Border crossings cut by Texas crackdown 

 

Dear Friends,

I hope you and your family have a happy New Year! I wanted to share an article about "Operation Streamline," an important law enforcement program that has been implemented in several areas along the border with Mexico. In the fight to secure our borders this program is already producing significant results.

The Houston Chronicle refuses to cover any story that does not fit their open borders and anti-Republican agenda. The excerpts below and the link are from a story that ran in the Washington Times about the work I am doing to reinstate law and order on southern border by enforcing the law. "Operation Streamline" has the full support of the local communities and the local congressmen because everyone wants safer streets and neighborhoods for their families.

At a press conference on October 26 Border Patrol Sector Chief Carlos Carrillo made this statement about the expansion of "Operation Streamline" to Laredo:

"There is no question that the Streamline program works. I have no doubt that Streamline-Laredo will be successful based on the enthusiastic commitment that has been pledged to me by each of the agencies involved with the program. I would like to especially thank Representative John Culberson for his support of the program.

Unquestionably, his profound interest in border security and his first-hand familiarity with Streamline-Del Rio proved to be the catalyst that made Streamline-Laredo a reality today."

Read the entire Washington Times Article.

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"A strict policy to arrest, prosecute and jail illegal aliens who cross into the U.S. has shown significant success in reducing crossings and crime along the Texas border, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials said this month.

"The Laredo Police Department's crime data for Oct. 31-Dec. 15 indicates a year-to-date reduction in reported crimes of approximately 30 percent, and a 36 percent decrease in major crimes during the 45-day Streamline-Laredo reporting period."