National Guard troops were dispatched to famous Texas ranches with private security as part of bord
Source: Texas Tribute
The dispatching of troops to the sprawling private ranches, far from the border, raises questions about the use of National Guard troops, who have widely decried the mission as aimless, political and oversized, as the cost of the effort has already ballooned to $2 billion a year.
by James Barragán March 16, 2022 6 hours ago
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Placed at spots along U.S. Route 77 running north to Corpus Christi — including the sprawling and renowned King Ranch and the GOP-connected Armstrong Ranch — the troops were ostensibly meant to deter migrants and smugglers who might cross through private ranches to avoid detection at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near the city of Sarita.
But service members with firsthand knowledge of the mission told The Texas Tribune that troops rarely saw migrants from their posts nearly 80 miles away from the border and were unable to give chase because they were not authorized to enter the private ranches if they saw migrants cutting through.
In practice, service members said, they stood around for hours, staring at each other and the highway, outside the private ranches — some of which had their own private security.
“We really don’t understand why we are there,” a service member told the Tribune. “We’re essentially mall security for ranches that already have paid security details to protect them.”...........................
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Abbott and his type get away with what they can!
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Texas National Guard stationed outside a King Ranch Norias Division entrance on Jan. 13, 2022.
Members of the Texas National Guard were stationed outside King Ranch in January. Credit:
Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune
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