Texas Governor Abbott Announces Border Military Base

Texas Governor has announced they will be installing a (probably permanent) National Guard military base at Eagle Pass !!!

This is in response to The Federal (on purpose?) "failures" at The Border that's been allowing hundreds of thousands of Migrants into the U.S. and having them scattered all around in many big cities apparently at gigantically inflated taxpayer expense. Possibly upwards of 10 million since Jan 2021!

Democrats have made several feeble attempts to curb the biggest problem of people claiming asylum and then getting released on their own "merits" with court dates years from now.

Biden apparently made a "Asylum Ban" rule last year that got shot down in court!! (an obviously planned failure so the flow can continue unabated like they want). 😃

Does anybody think all Biden has to do is declare a National Emergency and suspend all asylum claims for a period of time to get control of the problem? 😃 Oh that might actually work !!


Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Border Military Base to Combat Flow of Migrants

Texas will install a military base in the border city of Eagle Pass to curb the flow of illegal migrants allowed in by the Biden administration, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced at a press conference Friday.

The Texas Military Department is set to construct a Forward Operating Base on 80 acres of land along the Rio Grande that will house up to 1,800 Texas National Guard soldiers, with the ability to accommodate an additional 500, Abbott’s office stated.

Abbott’s administration explained that the base will be equipped to “respond to the open border chaos created by the Biden Administration, complete with recreational, chaplaincy, medical and psychological health facilities.

“Texas is expanding our border security capabilities by building a new Texas Military Department base camp to increase and improve border security operations in this area,” Abbott said at the press conference. “This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas Military Department soldiers in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and efficiently.”

a reply to: xuenchen

We should invade CA, NM, and AZ and secure their borders too.

The country could fix this problem in a few easy steps but nobody is working together.

Abbott doesn't want to legalize marijuana.

Biden doesn't want to build a border.

If these old jahooties got their s#!+ together this would be solved.

Legalize marijuana, so it cuts the income to those bad actors on the other side of the border.

Use the taxes from that legal weed to build MILITARY BASES and SOLAR PANEL WALLS ALONG THE BORDER.

Problem solved.

Too little too late, me thinks. Building a military base takes time, so while construction is in the planning/funding/building stage millions more will pour across the border.

Looks like psyop grandstanding to me.....

When our elected officials can't/don't/won't address such a serious issue until long after the horse has left the barn you have to wonder what they've been getting out of turning a blind eye for so many years. $$$$$?

originally posted by: xuenchen
This is in response to The Federal (on purpose?) "failures" at The Border that's been allowing hundreds of thousands of Migrants into the U.S.

Not true, it was the GOP that shot down the bi-partisan bill. Bi-partisan means it was supposed by individuals on both sides of the aisle, in addition to the Independent Sinema who asked helped create the bill.

So before you start throwing around fact, just remember it was the right who stopped this bill in it's tracks. Do I believe this bill was the permanent solution? No, but it was a good start and would have been a good start to resolving the issue.

But the right doesn't want the problem solved, do they? No because Trump told them to let the issue fester so he could play on in the upcoming election.

Deny ignorance folks.

a reply to: VoiceofReality

Didn't you even see the pork&butters and bias and the one sided con game in that Bill? 😀

Texas alone can't pass a Federal Bill either.

And Texas started their own efforts before that Bill was introduced.

What do you think of the Texas efforts with the new NG base at Eagle Pass?

Will it help? Will other Southern Border States try the same thing? 😃

Oh and if that Bill contained oh-so great points, why did Democrats wait 3 years to introduce a Bill?

Democrats had enough power in Congress during the 2021-2022 session, but did zero!

originally posted by: VoiceofReality

originally posted by: xuenchen
This is in response to The Federal (on purpose?) "failures" at The Border that's been allowing hundreds of thousands of Migrants into the U.S.

Not true, it was the GOP that shot down the bi-partisan bill. Bi-partisan means it was supposed by individuals on both sides of the aisle, in addition to the Independent Sinema who asked helped create the bill.

So before you start throwing around fact, just remember it was the right who stopped this bill in it's tracks. Do I believe this bill was the permanent solution? No, but it was a good start and would have been a good start to resolving the issue.

But the right doesn't want the problem solved, do they? No because Trump told them to let the issue fester so he could play on in the upcoming election.

Deny ignorance folks.

HR2 , deny ignorance pfft. The whole time Mayorkas and Biden saying there is no border issue. Your just as bad as them

good for Texas !!

Although If we had a constitutional leadership in the Federal government none of this would be necessary !

a reply to: VoiceofReality

Trump implemented reforms achieving the most secure border in history. Deter, Detain, Deport — and Prosecute.

Biden terminated every Trump policy and implemented mass release and resettle.

That’s why 10M+ new illegals are now living here.

originally posted by: VoiceofReality

originally posted by: xuenchen
This is in response to The Federal (on purpose?) "failures" at The Border that's been allowing hundreds of thousands of Migrants into the U.S.

Not true, it was the GOP that shot down the bi-partisan bill. Bi-partisan means it was supposed by individuals on both sides of the aisle, in addition to the Independent Sinema who asked helped create the bill.

So before you start throwing around fact, just remember it was the right who stopped this bill in it's tracks. Do I believe this bill was the permanent solution? No, but it was a good start and would have been a good start to resolving the issue.

