Posted on 11/02/2018 5:27:54 PM PDT by mdittmar
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — As the first active-duty military troops sent to the U.S. border with Mexico installed coils of razor wire on a bridge and a riverbank Friday, a sense of unease spread across Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
President Donald Trump’s portrayal of a border under siege by drug smugglers and other criminals is at odds with what residents in towns along the 1,954-mile (3,126-kilometer) divide with Mexico see in their daily routines, with U.S. border towns consistently ranking among the safest in the country.
Some Valley residents question the need for a large military presence and fear it will tarnish the area’s image. And some are afraid of violence if and when the caravan of Central American migrants that the troops have been sent to confront reaches the U.S. border.
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ap:fake news
Yep. That’s the side AP is on.
This might hurt coyote business.
Razor wire would make me tense if I we’re on the wrong side of it.
Good news. Let us hope the invaders get real tense...and go home.
“Perceptions of a dysfunctional border”!!!
It IS a dysfunctional border!
I would LOVE to microwave that crowd!
AP=Super turds. Lying about this issue is NOT beneficial to national security.
Any loyal American would be happy to see our troops defending our nation against invasion.
Who are these people complaining about it?
Yes, for weenie boy pansy MSM, it would be tense...
Noooo.. Invading foreigners make things “tense” on the border.
They are always able to locate the “some Valley residents” who think this way, while ignoring what “most Valley residents” think.
I think the whole idea is to make it tense.
15,000 troops tend to do that.
‘U.S. border towns consistently ranking among the safest in the country.’
Flat out lie and BS.
TWB
Yep, a Total AP pearl clutching exercise.
Anything creates tension with the wimpy, low-IQ AP liars. Give us a platoon of AP wimps VS two cub scouts, and I’ll bet money that the cub scouts will kick butt.
Hopefully the idea is to make it secure. Tense should just be a byproduct and only for those who prefer a porous border. Those who feel more secure are less likely to be tense. 8>)
There are some really BIG implications ahead.
Please consider;
Trump stands firm on the “migrants” and seals the border.
Republicans retain control or even pick up seats.
The rest of the entire Western World will go nuts!!!!
Conservatives around the world will become empowered and will vote out all these retarded Leftist/Globalist that have been lying to them for years.
I wonder if these “supposed” concerned citizens would like to entertain the ISIS members of this invasion or any of the “military age” males who have criminal records among the invasion group?
I would think they should be very grateful for the US military presence to protect them and this nation!
Any Texas Freepers care to comment on how peaceful it was at the border before today?
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