News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Perry orders 600 Guard troops to patrol border

By Brandi Grissom / Austin Bureau
El Paso Times
Article Launched:01/23/2007 12:00:00 AM MS

TAUSTIN -- Another 600 Texas National Guard troops will deploy, mostly to the border, for a second phase of state-led border security operations, Gov. Rick Perry announced Monday.

Along with the National Guard troops, the latest border security effort, Operation Wrangler, will involve federal, state and local assets, including more than 6,000 personnel, 2,200 vehicles, 48 helicopters, 33 fixed wing aircraft and 35 patrol ships, Perry said.

The operation is a continuation of state efforts that started last year to prevent and disrupt criminal activity on the border. Operation Wrangler, though, will extend into the interior of the state and could involve 200 or more local law enforcement agencies.

"An unsecured border affects the entire state of Texas and our nation as a whole," Perry said. "Until the federal government brings the necessary resources to bear, Texas will continue to do all we can to secure our border and protect our citizens."

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