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10:28PM | November 17, 2009 | comments: 0
Living on the Border
Today the Texas Department of Public Safety issued a warning a parents. The Mexicans drug cartels are after our children. The cartels and other gangs are recruiting in Texas schools and in our communities.
School officials I spoke with today told me their gang units are well aware of the dangers the cartels pose, but none are in our schools. The head of the gang prevention unit at DISD tells me schools are still the safest place for our children. I believe him.
Most of the gang recruitment is happening along our border counties.
That's a Mexican army soldier on the border. I grew up in Laredo, spent countless nights crossing the border, having a good time with my friends. It's been over ten years since I crossed the border.
It did not look like that when I was growing up. Now, I'm afraid. Maybe I've bought into all the media hype-- serves me right, but one can not ignore the violence that takes place on the border. For these drug lords to target our children is criminal.
Moms, Dads watch your kids, talk to them, be with them, engage them in conversation. It's all we can do to keep them safe.
School officials I spoke with today told me their gang units are well aware of the dangers the cartels pose, but none are in our schools. The head of the gang prevention unit at DISD tells me schools are still the safest place for our children. I believe him.
Most of the gang recruitment is happening along our border counties.
That's a Mexican army soldier on the border. I grew up in Laredo, spent countless nights crossing the border, having a good time with my friends. It's been over ten years since I crossed the border.
It did not look like that when I was growing up. Now, I'm afraid. Maybe I've bought into all the media hype-- serves me right, but one can not ignore the violence that takes place on the border. For these drug lords to target our children is criminal.
Moms, Dads watch your kids, talk to them, be with them, engage them in conversation. It's all we can do to keep them safe.
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