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02-24-2009, 02:26 PM #1
Mexican drug cartel violence has spilled over into Texas
AUSTIN -- Violence from Mexican drug cartels has spilled over into Texas, state Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw said Monday.
"Yes, absolutely it has occurred; there's no question about it," McCraw said after a hearing before the House Committee on Border and International Affairs.
McCraw answered lawmakers' questions about Gov. Rick Perry's request for another $135 million for border security operations on the same day Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott asked lawmakers for a new tool to help bring down transnational gangs that threaten border communities.
During the border committee meeting, state Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, asked McCraw whether some incidents that have been reported in the El Paso area would be considered elements of spillover violence from Mexican drug cartels.
Moody asked, among other things, if threats against American citizens, individuals seeking treatment at U.S. hospital for injuries sustained in Juárez and Mexican nationals seeking asylum would be evidence of spillover.
McCraw said yes.
"Anything that involves cartel activity that impacts Texans on this side of the border is, by definition, spillover violence," he said after the meeting.
McCraw told lawmakers, though, that Texas has a contingency plan to deal with large-scale violence and that local, state and federal agencies are working to
prevent that from happening.
Earlier Monday, state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, and state Rep. Aaron Peña, D-Edinburg, filed a bill they said they hoped would make doing business in Texas harder for drug cartels.
Along with Abbott, the legislators urged their colleagues to approve a bill that would give the attorney general expanded authority to seize guns, drugs and cash that are the lifeblood of human and drug smugglers.
"This bill is going to give us the ability to put these kinds of criminals out of business by taking the very thing they are trying to make," Abbott said.
Though such seizures can currently be made in criminal cases, the legislation would allow the attorney general to pursue seizures in civil court, where the burden of proof is less stringent, Abbott said.
Williams said the measure would help ensure that violence from the cartels stays south of the Rio Grande.
"The body count is stacking up along the border," he said, "and we don't want this to spill over into our state anymore."
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02-24-2009, 03:47 PM #2
I also suspect that this school is motivated by wanting their curriculum, faculty, administration, board, and student body to come off smelling like roses in an ever deteriorating educational system.
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02-24-2009, 04:54 PM #3
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02-24-2009, 05:24 PM #4
Ok, so it's spilled over. When do we plan on doing something besides talk about it?
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02-24-2009, 05:48 PM #5
Just last week:
'Napolitano: Violence in Mexico Not Yet Spilling Across U.S. Border'
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-147028-napolitano.html
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02-24-2009, 06:17 PM #6
Probably just flowing along the border, not spilling over. Its all about the wording you know....Mis-direction plays to keep the agenda on track.
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02-24-2009, 07:21 PM #7Originally Posted by jeanWork Harder Millions on Welfare Depend on You!
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02-24-2009, 08:28 PM #8
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93camaro....she is not arrogant...she is too ignorant and corrupt to be in charge of Homeland Insecurity. Look at the wonderful job she did as governor of Mexizona. Phoenix has the dubious distinction of having the world's 2nd highest kidnapping rate. Most of Mexizona's cities are run by sanctuary city mayors who allow, encourage and abet illegal immigration, identity theft and employment of illegal aliens. Napolitano opposed e-verify and struck down all voter initiatives opposing illegal immigration. And now the open borders hate America and American workers wench brings her academy award winning performance to a federal government near us. And with Solis now defacto Mexican Labor secretary you will see hordes of illegal aliens crossing the border to take more jobs as Solis opposes e-verify, border security and is in bed with unions who hire illegal aliens. Like Gutierrez, Solis and Napolitano care only about cheap illegal labor and to hell with struggling and suffering Americans.
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02-24-2009, 10:13 PM #9AprilGuestLike Gutierrez, Solis and Napolitano care only about cheap illegal labor and to hell with struggling and suffering Americans.
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02-24-2009, 10:36 PM #10
I don't know how Napolitano (former governor of AZ) can even claim the violence has not arrived in America, considering Phoenix, AZ is the kidnapping capitol of the US and and they are Mexican Drug related kidnappings.
USA Today knows it's happening but Napolitano doesn't? She needs to consult them for how to run investigations into Mexico cartel violence for DHS, since she is so in the dark, in denial or just an out right liar.
Law officials testify on border violence
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-147352-phoenix.html
Phoenix Reels as Mexican Drug Kidnappings, Violence Grows
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-146731-phoenix.html
What about the random gunfire and stray bullets flying across the border from Mexico?
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