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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 813670" data-attributes="member: 12952">Texas Farmers Under Attack at the Border&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; America’s Third War: Texas Farmers Under Attack at the BorderBy Kris&nbsp; GutiérrezIn Texas, nearly 8,200 farms and ranches back up to the Mexican border.The men and women who live and work on those properties say they’re&nbsp; under attack from the same drug cartels blamed for thousands of murders&nbsp; in Mexico.“It’s a war, make no mistake about it,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said. “And it’s happening on American soil.”Texas farmers and ranchers produce more cotton and more cattle than&nbsp; any other state, so Staples is concerned this war could eventually&nbsp; impact our food supply, and calls it a threat to our national security.“Farmers and ranchers are being run off their own property by armed&nbsp; terrorists showing up and telling them they have to leave their land,”&nbsp; Staples said.To raise awareness, Commissioner Staples launched the website ProtectYourTexasBorder.com. It’s a place where frustrated and scared farmers can share their stories.One Texas farmer, who asked not to be identified, said it’s common&nbsp; for him to see undocumented immigrants walking through his property.“I see something, I just drive away,” he said. “It is a problem, I’ve&nbsp; learned to live with it and pretty much, I’ve become numb to it.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 813670, member: 12952"] [B]Texas Farmers Under Attack at the Border[/B] [B]America’s Third War: Texas Farmers Under Attack at the Border By Kris Gutiérrez[/B] In Texas, nearly 8,200 farms and ranches back up to the Mexican border. The men and women who live and work on those properties say they’re under attack from the same drug cartels blamed for thousands of murders in Mexico. “It’s a war, make no mistake about it,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said. “And it’s happening on American soil.” Texas farmers and ranchers produce more cotton and more cattle than any other state, so Staples is concerned this war could eventually impact our food supply, and calls it a threat to our national security. “Farmers and ranchers are being run off their own property by armed terrorists showing up and telling them they have to leave their land,” Staples said. To raise awareness, Commissioner Staples launched the website [COLOR=black][B]ProtectYourTexasBorder.com[/B][/COLOR]. It’s a place where frustrated and scared farmers can share their stories. One Texas farmer, who asked not to be identified, said it’s common for him to see undocumented immigrants walking through his property. “I see something, I just drive away,” he said. “It is a problem, I’ve learned to live with it and pretty much, I’ve become numb to it.” [/QUOTE]

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