[Vision2020] Perry sending National Guard troops to border

Mon Jul 21 17:50:10 PDT 2014

Thanks, Tom!

The drug-controlled, violence-infested culture you are describing sounds a
lot like Maricopa, County, and all areas South of Phoenix, AZ.

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
wrote:

> Here is an organization of which the United States ha ps been an active
> member for a long, looooooonnnnnnng time . . .
>
> Read about our history with this organization.  Read about the many
> actions our government has taken . . . for the children.
>
> Then tell me that returning these children to a drug-controlled,
> violence-infested culture is the humane thing to do!!!
>
> UNICEF USA
> http://www.unicefusa.org
>
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Janesta <janesta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
>
>> No.
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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
>>
>>
>> Kinda explains who the real enemy is, don’t you think?
>>
>> 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 . . .
>>
>>
>>
>> "Moscow Cares"
>>
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>>
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
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