Governor Abbott sends armored military
vehicles to the border
Hot Air, by Karen Townsend
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought, 11/19/2022 11:21:52 AM
The Texas Tribune and Army Times obtained a planning document that shows Vietnam-era M113 armored personnel carriers will be sent to 10 locations along the Texas-Mexico border. An order was issued by the Texas Military Department on Thursday that states the Texas Guard will deploy the military vehicles and 50 soldiers will be trained to operate them. This move by Governor Abbott is further escalation of his response to the Biden border crisis. After 18 months of Operation Lone Star with $4B from Texas taxpayers spent to finance its mission, the flood of illegal immigrants continues into Texas. Abbott tweeted about invoking the invasion clause
I don't know if this is related, but I drove the I 40 across Texas yesterday and today and saw dozens of Hwy patrol stationed at regular intervals along the corridor. I've not seen that much LEO presence there ever on prior trips.
I rarely see Texas DPS cars in East Texas. Even our game wardens are pulling border duty with DPS.
This seems like more posturing by Abbott. How many people do you think 50 soldiers are going to turn back on a daily basis.
That number is the little boy with his finger in the dam. The flood is still coming.
Guns don’t mean anything if you don’t pull the trigger. Are they allowed to treat them as hostile? Illegal immigrants killed a border agent a few weeks ago and the media swept that shit under the rug like he was a nobody.
What will their rules of engagement be?
Interesting timing
Why does he just now get around to this?
Seems he's doing the right thing, and actions speak louder than labels.
People can change. Pay attention to their actions.