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Border left 'wide open' after red states pull National Guard and police
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:33 am
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:33 am
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-wide-open-red-states-pull-national-guard-police
Border left 'wide open' after red states pull National Guard and police
MCALLEN, Texas — The swarm of National Guard soldiers and state police that governors sent to guard the Texas-Mexico border earlier this summer is gone, leaving the border effectively unmanned with just 6% of the reinforcements left behind.
“We used to have a National Guard posted there,” Border Patrol agent Chris Cabrera told the Washington Examiner while driving along a dirt road that runs parallel with the border near the Hidalgo port of entry late one evening recently. “There was another one right over here, but they took that guy, too."
Cabrera is the vice president of the Border Patrol union’s Rio Grande Valley chapter. On a 12-mile drive along roads that agents use to access the overgrown land along the Rio Grande, Cabrera points out a total of 11 spots where National Guard soldiers had been posted all summer. They manned mobile camera towers and could also call in sightings of illegal immigrants or drug smugglers attempting to sneak through the brush.
Now, no one is keeping watch and Cabrera admits that agents, half of whom have been pulled from the field to transport and process illegal crossers in custody, do not even know who is coming through in those unguarded areas. Cabrera described it as "wide open."
Border left 'wide open' after red states pull National Guard and police
MCALLEN, Texas — The swarm of National Guard soldiers and state police that governors sent to guard the Texas-Mexico border earlier this summer is gone, leaving the border effectively unmanned with just 6% of the reinforcements left behind.
“We used to have a National Guard posted there,” Border Patrol agent Chris Cabrera told the Washington Examiner while driving along a dirt road that runs parallel with the border near the Hidalgo port of entry late one evening recently. “There was another one right over here, but they took that guy, too."
Cabrera is the vice president of the Border Patrol union’s Rio Grande Valley chapter. On a 12-mile drive along roads that agents use to access the overgrown land along the Rio Grande, Cabrera points out a total of 11 spots where National Guard soldiers had been posted all summer. They manned mobile camera towers and could also call in sightings of illegal immigrants or drug smugglers attempting to sneak through the brush.
Now, no one is keeping watch and Cabrera admits that agents, half of whom have been pulled from the field to transport and process illegal crossers in custody, do not even know who is coming through in those unguarded areas. Cabrera described it as "wide open."
This post was edited on 10/11/21 at 9:34 am
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Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:34 am to Jack Carter
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:35 am to Jack Carter
States can’t keep doing the Feds’ job for them forever.
It is a complete and utter abdication of responsibility by the White House.
It is a complete and utter abdication of responsibility by the White House.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:35 am to Jack Carter
Abbott is useless
Beto might win the Governor race if Greg keeps pissing off Republican voters
Beto might win the Governor race if Greg keeps pissing off Republican voters
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:37 am to Jack Carter
Yet everyone supports Abbott's dumb arse 
WHen you have Dem mayors of border cities in Texas that are screaming about needing help, yes, that's a problem
WHen you have Dem mayors of border cities in Texas that are screaming about needing help, yes, that's a problem
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:37 am to Jack Carter
They are caught and released anyway so what does it really matter?
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:37 am to teke184
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States can’t keep doing the Feds’ job for them forever.
It is a complete and utter abdication of responsibility by the White House.
Absolutely infuriating. Why isn't this alone enough to demand the resignation of the entire Biden administration????
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:38 am to teke184
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States can’t keep doing the Feds’ job for them forever.
It is a complete and utter abdication of responsibility by the White House.
You can whine or you can solve the problem. Start doing their job de facto, build the infrastructure and institutions, then officially peacefully split.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:39 am to Jack Carter
Border? What is that?
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:45 am to Jack Carter
The red states must actively make the feds hurt. They have to begin resistance based on the unconstitutional actions of the Biden regime.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:48 am to Jack Carter
It's not a "Border Crisis." This is exactly what this administration wanted.
shite...NONE of the things we are concerned about here are crisis. These are well thought out plans unfolding precisely as they wanted them.
You could see it Psaki last week when she half heartedly lamented gas prices, only to point out how we can't wait because of the existential threat of climate change. In short, the policies they enacted forced gas prices to rise, which is exactly what they wanted.
shite...NONE of the things we are concerned about here are crisis. These are well thought out plans unfolding precisely as they wanted them.
You could see it Psaki last week when she half heartedly lamented gas prices, only to point out how we can't wait because of the existential threat of climate change. In short, the policies they enacted forced gas prices to rise, which is exactly what they wanted.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 9:55 am to Jack Carter
Guarding the border is the feds job and expensive.
A friend on the Iowa State Patrol was done here (in Texas) earlier this year for 4 weeks. The overtime he drew that month bought a new duck boat.
A friend on the Iowa State Patrol was done here (in Texas) earlier this year for 4 weeks. The overtime he drew that month bought a new duck boat.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 10:05 am to Jack Carter
Doesn't matter. The National Guard on the Texas border was a complete disaster. All they were to was help the illegals cross into Texas.
They were also helping the coyotes unload boats and make it more efficient for both the coyotes and illegals. Border Network News has it all on video.
They were also helping the coyotes unload boats and make it more efficient for both the coyotes and illegals. Border Network News has it all on video.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 1:38 pm to Jack Carter
They are leaving an illegal alien shite-show for the future admins. A tepub will try to deport and they can get more negative visuals from deporting blacks.
Every Repub nominee better sit on fixing the immigration issues permanently. Not sure what it'll be, some will like it and some won't, but it needs to be fixed. From deporting, wall* and stop the anchor baby loophole. Way to abused. Path to "legal residency" not "citizenship"
Obviously...voting machine issues need to be addressed cause doesn't matter what the citizens want anymore.
*We may need to put the fencing down the middle of the Rio Grande. Anything that stops the stepping on our soil and now they apparently have the same rights as actual citzens.
Every Repub nominee better sit on fixing the immigration issues permanently. Not sure what it'll be, some will like it and some won't, but it needs to be fixed. From deporting, wall* and stop the anchor baby loophole. Way to abused. Path to "legal residency" not "citizenship"
Obviously...voting machine issues need to be addressed cause doesn't matter what the citizens want anymore.
*We may need to put the fencing down the middle of the Rio Grande. Anything that stops the stepping on our soil and now they apparently have the same rights as actual citzens.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 2:07 pm to Jack Carter
Hey Guv Abbott: grow a pair and send the NG down there. If Texas wants to be its own country, act like it.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 2:13 pm to DownSouthJukin
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Hey Guv Abbott: grow a pair and send the NG down there. If Texas wants to be its own country, act like it.
This. The time to start pushing the envelope was yesterday.
Posted on 10/11/21 at 2:17 pm to Issa Honk
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This post was edited on 11/14/23 at 12:32 am
Posted on 10/11/21 at 3:49 pm to Issa Honk
Beto will win if Abbott is the nominee. He's screwed this border mess up royally
Posted on 10/11/21 at 3:54 pm to Jack Carter
This post was edited on 10/11/21 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 10/11/21 at 3:55 pm to tarzana
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Beto will win if Abbott is the nominee.
Maybe if we live in a world where Beto's failed Presidential campaign never happened, a failed campaign where he said he wants to take guns, supports abortion on demand and ban fossil fuels.
But we don't live in that world do we?
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He's screwed this border mess up royally
Abbott may be a finger waving republican but the bulk of the blame lies squarely in Joe Biden's hands.
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