ILL IMM Alabama Gov Kay Ivey is sending troops to US-Mex Border

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Gov. Kay Ivey is sending troops to the U.S.-Mexico border

This is the third time Ivey has announced she will send troops to the southern border.

www.alreporter.com

Gov. Kay Ivey is sending troops to the U.S.-Mexico border​

This is the third time Ivey has announced she will send troops to the southern border.

By
Patrick Darrington
Published on October 6, 2023 at 7:39 am CDT

“Every state has become a border state under the current policies, and Alabama remains committed to being an integral part of the mission to protect our Southern Border,” Ivey said. “The Alabama National Guard always stands ready to protect our citizens, and I thank our 275 troops, as well as their families, for their important service to our country.”

This is the third time Ivey has announced she will send troops to the southern border. The other two occasions were in 2018 and 2021.

Several weeks ago Ivey signed onto a joint letter with other governors in the country condemning President Joe Biden’s border policy as “every state is now a border state” according to the letter.

“As governors,” the letter read, “we call on you and your administration to relay immediately accurate, detailed, thorough data and information to the states about who is crossing the southern border illegally, where they are relocating, how the federal government is processing their asylum applications, and whether they are being deported successfully. Without such information, we cannot fulfill our fundamental providing our communities with appropriate services.”


Both of Alabama’s senators, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, and U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, praised Ivey’s announcement on X.


Tuberville said: “Alabama is stepping up and doing [President Joe Biden’s] job for him.”

Britt said: “When our nation is in crisis, Alabamians will always answer the call of duty. Thanks for your continued leadership, [Gov. Kay Ivey].”


The border topic has returned to the forefront of conservative media and political debate likely due to the 2024 election cycle approaching. Recently, conservatives were attempting to focus on gender ideology as a cultural issue to latch onto. However, that tactic has seemingly fallen flat with the GOP’s voter base.


Yet, as was the case during former President Donald Trump’s campaign, the border, specifically an “invasion” at the southern border remains, a reliable form of riling up conservative voters.

Patrick Darrington

Patrick Darrington is a reporter at the Alabama Political Reporter. You can reach him at pdarrington@alreporter.com.

 

[Babs]

I wonder if they are prepared to fight the cartels .

 

[jward]

Yes, I wonder what their mission statements are as well. It seems many of those uniforms currently assigned there are being used more as Concierge services for the illegal invasion than as protection for this countries interests and borders.

 

[Hfcomms]

I hope he sends them the arms and ammunition to go with it. The cartels won’t respect a acu uniform without the implication of force behind it.

 

[kyrsyan]

AL is not a direct border state. But we get a lot of the rollover. The ones that can move themselves, or have family here, end up here. And I know what we deal with. I have no doubt whatsoever that it's worse in the states with direct borders with other countries. I don't think most here will have an objection to her decision.

 

[bev]

I hope he sends them the arms and ammunition to go with it. The cartels won’t respect a acu uniform without the implication of force behind it.

She. Kay Ivey is a woman.

 

[Illini Warrior]

instead of just calling up a bunch of MP platoons - usually stripping a state of the needed LE around the state - put together a combined NG State force of guys that won't get hurt financially or personally - guys that can use the job - some additional training to handle the mission .....

 

[zeker]

It seems many of those uniforms currently assigned there are being used more as Concierge services for the illegal invasion than as protection for this countries interests and borders.

thats what we have called the RCMP up here in canada.

roxham rd new york state had become a turnstyle for illegal immigration

and the RCMP carried their bags (literally) as they invaded canada

its only very recently that the RCMP outpost was dismantled.

if it was up to me

any that arrived there, would be provided free bus service

to the nearest 'official' border crossing

 

[rhughe13]

Any thoughts on who authorized the Guard to cross state lines?

Are they still Federalized from Trump admin?

Are there various NG that have been in place, such as Alabama called up in 2018 and 2021 according to this article?

 

[naegling62]

She. Kay Ivey is a woman.

She's the best governor since George Wallace. She's a battle axe.

 

[SlipperySlope]

She may look like an old Grandma but she has more ba**s than most politicians. Whether you agree or not she will take a stance in issues important to her.

 

[night driver]

They better be ready to be "Tactical" as soon as they get off their busses.
If you have access to Mike Yon's latest dispatch, the border is effectively verklempt in Tx.

 

[night driver]

Here is the article Michael referred to from the UK Daily Mail:

BENSMAN: Eyewitness report on Texas' invasion of cartel island in U.S.

