186 children and 158 adults
who were murdered in Beslan. A stark reminder
that it could happen in the US:
Why can't our elected officials understand that those people want to kill us? They have proven that they will kill innocent little children, and I don't want to see that happen here. Are our children really that unimportant to that bunch of traitors in DC? IF you ever wondered, now you know! There's also a video at the link.
Does the Minutemen know about this yet?
I’m sure a lot more citizens would be willing to fill in. I know I am.
Ping.
Please ping your lists!
All this GOP talk of national security is a lie.
There are NO national security candidates running except for Ron Paul. He’s the only one left for closing the border.
I don't know if they do or not. I wish they would do something.
This is just an admission that it’s open.
Big freakin surprise here!
he’s against a fence
You want a 700-mile fence between our border and Mexico?
Ron Paul: Not really. There was an immigration bill that had a fence (requirement) in it, but it was to attack amnesty. I don’t like amnesty. So I voted for that bill, but I didn’t like the fence. I don’t think the fence can solve a problem. I find it rather offensive.
I thank you for that, FRiend. We need all the help we can get! It's obvious that our politicians don't care.
All this GOP talk of national security is a lie.
So true.
But of course, the pro-McCain nutcakes will claim otherwise.
Open borders are never national security. It is too bad the GOP leadership is now on the side of terrorists and drug dealers....and not Americans
Big freakin surprise here!
The arrogance is just unbelievable. I'm ready to string them up! I'd be delighted to push them off the gallows. LOL
HAVE NO FEAR.
They are sending the VIRTUAL NATIONAL GUARD THERE.
(actually outsourced webcams monitored in india)
I was wondering when this was going to happen. Actually, I'm surprised the NG is still there at all. News regarding the NG on the border has been pretty quiet since the assault by Mexican soldiers on that 'unarmed' outpost.
It’s amazing to me that Iraq is held as the paragon of a national security effort while our own borders are somehow an understandable circumstance, a problem too difficult to solve.
The lives of Americans are at stake. It’s almost as if they’re waiting for an opportunity for some event to occur- an event that will cause millions of Americans to accept a greater loss of freedom.
They are sending the VIRTUAL NATIONAL GUARD THERE.
(actually outsourced webcams monitored in india)
LOL! How true. I suppose when the next terror attack takes place, it will really only be a virtual attack done by virtual terrorists. Hopefully it will land in the laps of those traitors who are responsible for doing this to Americans! They can kiss their virtual butts goodbye. ;o)
We all knew that when the Texas bitch Kay Bailey Hutchinson passed her bill to cut back the size of the fence, and to build a few private lakes instead. A bill the insane McCain voted for!
Be honest and post the rest of Paul’s answer, which was that removing the incentives to come here will solve the problem.
But that would entail admitting that Paul might actually be right about something, and we can’t have that.
Oh, and let me TELL you, we here in Texas* are HOT about that.
*Apologies if you’re in Texas as well.
We all knew that when the texas bitch Kay bailey hutchenson passed her bill to cut back the size of the fence, and to build a few private lakes instead. A bill the insane mCcain voted for!
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