I’m not a big fan of Rick Perry, especially after what he pulled during the 2012 primaries. But Perry’s leadership on the southern border invasion has been impressive, especially compared to Valerie Obama. Perry announced today that he is sending 1,000 National Guard troops to the border as Obama golfs and fundraises before his Martha’s Vineyard vacation. Hopefully, these National Guard troops wouldn’t get any of the diseases being spread by the border invaders as the flock here.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry will immediately send up to 1,000 National Guard troops to help secure the southern border, where tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America have crossed into the United States this year in a surge that is deemed a humanitarian crisis.
Perry also wants President Barack Obama and Congress to hire an additional 3,000 border patrol agents for the Texas border, which would eventually replace the temporary guard forces.
He made the announcement, which he called Operation Strong Safety, on Monday in Austin.
Perry’s state has received the majority of migrant children, especially in the Rio Grande region, and he has repeatedly called on the federal government to deploy the National Guard.
“I will not stand idly by,” Perry said. “The price of inaction is too high.”