6/21/2019

21 Responses to “Gov Abbott: Don’t Mess With Texas”

1. Congress must do its job and fund border security.

   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 am

   
   

2. Congratulations 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

   
   

3. “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 am

   
   

4. Our Southern border is porous and we primarily “catch” the ones who turn themselves in.

   DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 6:56 am

   
   

5. June 12, 2019: Footage of porous US-Mexico border purportedly shows armed coyote smuggling dozens with ease

   “All day, hundreds of people come through this one spot. The smuggler here sometimes takes in big groups, and then smaller groups,” Brian Kolfage, the wounded Air Force veteran who raised more than $20 million to build a privately-funded barrier in the controversial “We Build the Wall” GoFundMe campaign late last year told Fox News on Wednesday. “The smuggler will sometimes run through a group of women and children, and knows how many agents are on the ground and knows that the border agents will get overwhelmed trying to process the asylum cases. He uses that so then others can be brought through, often running as they don’t want to be caught.”

   The clips, filmed in Sunland Park just outside of El Paso, Texas and dated between June 6 and 10 this year, seemingly feature dozens of migrants easily stepping over a concrete barrier and in many cases running onto U.S. soil. The apparent coyote, who at times appears armed with a gun at the waist – visible when his shirt is untucked – accepts what Kolfage says is cash from some migrants before leading them into U.S. territory.

   Cartels are using asylum-seekers to mask their criminal activities — human and drug trafficking.

   DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:24 am

   
   

6. Even the Border Patrol admits this is happening (Feb 2019):

   During the current fiscal year, over 27 groups consisting of more than 100 people have been apprehended in this area. In many instances, criminal organizations are saturating areas with large groups with the belief that they can smuggle narcotics or other contraband into the United States while Border Patrol agents are occupied. The U.S. Border Patrol will continue to enforce the rule of law, while ensuring that our communities are safe.

   DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:26 am

   
   

7. Obama’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 am

   
   

8. True, 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 am

   
   

9. It’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 am

   
   

10. Just another way to try and turn Texas blue and destroy the Lone Star State.

    NJRob (4d595c) — 6/22/2019 @ 8:28 am

    
    

11. And I thank Abbott for trying to uphold the law and prevent that from happening.

    NJRob (4d595c) — 6/22/2019 @ 8:29 am

    
    

12. Dave,

    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 am

    
    

13. 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

    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 pm

    
    

14. Because 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 pm

    
    

15. Memo to illegals along the Mexican border: knock down a drone and let’s see what happens.

    DCSCA (797bc0) — 6/22/2019 @ 5:21 pm

    
    

16. Further, 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 pm

    
    

17. The 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 pm

    
    

18. 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.

    Asylum 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 pm

    
    

19. The government would work a lot better if it was judged on how effective it performed instead of how substantially it was funded.

    Precisely my point.

    Gov. Abbott’s tweet suggests he thinks otherwise.

    Dave (3c40e2) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:57 pm

    
    

20. I 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 pm

    
    

21. Abbott wants the federal government to reimburse Texas for doing its job but that takes Congressional funding.

    DRJ (15874d) — 6/22/2019 @ 7:58 pm