[Gadsden1st]

Very simple questions that I still have not had a clear answer on.

1. Will the Guard be armed with loaded weapons?

2. Will they be authorized to fire those weapons?

3. Will they be able to stop and hold illegals?

Unless the answers are yes, yes, and yes, we are fixing to get some Guards killed.

[cripplecreek]

Yeah, Rick Perry seems to avoid definitive answers.

Just yesterday I saw him asked about stopping illegals and he gave a long winded answer about stopping “illegal impact of criminals crossing the border”.

As far as stopping illegals is concerned, Dewhurst said that federal law requires them to be handed over to ICE and INS.

[SoConPubbie]

3. Will they be able to stop and hold illegals?

Absolutely not. You see, this is a "Deter and Refer" operation. No APPREHENSION, that would be unkind.

Adj. Gen. John Nichols, commander of the Texas National Guard, told the Morning News that troops would undergo training and be deployed slowly over the next month. The plan would also include sending helicopters to identify suspicious activity and ground troops to provide water and medical assistance to migrants who have entered the country illegally.

"We are not planning on detaining people," Nichols said, but will be "referring and deterring."

For those of you applauding Rick Perry, this is not much more than a PR action on his part meant to look like he is strong on the border issues, when he really isn't.

[deport]

Here is a listing of several articles about the deployment.
I doubt you'll find a definitive answer to your questions.

CLICK

[grania]

I'm not impressed until Rick Perry takes some action dramatic enough to cause real conflict with the feds, hopefully to the point of seccession.

It does look like a bit of a cute trick that he hasn't done anything until now, when schools are enrolling new students and opening. Once they're in the public schools, we'll never get rid of the invading hordes or stop them from moving all over the US.