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RICK PERRYS BORDER FAILURES

Perry's pet program of border cameras a failure

Over the objection of the state legislature, Perry spent "$4 million of federal grant money that he controls

in the Texas Border Watch Program" to install 29 cameras. The cameras have resulted in "26 arrestsand the seizure of about 7,400 pounds of narcotics in two years." Sheriff Omar Lucio in Cameron County

opposed the camera program from the beginning, saying "On a yearly basis here, I confiscate six to

seven tons [of narcotics]. I don't need the cameras. I just need the manpower."

(Texas Tribune: Border Cameras Produce Little in Two Years, $153,800 per Arrest, 4/20/2010)

Border congressmen ask Perry to stop diverting border security dollars

In April, a group of border congressmen called on Perry to send more of the federal funds given to the

state of Texas to Border communities, stating that while "Texas has been awarded an average of $125

million a year over the last four..., the border receiv[ed] as little as 3% of those funds each year."

(Letter from Congressmen Rodriguez, Cuellar, Reyes, Ortiz, and Hinojosa, 4/8/2010)

Perry's secret border plan"Perry announced Tuesday that he implemented the lowest tier of the Texas Spillover Contingency

Plan....The announcement came as a surprise to many officials along the border....'We live on the border

and have responsibility for our communities and our citizens. However, at this point we are learning about

your plans from the media, along with everyone else,' Texas Border Coalition chairman Efrain Valdez

wrote in a letter to Perry on Wednesday. 'This makes it impossible for us to coordinate with your office to

create the most effective strategy to keep our border communities safe.'"

(The Monitor: White, border politicians, jab governor's spillover plan, 3/21/2010)

White promises action, not political gamesmanship

In March, Bill White pressed U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano for more resources

and airborne surveillance of the Texas border. As governor, Bill White will talk with senior officials

in Washington to get things done, as he did throughout his time as Houston's mayor during both theprevious and current administrations. "Law enforcement both along the border and in other areas of

Texas requires working with sheriffs, police chiefs, state officials and federal agencies. An uncoordinated,

secret plan is not an effective plan," White said.

(Bill White for Texas: Bill White on border headlines, 3/18/2010)

Perry's border crime stats wildly inaccurate

In numerous public appearances and on both publicly-funded and campaign websites, Governor Perry

has falsely claimed 60-65% drops in border crime or crime rates. In fact, total crime rates in the 14 Texas

counties bordering Mexico dropped 3.1% between 2005 and 2008.

(Bill White for Texas: White: Don't play politics with law enforcement, 3/25,2010)

Perry distracts attention from his border failure by falsely claiming that bombs are exploding in El

Paso on national television

"You've got bullets hitting City Hall in El Paso. You've got bombs exploding in El Paso," Rick Perry told

Fox News. "Perry later made a similar statement in Laredo, saying a car bomb went off in El Paso,

according to Pro8News." "Perry did harm to the name and the goals of El Paso by trying to make a point

to the nation that the federal government isn't doing its job of protecting our southern border."

(El Paso Times, Misstatements by Perry hurt El Paso critics say, 8/4/2010; El Paso Dissed: Governor's

misstatements hurt, 8/5/2010).

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