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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 749048" data-attributes="member: 12952">Shots fired at City Hall prompt Texas AG&nbsp; to ask for more troops on borderHere is the letter by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott:The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500Dear Mr. President,Deadly violence from drug cartels and transnational gangs in Mexico&nbsp; is knocking on the United States’ door with ever increasing frequency.Yesterday, gunfire from the cartels pierced that threshold and struck&nbsp; City Hall in El Paso. Fortunately no one was injured or killed. But&nbsp; that good fortune was not the result of effective border control – it&nbsp; was mere luck that the bullets struck buildings rather than bodies.Luck and good fortune are not effective border enforcement policies.&nbsp; The shocking reality of cross border gunfire proves the cold reality:&nbsp; American lives are at risk. As the attached news article notes: “More&nbsp; than 1,300 people have been murdered in Juárez this year as a war&nbsp; continues relentlessly between the Juárez and Sinaloa drug cartels.”&nbsp; Americans must be protected as this deadly war bulges at our border.Law enforcement officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety&nbsp; and your own U.S. Customs and Border Protection will reveal the hard&nbsp; truth. Our state is under constant assault from illegal activity&nbsp; threatening a porous border.The time for talk has passed. The time for action is now. The need is&nbsp; urgent. Each day that passes increases the likelihood that an American&nbsp; life will be lost because of the federal government’s failure to secure&nbsp; the border.This threat demands immediate and effective action by your&nbsp; Administration to secure our border. As the Attorney General of Texas, I&nbsp; urge you to make border security your top priority so that no more&nbsp; innocent lives are lost to border violence</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 749048, member: 12952"] [B]Shots fired at City Hall prompt Texas AG to ask for more troops on border [/B] Here is the letter by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, Deadly violence from drug cartels and transnational gangs in Mexico is knocking on the United States’ door with ever increasing frequency. Yesterday, gunfire from the cartels pierced that threshold and struck City Hall in El Paso. Fortunately no one was injured or killed. But that good fortune was not the result of effective border control – it was mere luck that the bullets struck buildings rather than bodies. Luck and good fortune are not effective border enforcement policies. The shocking reality of cross border gunfire proves the cold reality: American lives are at risk. As the attached news article notes: “More than 1,300 people have been murdered in Juárez this year as a war continues relentlessly between the Juárez and Sinaloa drug cartels.” Americans must be protected as this deadly war bulges at our border. Law enforcement officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety and your own U.S. Customs and Border Protection will reveal the hard truth. Our state is under constant assault from illegal activity threatening a porous border. The time for talk has passed. The time for action is now. The need is urgent. Each day that passes increases the likelihood that an American life will be lost because of the federal government’s failure to secure the border. This threat demands immediate and effective action by your Administration to secure our border. As the Attorney General of Texas, I urge you to make border security your top priority so that no more innocent lives are lost to border violence [/QUOTE]

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