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Offline Chris_

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Texas Ranger Teams to Go to Texas-Mexico Border
« on: September 11, 2009, 07:59:27 AM »
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Texas Ranger Teams to Go to Texas-Mexico Border

HOUSTON -- Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday.

"It is an expansive effort with the Rangers playing a more high-profile role than they've ever played before," Perry said of the Department of Public Safety's elite investigative unit.

The forces, dubbed "Ranger recon" teams, are the latest effort "to fill the gap that's been left by the federal government's ongoing failure to adequately secure our international border with Mexico," he said.

The governor early this year asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for 1,000 National Guard troops and renewed his call last month in a letter to President Barack Obama. The request is bogged down over who will pay for the troops and how they will be deployed.

Perry's announcement Thursday comes amid increasing border violence, particularly in El Paso, and mostly involving people with ties to Mexican drug gangs.

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We know Barry & the boys aren't going to do anything like "provide for the common defense".  Good to see someone that will.

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Re: Texas Ranger Teams to Go to Texas-Mexico Border
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2009, 04:39:50 PM »
IMO, Perry should activate the National Guard and post them on the borders. After all, what good is a baseball team going to do on the border??
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Re: Texas Ranger Teams to Go to Texas-Mexico Border
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2009, 05:07:06 PM »
Depends on the size of their bat!
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Re: Texas Ranger Teams to Go to Texas-Mexico Border
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2009, 05:18:43 PM »
Quote from: Thor on September 11, 2009, 04:39:50 PM
IMO, Perry should activate the National Guard and post them on the borders. After all, what good is a baseball team going to do on the border??

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