For Immediate Release

July 21, 2014

Contact: Emmanuel Garcia, (956) 459-8498, press@leticiavandeputte.com


Leticia Van de Putte Responds to Call for National Guard on Border


San Antonio, TX -- Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Chair of the Veteran Affairs and
Military Installations Committee, and Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor,
after many conversations with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials, faith
and community leaders, and touring operations along the Texas-Mexico border issued the
following statement in response to Governor Perrys deployment of the Texas National
Guard:


Our Texas National Guards reputation is impeccable. The men and women of the Texas
National Guard are trained to do many missions. But to strictly militarize the border
wont help us meet this unique humanitarian challenge. The people of the Rio Grande
Valley have made that clear.


As a sixth-generation Texan whose family has lived along the border, with extensive
relationships with border law enforcement, faith and community leaders in the Rio
Grande Valley for decades, I believe Governor Perrys decision is the wrong way to go.


Instead of ignoring local leaders and acting unilaterally, Washington D.C. and Austin
should act responsibly. To keep Texans safe, we should support our local and state law
enforcement and first responders with the resources that they request and need.


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