Pathetic, 1200 soldiers? Could we afford this lavish expenditure to protect Americans? What a joke. Most in the know people say we need at least 10,000 armed active participation troops to make a real dent in the problem. The currently deployed troops are armed and trained, but their assignment is strictly hands off. Most of their work involves sitting in small turret raised about 20 feet above a truck, watching the fields and brush along the Rio Grande River. When they spot something suspicious, they call the Border Patrol to investigate.
How about a few of these as well:
The Obama administration is keeping the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border for at least another three months, with the soldiers supporting the Border Patrol by watching for people sneaking across the border.
The soldiers act ?as a critical bridge? while the administration brings new funding and personnel to the area, said Department of Homeland Security spokesman Matthew Chandler.
Last year the administration deployed 1,200 soldiers in the four border states ? California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas ? to assist with border security. The Defense Department has now agreed to spend $35 million to extend that deployment, set to expire June 30, through the end of September.
Rancher Wendy Glenn, whose drought-stricken southern Arizona cattle ranch is edged on one side by four miles of border, said Friday she was glad to have troops posted on her property during the past year, and will welcome them back.
?They sit in a tower with radar and computers, night and day scopes, and that discourages people from trying to cross into our property,? she said.
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