Texas sheriff suspicious of immigration enforcement ‘surge’

By Richard Dunham, Houston Chronicle

In Washington, the bipartisan Gang of Eight has embraced the concept of a border-enforcement “surge” to curtail illegal border crossings and curry favor with some wavering Republicans.

Along the border, however, there is a good deal of skepticism about the new political deal.

“We’ve been trying to secure the border since 1972 when President Nixon declared war on drugs,” Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño told our San Antonio Express-News colleague Aaron Nelson. “More boots on the ground is not going to fix the problem. You need to look at technology and the infrastructure that Mexico is lacking. I think we need to pass a bill to get our foot in the door, but not as it is.”

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