Posted on 10/22/2008 9:43:38 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said the deputies he'll assign to the operation along the river will all be issued fully automatic rifles and authorized to return fire.
He recalled an incident in 2006 in which more than 300 shots were fired across the river at his deputies and Border Patrol agents.
At that time, he decided to pull his deputies back from the river for their safety, but not this time.
(Excerpt) Read more at kwtx.com ...
He’s one of the few that will. Most Texas border town authorities are the live and let live variety and to hell with enforcing immigration law- it’s bad for business.
God go with them - I pray that they will be protected, and that they will protect Texans...
Thanks to these men, we are still Texans.
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