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-Land of the Free
TX National Guard Builds Border Fencing as Biden Lets Border Wall Rot
2022-04-30
[Townhall] Upon taking office in January 2021, President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family, the guy who bungled Afghanistan...
halted construction on the U.S. southern border wall, which greatly helps Border Patrol and local law enforcement cut down on illegal activity. As a result, the Texas National Guard, deployed last summer through Governor Greg Abbott
... governor of Texas. Abbott is a Republican. His 2014 Dem opponent, state senatrix Wendy Davis, thought the absolute, most pressing, most important issue facing the state was abortion. Abbott beat the pantyhose off her. His 2018 opponent, Lupe Valdez didn't dwell too heavily on abortion, but she lost too...
's Operation Lone Star, has stepped in to fill the gaps with fencing lined with concertina or razor wire.

"When you drive a tank through a chainlink fence, if it has concertina wire on top, it'll stop that tank because that wire will get wrapped up on the sprocket, the wheels of the tank. And I always say that to people because they're like, 'Well, anybody can get through this fence.' And I'm like, well actually, I would be hesitant to drive a tank through it...I usually say that when I'm debating someone on walls or fences or barriers if you will," Texas National Guard Public Affairs Officer Major Michael Perry told Townhall. "The wall works."

According to Perry, 80 percent of farmers and ranchers on the border are happy to have walls or fences built on their property to protect their property.

During a visit to Eagle Pass this week, Townhall got a firsthand look at how National Guard soldiers are currently working to protect private ranches and farms from illegal crossings in the Lone Star State.
Related:
Texas National Guard: 2022-04-24 Illegal migrants a missing National Guard soldier tried to rescue were involved in drug trafficking: officials
Texas National Guard: 2022-04-07 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directs use of buses to drop off migrants at steps of Capitol in DC
Texas National Guard: 2022-02-06 Migrant Apprehensions in West Texas Up 215 Percent over Last Year's Record
Related:
Operation Lone Star: 2022-04-22 Border Town USA: Migrants Busted in Michigan with Mexican Cartel's 20K Fentanyl Pills
Operation Lone Star: 2022-04-16 Abbott: Enhanced Inspections Have Forced Multiple Mexican States to Negotiate on Border Security, We'll Keep Inspections if They Don't
Operation Lone Star: 2022-04-13 Border Patrol agents are now apprehending between 5,000 and 8,000 migrants per day along the southwest border.
Related:
Eagle Pass: 2022-04-24 Illegal migrants a missing National Guard soldier tried to rescue were involved in drug trafficking: officials
Eagle Pass: 2022-04-22 Four Military-Age Syrian Males Arrested in West Texas near Border, Says Source
Eagle Pass: 2022-04-17 Smugglers Increase Use of Locked Railcars to Move Migrants into Texas
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  How about a gunship targeting the facilitators on the south bank?
Posted by: irish rage boy   2022-04-30 11:33  

#2  Over their heads, no one needs to be hurt. One belt should do the trick.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-04-30 06:11  

#1  Trip flares and mine fields would be a nice addition.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-04-30 06:03  

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