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by John HillStand With Arizona The border is “safer than ever”. So says DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. Again and again. Barack Obama has mocked those who say the border is unsafe: “Maybe they’ll need a moat. Maybe they’ll want alligators in the moat. They’ll never be satisfied.” But for Texans, the Rio Grande is wide open - thanks to Federal failure to secure it  - and is a growing threat to the safety of citizens and law enforcement, on land and water. In January we chronicled how ranchers in the Rio Grande Valley were stocking up on AK-47s to defend their property and lives...

Tamaulipas farmers oppose transferring water to U.S. By STEVE TAYLOR Valley Morning Star AUSTIN — Thousands of angry Tamaulipas farmers will call on their federal government to block the transfer of water to the United States at a rally in Reynosa today. The mass gathering, which could be the prelude to another blockade of an international bridge early next month, comes as Rio Grande Valley farmers return from a visit to Washington, D.C., where they called on the U.S. government to recognize Mexico’s violation of a water-sharing treaty. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs, who joined Valley farmers on the trip...