He’s late to the game. But whats ‘Deter and Refer’?
Deter is mere precense causes the illegals to go elsewhere, and refer means to report illegals when they are seen. . .remember, the Guard are not law enforcement and they have not received the education and training Border Patrol, Agents get. . .so. . .Texas Guard can patrol and be seen and ‘deter’ and if they see illegals, they can call and report ‘refer.’
If the Guard is federalized, then the Guard can be placed in Border Patrol Sector HQ’s and processing centers and do the administrative BS duties and babysitting the Agents are now doing, thereby returning the Agents to the field to do their job.
I spoke with a Border Patrol Agent in one of the Texas Border Patrol Sectors, he advises that of about 400 Agents only about 30 are on the line (covering a 24-hr shift and hundreds of miles of border). The rest of the Agents are working in processing centers and babysitting.