Biden Administration's Refusal to Enforce the Border Is Breeding Dangerous Vigilante Sentiment
Any stated intent to shoot illegal immigrants must be called out, condemned, and reported to authorities
By Todd Bensman on October 6, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — During a recent speech I delivered in early September, two separate members of my audience here in Texas openly voiced a desire to take their firearms to the border and kill illegal immigrants. The two men in my audience had gotten angry with my explanation, during the question and answer part, for why Texas Governor Greg Abbott probably would not be able to legally deport immigrants on state legal authority. One of the men, clearly angry and not quipping, named a particular long-range rifle he thought would work well, as though some thought had gone into this.
As soon as I was alone, I reported what I heard to federal and state law enforcement intelligence.
From my nine years working as an analyst and manager for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division, I recognized what I’d heard as an indicator of domestic terrorism that had to be reported. The next day, I called around among a community of those who advocate for an end to the current mass migration crisis, the worst in American history. I asked if they too were hearing frustrated Texans speak of a compulsion to murder illegal immigrants.
Two of them told me they’d been hearing that extremist sentiment a lot in recent months. They said it came from the fact that President Joe Biden’s administration fomented and encourages the historic torrent through the state’s border with Mexico and Abbott doesn’t seem willing to stop it.
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