One the highest concern of most Texans today is border control between Texas and Mexico. The federal government and the Obama administration has failed to recognize the threat and danger uncontrolled borders can cause. A plausible reason as to why the federal government has not seen border control issues in the eyes of Texans is because there have been no major causalities as of yet. “U.S. law enforcement came under fire from Mexican drug cartels on June 19th as the criminals tried to push 500 pounds of marijuana through the city of Mission.” Fortunately, no Americans were hurt in this incident. Hopefully we won’t ever need a body count to explain the poor border control provided by the federal government. Todd Staples argument for border control should be an important issue embedded in the hearts of all Texans. If the federal government has failed to “acknowledge the daily threats against Texans,” then it should be our civil duty as a state to take action. Thus, Todd Staples launched ProtectYourTexasBorder.com in March to promote the awareness of poor and undermanned border control around Texas. This site documents “numerous incidents on the U.S. side of the border.” Amidst the budget and debt crisis, the American security should still be the highest affair and concern at the White House. Unfortunately, the federal government doesn’t see it that way. Washington “claims that our border is safer than ever, and denies Texas, and the nation, the federal military response needed to stop these brazen criminals from invading our country and harming our citizens.” How ignorant can our federal government be? Can’t they realize based on ProtectYourTexasBorder.com alone that reform must be made towards immigration and border control? We can’t just let anyone and everyone into America anymore. We need to increase our forces on the border to combat the drug cartels and illegal smuggling that takes place so close to our homes.
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