Texas Border Sheriffs: There is No Crisis and We Don't Want Trump's Wall
Hidalgo County Sheriff J.E. “Eddie” Guerra, who is in charge of policing the largest and most populous county in the Rio Grande Valley, said that crime rates in his county are at record lows, and that illegal immigration has very little effect on the safety of residents. Meanwhile, Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson, who is responsible for policing the largest county in Texas, said he doesn’t support the construction of a wall along any part of the 192-mile stretch of border in Brewster County, which includes Big Bend National Park.
“Because we’re on the border, the perception is that there’s murders every day and there’s shootings every day. Yet here in our county, we don’t have that going on. It’s very, very safe,” Guerra told the Observer.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-sheriffs-there-is-no-crisis-and-we-dont-want-trumps-wall/
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Texas doesn't want it.
Apparently in NM, AZ, and CA our federal government has a narrow (60 feet?) "easement" along the border, but not in TX. Plus, most of the land itself west of El Paso, TX is federally owned already, while east most is privately owned. Most of the red indicates broken stretches of low vehicle barrier, that people can climb over or under easily, where the terrain isn't a sufficient barrier.
Prior plans to build a border fence were so popular in TX that the DHS once "had" to threaten hundreds of landowners in south Texas with condemnation of their property if they didn't grant them a temporary easement to survey (it gave them a six-month right-of-way onto the private land and if needed allowed them to "move structures and vegetation, store vehicles and equipments and bore holes in the property" without mention of compensation) (!!!); most actually did end up signing permission in the face of this grave threat, but some didn't and the federal government filed condemnation proceedings against them.
Btw, if Trump wants a border wall so much, here's an opportunity for him. Perhaps some admiring trumpsters could set up a GoFundMe to purchase it for him.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenbarber/2018/09/17/for-sale-1-mile-of-u-s-mexico-border-wall/#368159f75adf
all over.. Loud and Clear!
