"...We have to have Washington doing its duty, but I tell people, I said listen, if Washington's not going to do its duty to secure the Texas and Mexico border, Texas will. We're going to send the resources that we need whether it's our law enforcement, whether it's our National Guard, to continue to send the message that Texas is going to do everything that it needs to do to keep its citizens safe and an extension of that." Rick Perry to Newsmax: If Obama Won't Protect Border, Texas Will Melissa Clyne, Newsmax, January 15, 2015Well, Rick you've been governor of Texas since the year 2000, why didn't you secure Texas' border with Mexico in all those years?
In case your successor Greg Abbott really wants to secure the border, I have a concrete proposal for sealing Texas' border with Mexico, it can be read here: Texas' Rick Perry Could Seal The Border Himself - If he Had The Will.