Texas: National Guard Activation Over Border Situation
July 21st, 2014While I agree that the use of the military to secure the border is a legitimate course of action here, the question remains: Why was this situation created in the first place?
Via: Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Rick Perry is expected to announce Monday that he will activate up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Rio Grande Valley, state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, confirmed Sunday night.
Perry wants these troops to bolster the work already being done with a surge of Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, said Hinojosa’s spokesperson, Jennifer Saenz, who added that the governor gave the Rio Grande Valley delegation notice prior to the planned 2 p.m. announcement on border security.
“The senator understands that Perry wants this troop build-up but is not sure what kind of federal approval he needs for it. He just knows he wants to deploy 1,000 troops there,” Saenz said.
The announcement comes amid a wave of growing resistance to the federal government’s efforts to shelter the unprecedented 57,000 children from Central America who have crossed the border in the last nine months – double the number who made illegal border crossings last year. President Barack Obama has asked Congress to provide $3.7 billion in emergency funding to deal with the influx.
“Why was this situation created in the first place?”
It’s a good question. (a) Create chaos to justify martial law; (b) Depopulation through disease and conflict; (c) North American Union as part of the New World Odor; (d) Distraction from bigger issues; (e) All of the above.
And, because they can.
Meanwhile 99 miles away from the border, but still within the Constition-free zone:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/07/arizona_immigration_checkpoint_criticism_border_patrol_harasses_people_and.single.html
@mangrove – (e) but especially blaming foreigners for the spread of any disease causing depopulation.
Borders separate AND unite. Natural borders, such as rivers, lakes and mountains, may have people from a different nationality share an important component of their identity, uniting them as it separates them from their respective fellow citizens.
Borders, natural or artificial, are zones of intersection/interaction, rather than pure lines of division.
As borders let you peek at strangers, they also make you the one peeked at, giving an opportunity to reflect on your own identity.