But the right doesn't want the problem solved, do they? No because Trump told them to let the issue fester so he could play on in the upcoming election.

Deny ignorance folks.

Trump is going to look good in this situation no matter what. He campaigned on building a wall. Joe campaigned on walls being rayciss.

It’s weird that you aren’t embarrassed to write that.

a reply to: xuenchen
in contrast

How timelines are crafted to justify corruption for their greater good.
Us and them

originally posted by: xuenchen
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Does anybody think all Biden has to do is declare a National Emergency and suspend all asylum claims for a period of time to get control of the problem? 😃 Oh that might actually work !!

Trump tried that. Feb. 15, 2019. He declared a national emergency to enable him to build his wall. His wall didn't work:

"One of former President Donald Trump’s main presidential accomplishments was constructing hundreds of miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden temporarily suspended work on some unfinished sections in January 2021, but is now plugging some “holes” in Trump’s wall and adding some other portions. He shouldn’t bother. A few miles won’t fix what hundreds of miles already failed to. It’s time to just admit: Trump’s wall did not work."
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"Almost the entirety of the Trump border wall was constructed after December 2018 when the Trump sections were just 31 miles. With 455 miles by January 2021, if the border wall deterred illegal crossings, the Border Patrol should have seen fewer illegal crossings and fewer successful illegal crossings. Indeed, the agency already claimed that the wall was “deployed” and “effective” in late October 2020 with about 170 miles still to be built.
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"After a temporary lull in migration during the early part of the pandemic, that very month (October 2020) saw a significant jump in both known successful entries (what the Border Patrol calls “gotaways”), as well as arrests to levels as high as before the pandemic, and the numbers kept rising. Even before Biden assumed office, the Border Patrol was making more arrests and witnessing far more successful crossings after the wall went up than most months before the Trump wall."

www.cato.org...

Mexico didn't pay for it either. The US military did.

a reply to: Boomer1947

The "Wall" construction wasn't a law or a rule in The Fed Regsister.

Asylum laws are laws and can be suspended under National Emergency.

Your "The Wall" comparison is invalid. 😃

a reply to: xuenchen

Good to See you Back my Friend , where you Been ? Don't Mess with Texas Indeed.........*)


Here Come da Fox !

originally posted by: Boomer1947

originally posted by: xuenchen
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Does anybody think all Biden has to do is declare a National Emergency and suspend all asylum claims for a period of time to get control of the problem? 😃 Oh that might actually work !!

Trump tried that. Feb. 15, 2019. He declared a national emergency to enable him to build his wall. His wall didn't work:

"One of former President Donald Trump’s main presidential accomplishments was constructing hundreds of miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden temporarily suspended work on some unfinished sections in January 2021, but is now plugging some “holes” in Trump’s wall and adding some other portions. He shouldn’t bother. A few miles won’t fix what hundreds of miles already failed to. It’s time to just admit: Trump’s wall did not work."
...
"Almost the entirety of the Trump border wall was constructed after December 2018 when the Trump sections were just 31 miles. With 455 miles by January 2021, if the border wall deterred illegal crossings, the Border Patrol should have seen fewer illegal crossings and fewer successful illegal crossings. Indeed, the agency already claimed that the wall was “deployed” and “effective” in late October 2020 with about 170 miles still to be built.
...
"After a temporary lull in migration during the early part of the pandemic, that very month (October 2020) saw a significant jump in both known successful entries (what the Border Patrol calls “gotaways”), as well as arrests to levels as high as before the pandemic, and the numbers kept rising. Even before Biden assumed office, the Border Patrol was making more arrests and witnessing far more successful crossings after the wall went up than most months before the Trump wall."

www.cato.org...

Mexico didn't pay for it either. The US military did.

Explain how the wall didn’t work? I’m not talking about unfinished areas.

originally posted by: nugget1
Too little too late, me thinks. Building a military base takes time, so while construction is in the planning/funding/building stage millions more will pour across the border.

Looks like psyop grandstanding to me.....

When our elected officials can't/don't/won't address such a serious issue until long after the horse has left the barn you have to wonder what they've been getting out of turning a blind eye for so many years. $$$$$?

Yep. It's an election year and Abbot doesn't have the best favorability rating (he's not up for reelection ... yet.) texaspolitics.utexas.edu... He and his cronies are concerned that the Republicans will lose more seats this time around. We're seeing some nasty stuff in the local races.

It's political theater at its best. Soldiers say they're being paid to stand around and look menacing and that there's no real 'wave' at the border.

a reply to: Byrd

"no real 'wave' at the border" ??

Well that must mean the TX NG has an effect in recent months!

They're headed to new States! 😀

originally posted by: Boomer1947

"One of former President Donald Trump’s main presidential accomplishments was constructing hundreds of miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden temporarily suspended work on some unfinished sections in January 2021, but is now plugging some “holes” in Trump’s wall and adding some other portions. He shouldn’t bother. A few miles won’t fix what hundreds of miles already failed to. It’s time to just admit: Trump’s wall did not work."

And almost immediately folks simply climbed over it. Again. Didn't stop anyone, really.

a reply to: xuenchen
Holy crap you’re back! Welcome back my friend!!

Good to see Abbott isn't backing down from Biden's lunatic threats.

Yay Xuenchen you're back.