I embedded with a Texas state mission to retake an island INSIDE of America that has fallen under the control of ultra-violent criminal organizations.

www.dailymail.co.uk

(Pics left are relevant for the feels of the situation. UN-****ING-GOOD!!!

America's border war has begun: TODD BENSMAN's dramatic eyewitness report on Texas' invasion of a Mexican cartel island crawling with gang members and ringed with sniper nests... and it's all happening INSIDE the U.S.​

By TODD BENSMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 11:01 EDT, 5 October 2023 | UPDATED: 12:00 EDT, 5 October 2023

• BENSMAN: Eyewitness report on Texas' invasion of cartel island in U.S.
  
  In the early dawn's orange glow, a Texas Rangers commander briefs a heavily armed invasion force.
  They're preparing to seize a remote, 170-acre Mexican cartel-controlled island in the middle of the Rio Grande River overlooked by sniper nests and potentially booby-trapped.
  Some of the dozens of assembled men shift from one foot to another or reposition their M-4 rifles as they listen to their commanders' instructions.
  
  
  
  
  'Keep a close eye on those structures up there that have height advantage on us,' he warns.
  'In case we do get engaged and someone is shot' medical evacuation plans are in place and there are blood bags if the wounded need a transfusion, he assures them.
  Any questions?
  This may seem like a scene from a far-flung warzone.
  But it's just a glimpse of the hot war on America's southern border – a direct consequence of an out-of-control crisis that has resulted in nearly five million illegal migrants entering the United States since President Joe Biden was inaugurated in 2021.
  
  In the early dawn's orange glow, a Texas Rangers commander briefs a heavily armed invasion force.
  
  
  
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  (Above) Suspected cartel soldier captured by surveillance camera crossing from Mexico into Fronton, Texas in August 2023
  
  They're preparing to seize a remote, 170-acre Mexican cartel-controlled island in the middle of the Rio Grande River overlooked by sniper nests and potentially booby-trapped.
  
  Biden blames the PRESS on Americans thinking the economy is dire
  As federal Border Patrol agents have been overwhelmed by the mass migration and pulled away from the front lines to process illegal crossers, criminal Mexican gangs have gone largely unchecked and are now operating with near impunity inside America.
  This week, I embedded with the Texas state mission to retake a densely overgrown island near the isolated village of Fronton, 250 miles south of San Antonio, that has fallen under the control of these ultra-violent criminal organizations.
  As a condition of my exclusive access, the identities of these Texas officers and troopers are being kept secret for their safety.
  After all, they're operating in enemy territory.
  'AN ISLAND OF DEATH'
  For decades, neither the U.S. nor Mexico claimed Fronton Island as their own and that ambiguity provided the cartels – specifically the Gulf Cartel and Cartel del Noreste (CDN) – with an opportunity.
  When the cartel members are not killing each other, they use the island as a safe haven when fleeing the Mexican military or American law enforcement.
  The lawlessness has transformed the region into a major drug trafficking corridor.
  The cartels stash drugs in the thick vegetation while smuggling their illicit commodities north, then stop there again as they return south with cash and weapons.
  They also have no compunction against shooting at anyone – be they rival cartel members or Americans – who might get in their way.
  In November 2016, gunmen opened fire on Mexican state police and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers, who were surveilling them. A Texas officer was shot in the leg.
  
  
  
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  I embedded with the Texas state mission to retake a densely overgrown island near the isolated village of Fronton, 250 miles south of San Antonio, that has fallen under the control of these ultra-violent criminal organizations.
  
  
  
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  As a condition of my exclusive access, the identities of these Texas officers and troopers are being kept secret for their safety.
  
  
  
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  (Above) Texas forces prepare to plant state flag on Fronton Island
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  (Above) Stashes of guns and ammunition are routinely found on Fronton Island
  In 2019, four shooters armed with fully-automatic weapons fired more than 50 rounds from the Mexican side of the river at a U.S. Border Patrol boat. Miraculously, no one was hurt.
  Just this August, trail cameras captured grainy images of three suspected cartel gunmen carrying rifles and dressed in body armor crossing into Fronton from Mexico.
  Months earlier five alleged Cartel Del Noreste members were arrested in the same area. They too were armed and dressed in tactical gear.
  'It's an island of death,' said Jaeson Jones, a retired captain in DPS's intelligence division who fought against the cartels for years and knows Fronton well.
  'It's dangerous man,' Jones insisted, especially now that cartels are cashing in on the burgeoning human smuggling business.
  Indeed, each night hundreds of immigrants cross through the Fronton area and the cartels blend in with them.
  Texas DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon said the state was forced to act.
  'The federal government is not able to cover all these areas and provide for the safety and security of landowners,' Escalon told me.
  'You have people out here saying, 'hey man, I'm out feeding my cows and I see three men coming across with backpacks and they're armed. Why do I have to live like that?'
  Texas Governor Gregg Abbott's answer is they don't have to live like that. But before the island could be seized the issue of ownership had to be settled.
  So, the state conducted surveys that determined Fronton Island was, in fact, Texas territory.
  Now, Abbott's men could move in.
  Texas invasion force rides ATVs on cartel-held island INSIDE America
  
