Gov Abbott: Don’t Mess With Texas
[Headline from DRJ]
Greg Abbott
@GregAbbott_TXI just deployed 1,000 National Guard Troops to the border.
This is needed because more than 45,000 people were apprehended crossing our border illegally in the last 3 weeks.
They come from 52 different countries.
Congress must do its job and fund border security.
— DRJ
If more than 15,000 people a week are being apprehended, doesn’t that suggest that border security has been funded quite substantially?
According to the most recently published data from the Trump Administration, about 80% of illegal crossing attempts between Points of Entry are stopped in Texas BP sectors.
Dave (1bb933) — 6/22/2019 @ 12:11 amCongratulations on your faith in government’s ability to catch and account for all people who illegally cross our borders!
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 6:34 am“If more than 15,000 people a week are being apprehended, doesn’t that suggest that border security has been funded quite substantially?”
The government would work a lot better if it was judged on how effective it performed instead of how substantially it was funded.
harkin (647002) — 6/22/2019 @ 6:37 amOur Southern border is porous and we primarily “catch” the ones who turn themselves in.
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 6:56 amJune 12, 2019: Footage of porous US-Mexico border purportedly shows armed coyote smuggling dozens with ease
Cartels are using asylum-seekers to mask their criminal activities — human and drug trafficking.
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:24 amEven the Border Patrol admits this is happening (Feb 2019):
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:26 amObama’s DOJ sued Arpaio to keep him from enforcing federal immigration law with his deputies. I somehow doubt that Trump’s DOJ will sue Abbott to keep him from doing the same thing with the Texas National Guard. It’s just a hunch that I have. You know, a feeling that I cannot quite explain.
nk (dbc370) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:32 amTrue, plus I think these troops will be in supporting roles for BP and federal troops. They need bodies on the border. There are too many miles in Texas and not enough people/barriers. Right now, the cartels are winning.
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:35 amIt’s unbelievable!
This has obviously been planned for a while and highly organized. They are hoping that the Border Patrol starts shooting at them.
Whoever participated should go to jail, but of course we don’t have the guts to do that.
We will see long term effects of this invasion, and it won’t be pretty.
Patricia (3363ec) — 6/22/2019 @ 8:09 amJust another way to try and turn Texas blue and destroy the Lone Star State.
NJRob (4d595c) — 6/22/2019 @ 8:28 amAnd I thank Abbott for trying to uphold the law and prevent that from happening.
NJRob (4d595c) — 6/22/2019 @ 8:29 amDave,
Your statistics are hiding part of the problem. They are using large numbers of voluntary asylum-seekers to shield smaller (but not small!) numbers of dangerous people and cargo so they can come safely into the US. This makes it seem our efforts are succeeding when the problems are worse than ever. I live here. I see it.
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 10:18 amThey are using large numbers of voluntary asylum-seekers to shield smaller (but not small!) numbers of dangerous people and cargo so they can come safely into the US
So why not let those asylum seekers have a way of immigrating here that doesn’t require them to abuse the asylum process and would let ICE and CBP focus on the dangerous ones?
Trump’s approach merely intensifies the problem.
Kishnevi (8d5c75) — 6/22/2019 @ 12:24 pmBecause the dems will not agree to anything except full citizenship for anyone who makes it across the border, Kishnevi, or who is here already.
Patricia (3363ec) — 6/22/2019 @ 1:30 pmMemo to illegals along the Mexican border: knock down a drone and let’s see what happens.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 6/22/2019 @ 5:21 pmFurther, we don’t want to allow mass migration because these asylum seekers don’t qualify without Obama’s loophole. In fact, most are trying to escape poverty and while that us heart-breaking, it is not grounds for asylum or most of the world would qualify.
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 5:27 pmThe trouble in Texas warrants Anbotts mobilization for certain, but one wonders if he had to do this to deflect from criticism he caught about his recent signing of a sexual harassment bill – he caught a grief from the disqu-rati over at the Insta page.
urbanleftbehind (0b39c8) — 6/22/2019 @ 5:47 pmAsylum seekers enter at PoE’s don’t they?
The data I cited explicitly excludes PoE’s.
And they’re not “my” statistics – they come straight from the Trump administration (who generally aren’t in the habit of trying to minimize alarm over illegal immigration).
Dave (3c40e2) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:51 pmPrecisely my point.
Gov. Abbott’s tweet suggests he thinks otherwise.
Dave (3c40e2) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:57 pmI know they are not “your” statistics. And now people are crossing in many places, not just at ports of entry. That is part of the problem as my links explain.
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:57 pmAbbott wants the federal government to reimburse Texas for doing its job but that takes Congressional funding.
DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:58 pm