Governor Perry of Texas has concluded that the Obama administration is all about talking and pandering for votes. He has correctly concluded that he must protect Texas from people crossing the border and depleting his state’s resources.
Today, Governor Perry announced that he is putting the National Guard on the border:
“The announcement comes as the Obama administration is still struggling to deal with the influx of more than 50,000 unaccompanied minors, most from Central America, who have crossed into the United States in the past year. The additional resources are not aimed at the children themselves, Perry said, describing them instead as a “force multiplier” to help the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) “combat the brutal Mexican drug cartels that are preying upon our communities.”“I will not stand idly by while our citizens are under assault and little children from Central America are detained in squalor. We are too good of a country,” Perry said.The troops could detain people if asked, Texas Adjutant General John Nichols said at the press conference with Perry, but they are planning to play a “referring and deterring” role by deterring cartels with their visible presence and referring any immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally to DPS.Perry argued that the elevated response at the border by DPS personnel has already has already acted as a deterrent force and reduced apprehensions. That operation comes at a cost of $1.3 million per week. A state memo obtained by the McAllen Monitor, which first reported Perry’s plan to deploy the National Guard, indicated the new efforts will cost the state of Texas $12 million per month.Perry said he expects the federal government to eventually reimburse the state of Texas for the costs it has incurred protecting the southern border.”
The left will say that Gov Perry is playing politics and there is some truth to that. Isn’t President Obama playing politics by the way he panders for Hispanic votes?
Nevertheless, most people will see Gov Perry as a man of action, playing “the commander in chief” role that President Obama refuses to play.
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