Cruz accompanies Border Patrol overnight, meets with local officials

Started by Ms.Independence, February 19, 2017, 08:07:33 AM

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Ms.Independence

Cruz is at the border because he DOES care.  I'm hoping he encourages President Trump to start building that wall sooner, then later.  For those chanting that he has to go, who the hell are they going to replace him with Castro?  Not one DEM accompanied Cruz, nor has any DEM (as far as I know) ever been reported visiting the border including Bammy!

Cruz accompanies Border Patrol overnight, meets with local officials

MISSION — Hours before the president talked about "bad people with bad ideas" entering the country at a rally in Florida, a United States senator strapped on a vest, walked through the thick Rio Grande Valley brush as Friday night turned to Saturday and found what he, President Donald Trump and many discuss in Washington D.C. The senator linked the findings to organized violent crime.

"There were more than one that were large, young men with a significant percentage of tattoos that might suggest gang affiliation," U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Saturday afternoon, recounting an overnight ride along with Border Patrol. "I don't know that, but those were the individuals that happened to be stopped on the patrol I was participating in."

All of the people Cruz and the patrol encountered were apprehended, he said. But he did not encounter any families, Cruz added, which make up the majority of illegal apprehensions....

...Cruz met with more than 10 mayors from across the Valley after his interactions with protestors, who he later thanked for exercising their first amendment right. Whether he takes their concerns to Washington is the next question. The protestors left Cruz with "hey hey, ho ho, Ted Cruz has got to go!" as he left for his meeting with the mayors. Several mayors said the meeting was productive and that Cruz did much more listening than talking...

...Cruz finished his day with a Rio Grande tour on the Texas Highway Patrol gunboats. He said it was "excellent."...

...Members of the Congressional Border Caucus are scheduled to be here early in the week, followed by a scheduled visit by U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. According to sources, Ryan will be here for a tour of the border, accompanied by U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, and possibly other top congressional republicans....

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