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June 6, 2006 | 2:15 p.m. ET

Don’t mess with Texas (Joe Scarborough)


With Washington stalled on how to stop the massive flow of illegal immigrants over the U.S. border, Texas Governor Rick Perry and other border governors have decided to take matters into their own hands.

The Texas governor is angry at the federal government for slashing his budget to protect the border by 30 percent.

While National Guard troops are moving to the U.S.-Mexican border, stunning new statistics showing the massive scale of an ongoing invasion of illegal immigrants from Mexico.

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that 10 percent of Mexico’s population is now living in the United States, and that 1 out of 7 Mexican workers migrates to America.

Now there are more concerns that along with the workers come drug dealers, gang members, convicted felons and quite possibly terrorists. And yet, Washington politicians are cutting the budget for Texas to patrol its border with Mexico.

That’s one reason the Texas governor is now spending $5 million on video surveillance cameras to do the job he says Washington politicians refuse to do. The cameras will be placed along the border, will stream images to the Internet and will allow Americans across the country to view the video feeds and report any illegal crossings.

Think of it as virtual Minutemen without the pup tents.

So what does it mean that the president’s successor has more confidence in Radio Shack cameras than the commander-in-chief when it comes to protecting America’s southern border?

It's a lofty and unrealistic expectation, but I wish that every TV in America would watch this and get this one point - if they didn't know it already. Imagine the collective outrage if everyone in the US knew it wasn't just "good-hearted folks" doing "jobs Americans won't do."

Why, we might even have some have to drop their blind allegiance to Bush if they learned the REAL truth about who is crossing our borders!

Now there are more concerns that along with the workers come drug dealers, gang members, convicted felons and quite possibly terrorists.