[Vision2020] Perry sending National Guard troops to border

[Janesta]

What do we (the US} do with the kids?

Do we open the doors for the kids in other countries?

Seriously.. what do we do with them?

Janesta


On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> From: donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
> To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:21:38 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Perry sending National Guard troops to border
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> Kinda explains who the real enemy is, don’t you think?
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> Rose
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> *From:* vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:
> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Tom Hansen
> *Sent:* Monday, July 21, 2014 1:56 PM
> *To:* Moscow Vision 2020
> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Perry sending National Guard troops to border
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> Yes.  Texas Governor Perry protecting our borders from homeless 8-12
> year-old children.
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> Courtesy of CNN at:
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> http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/21/politics/perry-national-guard-border
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> Perry sending National Guard troops to border
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> *(CNN)* -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry will immediately send up to 1,000
> National Guard troops to help secure the southern border, where tens of
> thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America have crossed into
> the United States this year in a surge that is deemed a humanitarian crisis.
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> Perry also wants President Barack Obama and Congress to hire an additional
> 3,000 border patrol agents for the Texas border, which would eventually
> replace the temporary guard forces.
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> "I will not stand idly by," Perry said in Austin Monday, announcing what
> he called Operation Strong Safety. "The price of inaction is too high."
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> Perry's state has received the majority of migrant children, especially in
> the Rio Grande region, and he has repeatedly called on the federal
> government to beef up border security.
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> White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the White House has not yet
> received the formal communication required for Perry to deploy guard troops.
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> But he said if Perry follows through, he hopes those forces would be
> coordinated "with the significant ongoing efforts already in place."
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> The Rio Grande sector, where most of the immigrant children are turning
> themselves into the border patrol, has a large number of agents but it is
> also the largest crossing.
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> It currently has 3,000 border patrol agents covering 320 miles of land and
> 250 miles of water, which equates to 5.4 agents per mile. The Tucson
> sector, for instance, has approximately 15.7 agents per mile.
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> Both Perry and Obama have the authority to deploy National Guard troops,
> but whoever authorizes it has to pay for it. The deployment at Perry's
> direction means Texas will have to pick up the price tag of $12 million per
> month.
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> One border sheriff, Omar Lucio of Cameron County, said he is skeptical of
> Perry's plan.
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> "At this time, a lot of people do things for political reasons. I don't
> know that it helps," he told the Dallas Morning News
> <http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/perry-poised-to-send-troops-border-sheriffs-say-they-need-deputies-not-military.html/>
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> Conservatives largely point to border security as their top immigration
> priority and Perry has been an outspoken proponent of securing the border
> since the influx of immigrants began.
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> The potential 2016 presidential candidate previewed his plan in Iowa over
> the weekend in a television interview while campaigning for Republican
> candidates.
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> He has used the issue to remake his image on immigration. His previous
> White House campaign was crippled partly because of a law he signed giving
> children of undocumented immigrants in-state college tuition.
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> Obama asked for $3.7 billion in emergency funds to address the influx of
> young immigrants, which hasn't gained much traction in Congress. It
> includes money to fortify the border.
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> The House and Senate are working on their own plan, which includes a
> controversial proposal to change a law that prohibits the youth, mostly
> from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, from being immediately deported.
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> The Obama administration questioned Perry's motives since many of the
> minors are not trying to evade the border patrol but are turning themselves
> in after crossing the border.
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> But Perry said the guard will be "force multipliers," helping Customs and
> Border Protection agents both on the ground and in the air to catch the 80%
> of people crossing the border who aren't children and to combat cartel and
> trafficking crime.
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> "You cannot have (national security) without border security," Perry said.
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> While the number of unaccompanied youth crossing the border has doubled to
> nearly 60,000 in the past year, the total number of undocumented immigrants has
> mostly declined
> <http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/U.S.%20Border%20Patrol%20Fiscal%20Year%20Apprehension%20Statistics%201960-2013.pdf>.
> About 1 million people have been caught crossing the border nearly every
> year between 1983 until 2006, but that number has dropped to about 400,000
> in 2013.
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> At the same time, resources for border security have steadily increased:
> More than 18,000 agents patrolled the border in 2013 compared to 10,000 a
> decade ago.
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> And the amount spent on border security has more than doubled. The Customs
> and Border Patrol budget jumped from $5 billion in 2002 to $12.4 billion
> this year.
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> The issue has hit a national nerve. Protests have erupted along the border
> with activists demanding immediate deportation. Counter protests have also
> erupted, pointing out that many of the migrants are said to have fled
> violence at home.
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> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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> "Moscow Cares"
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> Tom Hansen
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> Moscow, Idaho
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