"Mexican Drug Cartels Pose Greatest Organized Crime Threat to Texas..."

[WhiskeyGirl]

"Report: Mexican Drug Cartels Pose Greatest Organized Crime Threat to Texas, McLennan and Bell County Cited With High Gang Activity"

AUSTIN (March 27, 2013)—Six of Mexico’s eight drug cartels pose the greatest organized crime threat to Texas, according to a report released Wednesday that identifies and prioritizes public safety threats in seven categories including crime, terrorism, vehicle crashes, natural disasters, public health, industrial accidents and cyber threats.

I've heard for years that drug addict are considered to be 'disabled' in the US and get disability.  Imagine, what a great system.  Become a drug addict and get a paycheck for life.  No need to work or struggle to make a living...just keep using and get paid for it.

"Sometimes, the general public doesn't have any idea that there are gangs operating in their cities and towns," Leger said.

"And that's what these guys want; they don't want any law enforcement attention. They operate in the darkness."

 ::snipping2::

The report also identifies statewide prison gangs, criminal aliens and child traffickers as significant threats to public safety.

"Many gangs now work directly with the Mexican cartels, gaining substantial profits from drug and human trafficking. Prison gangs operate within and outside the prison system, and are responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime," the Department of Public Safety said.

read more here - http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Report-Mexican-Drug-Cartels-Pose-Greatest-Organized-Crime-Threat-To-Texas-200330791.html

Why would anyone want to give these people amnesty?  A never ending free ride?  More reasons to come and stay?

Why would anyone let illegal alien criminals go?

What is wrong with this picture?

Maybe the gangs have invaded our political system?

[WhiskeyGirl]

"Texas Public Safety Threat Overview"

(U) The impact of crime on children is multifaceted and a serious public safety concern. The
tragic murder of 20 first grade girls and boys at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut
is a bitter reminder of how vulnerable children are to crime in Texas. The Mexican cartels, Texas
gangs, and other criminals engage in child trafficking for the sexual enslavement of children to
profit from the pedophiles who seek them out. These same organizations recruit our children as
criminal labor along the Texas-Mexico border, and use them to conduct criminal operations on
both sides of the border. Gangs have expanded their operations into prostitution and they seek
out runaways and vulnerable children to compel them into prostitution by guile and force.
During 2012 alone, Texas State Troopers identified and rescued 29 such children being
transported on the highways between cities. There are currently 76,272 sex offenders registered
in Texas, and at least 60,871 of these offenders had a child victim. Additionally, drug traffickers
and gangs have introduced heroin called “cheese” into Texas middle schools and high schoolsin
the Dallas area with tragic consequences.

(U) Another crime-related public safety concern exists from criminal aliens, who may not be
affiliated with the cartels and gangs but act alone to commit crime in Texas. From October 2008
to December 2012, Texas identified a total of 141,982 unique criminal alien defendants booked
into Texas county jails. These individuals, identified through the Secure Communities initiative,
are responsible for at least 447,844 individual criminal charges over their criminal careers,
including 2,032 homicides and 5,048 sexual assaults.

(U) The threat of terrorism is ever-present as global terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda
and Hezbollah still seek to destroy the U.S. and our way of life through asymmetric tactics. Most
recently, terrorism has become disaggregated with individual and would-be terrorists acting
alone engaged in jihad. Nidal Hasan is the most prominent example of this type of terrorist,
killing 13 U.S.servicemen at Fort Hood, Texas on November 5, 2009. Over the past five years in
Texas, there have been four other Islamic extremist plots and two antigovernment terrorist plots

report here - http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/threatOverview.pdf

Why would any give these people amnesty?  Give them a vote?  Welfare?

The report is sad and I believe an honest look at the problem of border security and illegal immigration.

Where is the shut-off valve?  A political willingness to address the problem in an honest fashion?

just my humble opinions