The headline should say "invader" not migrant........its a start....1000's more to go:
https://www.texastribune.org/2...migrant-shot-border/
A Texas National Guard soldier patrolling the Texas-Mexico border shot a migrant Sunday morning just west of McAllen, according to an internal Texas Military Department document obtained by Military Times and The Texas Tribune.

It’s the first known incident since the mission began in which a soldier has shot and injured a migrant. The document does not indicate that the migrant had a firearm or any other weapons during the incident. The injury is not life-threatening.

The soldier who fired, Spc. Angel Gallegos, is an infantryman assigned to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar mission intended to curb the number of migrants entering Texas. Around 5,500 members of the Texas National Guard remain posted along the Rio Grande manning observation posts, building fences and in some cases apprehending migrants for the mission, which began in March 2021.

The migrant was shot in his left shoulder. He was taken to McAllen Medical Center for evaluation and treatment, according to the document.

The Texas Military Department and Abbott’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ericka Miller, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Safety said the Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.

The shooting is the third known incident since the mission began in which a Texas Guard member has intentionally opened fire on duty. In January 2022, a soldier shot at a Chrysler 300, recently seen smuggling migrants, that he believed was accelerating toward a fellow Guardsman. Nobody was harmed in that incident. More recently, a soldier died by suicide with his duty weapon while on patrol in Eagle Pass in October.

The shooting took place around 4:20 a.m. Sunday, after two Guardsmen joined Border Patrol agents and a trained dog who tracked a group of migrants to an abandoned house. The soldiers entered the building where three of the four migrants surrendered, the report said.

According to the document, the fourth migrant tried to flee through a window and resisted when one of the soldiers tried to apprehend him. The migrant wrestled the service member to the ground, striking him with his fists and elbows, the document said. During the struggle, the Guard member drew his M17 pistol and shot the migrant in the left shoulder at close range as the migrant was falling on top of the soldier. The soldier fired once, the document said.

No other injuries were reported.

It’s not clear if the soldier intended to fire his weapon. Two service members assigned to the border mission have died in accidental shootings — known as “negligent discharges” in military parlance — since it expanded in the fall of 2021.

Now why would one of these people act in such a way when they know damn well that once on our soil they’re basically home free? I’m thinking they weren’t such an upstanding sort looking for a better tomorrow.

Yeah, prolly smugglers vs illegals

Soldier’s name made public— immediately.

But of course. The left may have lost social media, but still has their trusty Dox-o-matic 6000 weapon left to use, and use it they will.

You know it must have been bad because the NG has very restrictive ROE there, but we will probably never know the whole story.

While this sounds like a good plan, the results don't look so good.
Several unintended discharges resulting in death or injury to the NG and a suicide.

Migrant? Let's call them what they really are, invaders.

Promote that man!!
Give him a raise and forward command!!

The way this is handled will show if Gov. Abbott has the strength of his convictions.

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
Promote that man!!
Give him a raise and forward command!!

[banging on table]… HEAR, HEAR!!

[David Attenborough] "It's that magical time again, when the Salvadorians begin their long winter journey, on their annual migration to their northern breeding grounds each year." [/David Attenborough]

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Originally posted by TMats:
Soldier’s name made public— immediately.

While I agree with you, at least it's clear to the mildly observant reader that the Guardsman who did the shooting is also hispanic/latino.

I'm sure there were many out there who were champing at the bit to say "evil white soldier shoots poor brown guy".

Migrant? No, they mean illegal alien. Words mean things.

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:

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Originally posted by TMats:
Soldier’s name made public— immediately.

While I agree with you, at least it's clear to the mildly observant reader that the Guardsman who did the shooting is also hispanic/latino.

I'm sure there were many out there who were champing at the bit to say "evil white soldier shoots poor brown guy".

I get where you're going, find a citation regarding a shooting, and if its a black-on-black incident, there's little momentum, versus a white-on-black/brown incident, then the flames of racial division get stoked and churned regardless of circumstances.

Irregardless, poor practice to release the name of the Guardsman doing his job.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
Promote that man!!
Give him a raise and forward command!!

[banging on table]… HEAR, HEAR!!

Reverend!