“Deadly violence from drug cartels and transnational gangs in Mexico is knocking on the United States’ door with ever increasing frequency,” wrote Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to President Obama on June 30, 2010.
Abbott demanded that Obama make protecting our borders and U.S. citizens after cartel gunfire hit the El Paso City Hall building the day before.
“Fortunately no one was injured or killed,” said Abbott. “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,” said the letter to the White House.
“The shocking reality of cross border gunfire proves the cold reality: American lives are at risk.”
Abbott cited and attached a news article to the letter: “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,” demanded the Attorney General.
Abbott told Obama that “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.”
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It is a shame that Greg Abbott, our Attorney General here in Texas must remind President Obama that serious life threatening problems exist on our international border with Mexico. Arizona's frustration has only elicited a promise to sue that state for their efforts to curtail illegal immigration. Did we not elect our president with hopes and aspirations that he would protect the citizens of the United States and not the citizens of Mexico? Please secure our borders now, sir.
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