  
  
  The commander seemed most concerned with the burned out, bullet-pocked structures spray-painted with cartel acronyms on the bluffs overlooking Fronton Island from Mexico.
  
  
  
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  'It's an island of death,' said Jaeson Jones, a retired captain in DPS's intelligence division who fought against the cartels for years and knows Fronton well.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A warehouse marked with cartel symbols is seen on Mexican side of border across from Fronton Island
  SNIPERS, IED'S AND KILLER BEES
  On the Fronton border with operation about to start the Rangers commander wrapped up his briefing.
  Don't disturb backpacks or piles of clothes, he cautioned the men. Last month, an improvised explosive was found buried amid a stash of weapons and semi-automatic rifle ammunition.
  Mark the caches and call in the bomb squad, he told them, there's a fair chance the cartels left booby traps.
  Above all, the commander seemed most concerned with the burned out, bullet-pocked structures spray-painted with cartel acronyms on the bluffs overlooking Fronton Island from Mexico.
  Those are the sniper perches.
  'We have not seen people in there this morning, but we know that that's what they're used for,' he said.
  And, oh yeah, watch out for Africanized killer bees on the island.
  'They're aggressive.'
  With the instructions complete, the men boarded All-Terrain Vehicles and roared off in a convoy through thick brush and deep mud created by a rare overnight rainfall.
  At least today no one shot at the Texas troopers, but that's no guarantee they won't find themselves under attack in the future.
  These vanguards will secure the island to allow for Texas National Guard engineers to safely bring in bulldozers and heavy machinery to completely denude the landscape of trees and brush before they fortify it with concertina wire.
  
  
  
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  With the instructions complete, the men boarded All-Terrain Vehicles and roared off in a convoy through thick brush and deep mud created by a rare overnight rainfall.
  
  
  
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  Don't disturb backpacks or piles of clothes, he cautioned the men. Last month, an improvised explosive (above left) was found buried amid a stash of weapons and semi-automatic rifle ammunition (above right)
  
  
  
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  These vanguards will secure the island to allow for Texas National Guard engineers to safely bring in bulldozers and heavy machinery (above) to completely denude the landscape of trees and brush before they fortify it with concertina wire.
  After that the island will be constantly patrolled as if it were a warzone, though few think this takeover will do much to encourage the cartels to find another line of work.
  '[The cartels] will still be able to move whatever commodity north or south,' Mike Salinas, a recently retired Border Patrol of 30 years told me. 'It's going to be a speed bump for them. They have the resources, money and time.'
  The state of Texas also knows this to be true, but they're determined to carry on.
  'If the cartels move somewhere else, we'll identify it and just follow them up and down the river,' DPS' Escalon told me. 'The way we look at this is - this is a forever operation.'
  What happens if or when Americans get between the cartels and the billions of dollars they reap from drug smuggling and human trafficking is anyone's guess.
  And whether or not Texas or federal government want to admit it, the border with Mexico has now been militarized for the first-time against foreign criminal organizations.
  And this war has just begun.
  

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  America's border war has begun: TODD BENSMAN's dramatic eyewitness report on Texas' invasion of a Mexican cartel island crawling with gang members and ringed with sniper nests... and it's all happening INSIDE the U.S.​

Yon's post in his blog https://michaelyon.locals.com/upost...ace-https-www-dailymail-co-uk-news-article-12

 

[Vegas321]

The involved Governors should set up a WAR room. And use every available asset to crush them. No prisoners. All dead.
Is .gov gets in the way. Arrest and kick them out.

 

[hiwall]

I applaud this governor for her concern and being smart enough to understand the wide open border is hurting her state.
But sending troops there at great expense will do nothing. She would be better off buying the illegals bus tickets to New York.