Texas National Guard Granted Authority to Make Immigration Arrests
BY Herschel Smith
1 month ago
A memorandum of understanding between Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the State of Texas, reviewed by Breitbart Texas will immediately grant Texas National Guard soldiers the authority to make immigration arrests within the Lone Star state. Pete R Flores, CBP Acting Commissioner, authored the memorandum of understanding (MOU).
The memorandum, which has not yet been disseminated to all Texas border sectors, will allow the soldiers to perform roving patrols and exercise all the duties of an immigration agent so long as a U.S. immigration officer or Border Patrol agent accompanies them. According to the MOU, the ratio of soldiers to immigration officers is preliminarily listed as one officer to four soldiers.
Well, that’s a stupid stipulation.
I do hope that they are under arming orders. If the image is correct they are carrying what look to be Sigs. One looks like he needs to lose some weight.
On February 4, 2025 at 5:53 am, PGF said:
Talked to a guardsman who had been temporarily sworn in as a US Marshall for immigration matters. It’s still arming orders to repel invasion, but it’s a start.
On February 4, 2025 at 7:25 am, jrg said:
Yesterday, our talk radio station in south Texas had an interview with a city official for a discussion on what actions their officers would be responsible for. When stopping individuals for traffic infractions, the officer was not allowed to ask about the status of their status as citizens. The officers were instructed to fulfill their duties according to local statutes, not State or Federal. If a protest were encountered, they would enforce the ‘permit required’, and arrest anyone who was interfering while in traffic lanes, vs. staying off public roadways.
In the past, the National Guardsmen were carrying arms, but were unloaded (ostensibly to prevent accidents). No opinions offered (or asked) about private citizens with radios and/or phones reporting any suspects with filmed evidence of crimes committed.
On February 7, 2025 at 9:39 am, george 1 said:
This is the first time in memory that the NG has been armed at the Border. That is a positive move. We will see if the administration is serious as time progresses or if it is just a dog and pony show.
Note that if the President wants to start to control the Border the first thing he should do is require employers to use E-Verify with discrepancies automatically investigated by ICE. He should also start to audit several of the large banks that are well known to launder Cartel money. I am not hearing any discussion of this among the pols.