Trump Administration Mulls Rick Perry for Top Homeland Security Job
The Trump administration is considering replacing John Kelly at Homeland Security with Energy Secretary Rick Perry.
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Texas Braces for Arrival of Hundreds of National Guard Troops Over Protests
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com Not long from now, hundreds of Texas National Guard troops will descend on border towns in an unusual show of force. The USA Today reports that some cities are welcoming the troops, who will arrive sporting camouflage and guns. “If anything, [the guardsmen] will send a strong message that our border will…
National Guard Troops May Get Authority to Arrest Undocumented Immigrants in Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The 1,000 National Guard troops who were deployed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to assist with the border crisis may get the unusual authority to make arrests and apprehensions, the New York Times reports. In the past, troops who were sent by presidents were prohibited from making arrests while they helped at…
Obama Administration to Assess Need for National Guard Troops at Texas-Mexico Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is going explore the need for deploying National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border, the Washington Post reports. The administration has dispatched a team of military and national security officials to examine whether the Rio Grande Valley would benefit from a military “temporary assist.” Despite objections from Democrats, Texas…
Columnist: Texas Wasting Time Sending National Guard Troops to Mexico Border
By EJ Montini Arizona Republic In a wildly popular political move Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced that he will deploy about 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Mexico border, a decision that will cost the state about $12 million a month. Perry also has said that he would commit $1.3 million each week to…
Texas Gov. Perry to Deploy National Guard Troops to Border Over Immigration Surge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking matters into his own hands and is reportedly planning to dispatch the Texas National Guard to the U.S. border to crack down on Central American immigrants, the Washington Post reports. Perry plans to mobilize about 1,000 guardsman to the Rio Grand Valley. “I won’t stand idly…
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Foresees ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ Over Surge in Children Immigrants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the dramatic spike in the number of immigrants being arrested has created an “untenable situation” at a Border Patrol facility in southern Texas, the Associated Press reports. Perry visited the facility following reports of overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Border Patrol facility housing primarily children immigrants….
Texas Dispatches State Agents to Mexico Border to Help Growing Crisis Over Immigrant Children
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com To address the growing humanitarian crisis along the Texas-Mexico border, Texas officials are dispatching more state law enforcement officials to the southern border as immigrant children are forced to stay in cramped, squalid conditions, the USA Today reports. Gov. Rick Perry said the plan is to deploy more Department of Public Safety…
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