Operation River Wall: Coast Guard Mission to Secure the Rio Grande
US mobilizes "Wall of Hundreds of Boats"
The US Coast Guard, combined with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, this month launched a Border Security “surge” mission called “Operation River Wall“ to bolster ongoing efforts to control, secure, and defend 260 miles of the Rio Grande River that makes up the U.S. border between Texas and Mexico.
“U.S. Coast Guard is the best in the world at tactical boat operations and maritime interdiction at sea, along our coasts, and in riverine environments. Through Operation River Wall, the Coast Guard is controlling the U.S. southern border along the Rio Grande River.” -Admiral Kevin E. Lunday, Coast Guard Acting Commandant
As part of this mobilization, the Coast Guard is deploying additional response boats, shallow watercraft, command and control assets, and tactical teams in support of national security objectives.
The Coast Guard says this “represents an unprecedented commitment of Coast Guard personnel and resources to the Rio Grande.”
The Coast Guard says “Operation Border Wall” will further deter, interdict, and defeat illegal immigration as well as drug smuggling as part of their mission to defend the United States.
“We are deploying more soldiers, agents, and coastguardsmen to lock down the river to form a wall of hundreds of boats on the Rio Grande. Any illegal alien who attempts to cross will be apprehended. - Patrick Weaver, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of War
What impact do you think “Operation River Wall” will have on tightening border security along the Rio Grande?
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Jack Beavers
Its well past time our govt did this - any person with a personal responsibility to care for others would do the same (safeguard our home from intruders), there is a legal way to seek entry, other than that stay out. Is fairly simple no?
What's interesting to me is the messages the photos the Federal Agencies & Texas Agencies are sending: The Feds are distributing pictures of a variety of law enforcement patrol vessels (Coast Guard, Border Patrol, DHS) they have assigned to the Rio Grande, while Texas is posting photos of their boats with multiple automatic weapons on the river, suggesting they are moving beyond patrol responses to assault missions.
Yet to be seen: how the Mexican Cartels respond to these overt challenges to their "authority" on the RIo Grande.