Posted on 07/23/2015 7:28:10 AM PDT by HarleyLady27
Donald Trump’s planned tour of the Laredo Sector of the Texas -Mexico border has been canceled by the national AFL-CIO-controlled union that represents U.S. Border Patrol agents, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). Border Patrol agent Hector Garza acted in his role as Local 2455 president to honor Trump by inviting him to see his section of border in Laredo firsthand. Agent Garza confirmed to Breitbart Texas that the national union had stepped in and insisted that the Laredo local back out of honoring Trump with the border tour. Agent Garza said he expected Trump to continue without the participation of the union.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
One Border Patrol agent who spoke with Breitbart Texas on the condition of anonymity said, “The union has largely appealed to the public for more attention to the dangers posed by illegal immigrants who cross the border, so it’s strange that the AFL-CIO side would take lead and try to hurt a presidential candidate for saying the same things the union always says. This kind of crap is why I left the union.” The agent continued, “The agents who actually work on the border invited him. This seems contrived.”
To understand the reasons behind Local 2455 inviting Trump to bring attention to what the agents are facing, a brief understanding of the Texas-Mexico border and the Laredo Sector’s struggles are needed.
Texas has five border sectors. from East to West they are the Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV), the Laredo Sector, the Del Rio Sector, the Big Bend Sector, and the El Paso Sector. Immediately after Breitbart Texas broke the June 5, 2014 leaked images of minors warehoused in RGV Border Patrol facilities, the State of Texas announced an effort to help secure the border. However, in that instance, Texas only sent help to the RGV Sector, largely ignoring the Laredo Sector.
Both the RGV and Laredo Sectors are worse off than most of the other sectors on the U.S.-Mexico border, largely due to the behaviors and characteristics of the specific Mexican cartels operating in these areas. Most of the border has the more professional Sinaloa Federation, an entity very concerned with keeping a low profile and staying out of the public eye. Both the Gulf and the Zetas have had leadership decimated and younger, less professional leaders take over and war with each other. Unlike the RGV Sector that received state help to handle the Gulf cartel, the Laredo Sector has largely been left to fight a losing battle against the Zetas cartel.
....and you can bet that Obama was behind this...he doesn’t want ANYONE near the borders except for his people...how dare someone go on a tour....
Trump tipped his hand a bit prematurely. He should have kept quiet and done it. Now, I would bet Trump has a contingency plan in place. There are lots of landowners down there that would gladly show him the lay of the land.
Being attacked by unions is only going to push his polling up some more.
Hopefully he is under HEAVY protection during this tour!
Trump wins with the publicity. This demonstrates how out-of-control the union leadership- government love fest is.
You got that right...
....the WH bum doesn’t want ANYONE to find out what's really happening at the borders...
....especially Donald......who has no compunction about telling it like it is...
True, but didn’t W publically chastise the ‘minutemen’ for resorting to taking matters into their own hands (out of frustration) because the Bush Admin would do nothing about the open borders?
Did he not refer to them as vigilantes? And he said “Vigilantes on the border will not be tolerated”. We never heard from the minutemen ever again.
The fact is much of what 0bama is able to do so easily now is a result of W greaseing the skids years ago.
According to the article The BP will not participate in the tour. Trump is going to tour with out them. I hate the afl-cio, my old union who I quit years ago for giving my money to oBummer.
Trumpka Vs Trump?..........................
The elites are bristling with anger...and fear.
White House controlled AFL-CIO Union Intervenes, Cancels Trump’s Border Tour
...and I will be he’s on his jet headed there right now...with his own people and with cameras....
...maybe on the news tomorrow and there isn’t anything the White House can do about it....we as American people can go anywhere at anytime...so far, that is....
The corruption in the nation is total.
These diseased-ridden criminals and felons are being rubber stamped-into the US---no questions asked---- by Ohaha henchman Leon Rodrigues, hand-picked to head USCIS.
The Obama admin has kept secret:
<><> the medical conditions of minors dumped on US schools....
<><> the contagion status of contaminated US border-holding facilities...
<><> The contagion wreaked upon our schools, our communities, our shops and stores...
<><> the contaminated US transportation system which delivers them into the US...
<><> the costs to taxpayers to contain the contagion (if possible).
PING
I think he did this on purpose....to open up Obama’s hand....let the people see how Obama’s going to react..doesn’t mean that Trump isn’t still going to the borders, just not with the Union in hand....
...and Sheriff Joe???
Exactly! Trump should do his own visit with locals taking him on their private property that are over run with illegals.
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