New Mexico governor withdraws National Guard from the border

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-mexico-governor-withdraws-national-guard-border-slams-trump-s-n968336


The governor of New Mexico ordered the state’s National Guard to withdraw a majority of its troops from the southern border, slamming what she called President Donald Trump’s “charade” shortly before his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

“New Mexico will not take part in the president’s charade of border fear-mongering by misusing our diligent National Guard troops,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement.

Lujan Grisham, who was elected as the first Latina Democratic governor of the state in November, said she rejected the “federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the southern border.”

She also ordered troops from outside of the state, including Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Wisconsin, to return to their home states.

While Lujan Grisham ordered the withdrawal of many of the troops, she also directed troops in Hidalgo County and the surrounding southwestern areas to remain in place. Those troops will continue to "assist with the ongoing humanitarian needs of communities there, who have seen large groups of families, women and children crossing over the border in the remote Antelope Wells area in recent months," she said.

More at link.

[Anti Federalist]

Of course she did.

That's her voting base.

She'll defy the feds to throw open the doors to the hordes...but a lefty like her would never think to defy the feds against real infringement of freedom.

Just another day in AmeriKa.

Do you support this?

[phill4paul]

Oh, yes. But, not quite....


Those troops will continue to "assist with the ongoing humanitarian needs of communities there, who have seen large groups of families, women and children crossing over the border in the remote Antelope Wells area in recent months," she said.

Gone are the days when Gary Johnson balanced New Mexico's budget. Now the state is all about dependence. Second highest poverty rate back in 2013? The state would implode if it weren't for Federal funding. But, yeah, sure, by all means bring in more impoverished people.

[juleswin]

Oh, yes. But, not quite....



Gone are the days when Gary Johnson balanced New Mexico's budget. Now the state is all about dependence. Second highest poverty rate back in 2013? The state would implode if it weren't for Federal funding. But, yeah, sure, by all means bring in more impoverished people.

Technically federal "funds" come from the state. So essentially its the state getting back what they sent in. Its the feds that would be bankrupt without the states

[phill4paul]

Technically federal "funds" come from the state. So essentially its the state getting back what they sent in. Its the feds that would be bankrupt without the states

New Mexico receives $3 for every $1 given.

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/02/07/arizona-city-officials-want-troop-installed-razor-wire-removed-from-border-wall/

It already had two rows of wire high up- four more rows were added on the US side at levels where US citizens could more easily be injured by it.

https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/wvm8KEDpSgzuZItQSfXWBzbdiBU=/1200x0/filters:quality(100)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5GWV4NCJKFCRJLUATXCM7E6A44.jpg


Arizona city officials want troop-installed razor wire removed from border wall

NOGALES, Ariz. — Officials in a small Arizona border city passed a resolution Wednesday night condemning the installation of new razor wire that now covers the entirety of a tall border wall through downtown.

The City Council in Nogales, which sits on the border with Nogales, Mexico, wants the federal government to remove all concertina wire installed within the city limits.

Otherwise, Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino said the city will sue.

City officials say Army troops installed more horizontal layers of the wire along the border wall last weekend.

The council's resolution says the razor wire would harm or kill anyone who scales the wall and "is only found in a war, prison or battle setting" and should not be in downtown Nogales.

The council’s action came one day after President Donald Trump made his case to the American people about the need for a border wall and how he has ordered 3,750 troops to prepare for what he called a “tremendous onslaught.”

Soldiers have installed concertina wire at or near several official crossings at the border. In late November, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the military had sent 36 miles (58 kilometers) of concertina for use in California, Arizona, and Texas.

At the start of November, soldiers in Texas installed lines of wire coils below a major bridge near McAllen.

Photos published by the Nogales International newspaper show six rows of concertina wire stacked along the approximately two-story wall.

https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/blorO1KFRzuR2IO4VGHN-C5x21o=/600x0/filters:quality(100)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DHCSBGLPMZCQJECJMQMUJGIGAU.jpg

Nogales, a city of about 20,000 people, is a fraction of the size of its Mexican counterpart, but its economy is largely reliant on Mexican shoppers and cross-border trade. Illegal crossings in that area have dropped steeply in the past several years.

Garino told the newspaper that he asked U.S. Sen. Martha McSally to help the city have the wire removed during a visit to the border last month.

A spokeswoman for McSally said the senator was working on a response to an inquiry from The Associated Press.

Garino said authorities didn't tell him why more wire was installed.

He said he was most concerned that children and others could be injured now that it reaches the ground. The downtown area is also residential, and there are homes that stand a few feet from the border fence.

"Aesthetically pleasing — it's not. It's very bad. It's not good for business, it's not good for what we're trying to create, a business-friendly community here in Nogales," Garino told the AP.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Defense did not respond to inquiries about why additional wire was installed last weekend.

City leaders were critical of military exercises at the border during the holiday season, saying they believed it scared shoppers.

[phill4paul]

It already had two rows of wire high up- four more rows were added on the US side at levels where US citizens could more easily be injured by it.


Children should learn not to play in concertina wire. Just another reason to update with bollards.

[Zippyjuan]

Children should learn not to play in concertina wire. Just another reason to update with bollards.

Some of it is literally in people's back yards.


there are homes that stand a few feet from the border fence

[phill4paul]

Some of it is literally in people's back yards.

Hence the need for the new bollard design. Why do you hate kids?