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Who spends half a mill plus, on a 100K boat?
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The great state of Texas, that's who. According to the report, the boats are armored. I imagine that makes for an expensive boat, if you want it to keep floating. Maybe not
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At what point in the river, is the international border?
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The middle. Per the treaty. No shit.
By my definition it's where the diarrhea begins.
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Who taught the Highway Patrol how to drive a boat?
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Maybe the Coast Guard?
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Why isn't the Coast Guard doing this?
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They don't want to waste all that training?
Seriously, though, since when has the federal government been serious about border enforcement? We've had Border Patrol and FBI agents chased off by Mexican drug cartels because the cartels were better armed (i.e., had Mexican army support). This
within US land borders. At any rate, to me this falls under Texas' jursdiction for drug enforcement operations within the state. The US border with Mexico along the Rio Grande is also the Texas state border.
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Rules of engagement?
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Something tells me they have more latitude to fire their weapons than the National Guard "patrols" we've had along the border for the last few years.