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All Talk, No Action on Mexican Border
by Jillian Bandes


Mexican drug violence is decentralized, discombobulated and dangerous. Unfortunately, the recent U.S. response to Mexican drug violence can be characterized in exactly the same way.

On Wednesday, President Obama announced that he would consider deploying the U.S. National Guard if violence escalates, and House Republicans called for the expansion of Operation Jump Start, a program that put the Guard in Texas from 2006-2008. Thursday, the House held two hearings and will hold another next week to discuss the Mexican threat. In February, Texas Governor Rick Perry asked for more troops to defend his state’s southern border.

Yet Perry has come out against a border fence and has a reputation for being lax on immigration. House Republicans were partially responsible for the de-funding of another Mexican security initiative, Operation Meridia, last year, taking $100 million away from the $500 million originally allocated for the program. They have not addressed why they think the Jump Start program will be more effective in reducing hostilities. And the House committee hearings are unlikely to result in any action items.

Obama has not only appointed a no-name “drug czar,â€