Take a look at all that our State has done to secure the border and fight immigration: http://wingright.org/2011/10/05/rick-perrys-record-on-border-security/
Where on earth did you get the idea that the Governor has not asked for troops, over and over?
The problem is Perry's coddling to illegal immigration which has created the problem he has and now begs for troops to resolve.
Furthermore any time troops have been brought to the border as soon as they leave it goes back to business as normal. Thus putting our young men and woman in harms way for something which will not stop the immigration issues until Perry himself stops encouraging and enabling that to happen. He wants it both ways.....to continue his Globalist agenda for his state and yet "secure" the environment for that to prosper. That is not 'closing" the border nro will it clean up the trash happening there.