Gov. Rick Perry to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to Rio Grande Valley

[TexasTowelie]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce he will activate the Texas National Guard at a news conference Monday in Austin, said state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen.

Hinojosa did not have details of the effort, but an internal memo from another state official’s office said the governor planned to call about 1,000 National Guard troops to the Rio Grande Valley — at a cost of about $12 million per month.

The memo was provided to The Monitor on the condition of anonymity because the information is not yet public.

National Guard troops are expected to enter the area gradually, building up to 1,000 after about a month, the memo said.

More at http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/gov-rick-perry-to-deploy-national-guard-troops-to-rgv/article_a016fb52-1073-11e4-975b-0017a43b2370.html . (McAllen Monitor)

[BillZBubb]

1. And what exactly does gov dimwit think the weekend warriors will do?

He's throwing away $12 million a month of taxpayers money on a campaign stunt.

[underthematrix]

2. He really is as stupid as he looks

[catbyte]

5. Boy howdy, Perry torpedoes that "Smart Man" costume he wears the second that

asshat opens his mouth.

[JEFF9K]

3. At least we've got a GOP politician using the National Guard here in America.

[bluedigger]

4. Anybody tell Governor Goodhair the crisis is abating?

[DreamGypsy]

6. The money, $12 million per month, will come from “non critical” areas..

..."such as health care or transportation." - from the cited article.

Good luck, Texans. When your truck breaks an axle in a pot (pun intended) hole and crashes into a border fence, don't be surprised if you are denied treatment at the hospital. Rick Perry has your best interest in mind. Rest easy.

[hollysmom]

7. how about the non-0critical area of voter fraud, like

get rid of the whole ID thingie.

[JohnnyLib2]

8. Kent State......

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[DhhD]

9. Mexico is NOT blaming Obama for the problem. Senator Cruz blames Obama for Mexico's Problem.

http://www.ibtimes.com/mexico-struggles-manage-central-american-migration-1634278

In recent weeks, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto has pledged to fortify border security even further. He and Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina last week announced a new border program that they said would increase the number of checkpoints and protect migrants from criminal groups. Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong also pledged last week to prevent migrants from risking their lives on the freight trains.

But Peña Nieto’s government also faces criticism from within the country on its approach so far to the flow of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico. An op-ed earlier this month by columnist Martín Espinosa in Mexican newspaper Excelsior placed responsibility for handling the crisis on the Mexican government. “In recent years, our country’s immigration policy has oscillated between inaction and corruption by immigration authorities,” Espinosa wrote.

An editorial in Mexico’s El Universal newspaper echoed the sentiment. “The fact is that the Mexican authorities are not substantially tackling the problem or preventing it,” it said. “Otherwise 24,000 children traveling alone, mostly from Central American countries like El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, wouldn’t now be detained in the United States.”