As Feds Plan to Cut Border Monitoring, Texas Officials Ask Why?
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols on the Texas border near the Rio Grande in Mission, Texas. Texas is spending $1.3 million a week for a bigger DPS presence along the border.Julián Aguilar
Feb. 1, 2016
Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat, pressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday to explain why the agency plans to reduce its aerial surveillance on the Texas-Mexico border.
In a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, the lawmakers said the cut to a requested 3,850 hours of aerial detection and monitoring in 2016 amounts to 50 percent less coverage than recent years.
“Given the recent surge of migrants from Central America and Cuba along the southern border, we believe DHS should request more surveillance and security resources, not fewer,” Abbott and Cuellar wrote in a letter.
The pair also reminded Johnson that in September, Abbott’s office asked the DHS for more aerial resources and U.S. Border Patrol agents but that the request was never acknowledged. A DHS spokesperson said the agency would respond "directly" to the governor and the congressman.
Monday’s request comes as CBP is reporting a new surge in the number of undocumented immigrants crossing the Rio Grande. From October to December of 2015, about 10,560 unaccompanied minors entered Texas illegally through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the U.S. Border Patrol. That marks a 115 percent increase over the same time frame in 2014. The amount of family units, defined as at least one child and adult guardian or parent, has increased by 170 percent to 14,336 in the Rio Grande Valley. The El Paso sector also saw 1,030 unaccompanied minors, an increase of almost 300 percent.
In Monday’s letter, the pair also requested a detailed breakdown of how the DHS determined the reduction in aerial surveillance was warranted and information on how staffing and operation levels would be affected.
While Abbott has spoken extensively about illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America, the letter marked the first time Abbott has referenced a recent surge of Cubans coming into Texas. Abbott visited the island nation last year to explore expanding trade between Cuba and Texas. During that trip, he spoke about the current trade embargo but not the migrant issue.
During the 2015 fiscal year, about 28,400 Cubans entered Texas through U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Laredo field office, which extends from Del Rio to Brownsville. That’s compared to about 15,600 in 2014. The surge came after the Obama administration announced in 2014 its plans to re-establish ties with Cuba, leaving many Cubans fearing they will lose a special designation that allows them to apply for legal residency status, or a “green card,” after living in the country for a year.
Cuellar and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas have called for the repeal of that designation.
http://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/01/abbott-and-cuellar-question-dhs-over-cuts-border-s/
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AMERICAN RESIDENTS BETTER WATCH OUT NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE!!
Question why Texas after essentially seceding, would tolerate anything to do with them watching their borders. Why would they need them..
Texans better defend their land around the clock and for security measures, replace Governor Abbott with someone who is a strict statesman that can always be managed by the people.
The whole thing being tossed about today sounds like the results of a Gadianton parlor trick!!
Able bodied men of this age would be wise to pay close attention to their spiritual books. There is no vaunted "Republics" in the last days, according to the good book. What it states is that as the banks crash, there will be a period of darkness and mourning.
It then states "and pay close heed, for my Kingdom is not of this world. And my kingdom is at hand. Tend to my flock and be not deceived."
That more than obviously is saying in the last days there will be many false prophets, who will promise the moon and a new government. But God actually says his kingdom is not of this world, and that upon his second arrival all governments will fall away to dust and their contents tossed into the lake of fire.
There can be no mistaking what his message taken in its entirety is stating...That there unfortunately is no real "Republic" nor government. His kingdom, is not of this world. Thus, every vaunted republic that springs up is nothing but deceit and treachery spawned by bankers.
Fair warning, the only republic that exists is the union of states that will always exist. As long as you stay within those borders and defend it, you will make it through this very turbulent time ahead.
The robbers after suffering so many defeats and deaths, are forbidden from taking you away from your haven. But they will consume all the rest of the world's citizens, and by the deadliest of sins, deceit they will turn all the rest against God to join all these new republics.
In the end all these governments will fall to total dust and pass away, is what God says. That means all of the hucksters behind this unimaginably sick deception will be killed. Along with everyone else who followed after them.
Pay heed to God's own words...There exists nothing but lies in these days. You are very easy to deceive. No government of God will ever be recognized by other governments. Remember that most likely the only one who was serious about God's word were ranchers like Cliven Bundy and O'Malley.
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