[albie]

Why so long?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Matthew Boyle, Breitbart - July 21, 2014:

“Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and a key immigration hawk, took to the Senate floor on Monday afternoon to attack the efforts by President Barack Obama to grant amnesty via executive order to millions of illegal aliens.

During his floor speech, Sessions endorsed a bill from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that aims to curb the president’s executive amnesty efforts—and called on his colleagues to cosponsor it. Sessions said:

Senator Cruz has a bill that would stop this presidential overreach. Sessions said. It’s very simple. It lays out that we won’t spend money providing legal documents to people unlawfully in the country as defined by the law of America and as defined by the Congress of the United States. So, I will ask, will you cosponsor Senator Cruz’s bill and let’s defend our constituents, or will our congressional colleagues remain complicit in the nullification of our laws and basically the nullification of border enforcement?

Sessions’ fiery floor speech focused almost entirely on how Congress hasn’t done much—if anything—to fight back against President Obama’s executive overreaches when it comes to immigration law. He opened by citing the letter he hand-delivered to every member of Congress warning about Obama’s move to circumvent Congress and use executive power to grant amnesty to millions of America’s illegal aliens. Sessions also cited George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, a liberal Obama supporter, who warned that Congress letting Obama use executive power in the way he has is not good for the country.

Sessions asked his U.S. Senate colleagues:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/21/Sessions-To-Congress-Back-Ted-Cruz-s-Bill-To-Stop-Obama-s-Executive-Amnesty-or-Remain-Complicit-in-Nullification-Of-Border-Enforcement

[Tucker39]

When did he SEND IN the Guard? As of yesterday, he had merely asked the Commanding General of the Guard to get his ducks in a row for the POSSIBILITY of sending 1,000 of them to the border. I personally do not think it will ever go beyond that. Sorry. JMHO.

[eccentric]

If these people were actually stopped from illegally entering Texas, what would Mexico do with them?

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

NOW if only the Republican governors in New Mexico and Arizona would follow suit. THEN the media and Obama would really have something to explain. Americans will instinctively support these governors.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Good move because Obama will now be forced to Federalize them in order to back them off. Making himself front-and-center in this story.

[SoConPubbie]

He didn't do much:

Perry’s office has said the Guard will largely play a role of “deter and refer” – deter border crime by their visible presence along the border and refer illegal acts, including border crossings, to law enforcement. They don’t plan to apprehend illegal immigrants, though, technically, they could, said Texas Adjutant General John Nichols.

[SoConPubbie]

Another empty, not even half-hearted action on the part of Rick “Open Borders” Perry where Illegal Immigration is concerned.

Rick Perry needs to Man-Up where this issue is concerned and actually defend the border of Texas, not play PR stunts.