Cascos: Troops needed along border

October 14, 2011 8:56 PM
By DANIELLE ALTENBURG/ The Brownsville Herald

HARLINGEN — Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos said Friday that Texas and the Rio Grande Valley need a military presence along border to deal with border security.

Speaking to the Harlingen Rotary Club, Cascos said the 1,000 troops sent to the U.S.-Mexican border should have been sent only to Texas.

“I think there is a problem,â€