Sheriff Lupe Trevino says the Federal Government has left the gate wide open. allowing thugs. plain criminals. to do damage on the American side of the border. He says drastic cuts have washed away homeland security funding and drained funds from community policing from this border area in South Texas. Sheriff Trevino says a lack of enforcement. lack of funding and lack of Federal support has left local authorities to stand by. while guerillas fire machine guns at them. invaders take over their neighborhoods and leave local law enforcement in harms way while on border patrol. Mr. Speaker. this shootout of 200 to 300 rounds barely made the news last week.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing criminals as 'thugs' who are Mexican.