Sheriff Calls for US Troops on Rio Grande - 'We Can Protect Korean Border But Not Our Own?'

Leo Hohmann / WND

Another border-state sheriff is voicing his frustrations with the Obama administration’s failure to secure the border, saying the lack of action has overwhelmed his county with criminals, drug-cartel members and possible terrorists.

Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Arizona, unloaded on Obama in a video interview last week, accusing the president and Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson of violating their oaths of office.

Babeu, a former Army officer who served in Iraq, says the U.S stations more than 28,000 troops to guard South Korea and secure its border against any penetration from North Korea, yet it shows no commitment to secure its own border with Mexico.

“We’ve been there (in Korea) for 50-plus years,” he said. “We do this for countries all over the world. When are we going to put America first?”

Babeu continued, “ISIS is beheading Americans and they’re saying, ‘We’re coming for you.’ The wolf is at the door. When are we going to put our country, America, first? What else do we need to know?”

He said Obama should immediately deploy U.S. troops along the entire southern border with Mexico. This is what it would take to help local law enforcement, which is “overwhelmed,” he said.

“We’ve been forgotten about by our president and others in this administration,” Babeu said. “Their eyes are diverted and are off the ball. We’ve been saying for years, not just myself but countless other law enforcement officers, that this is probably the gravest national security threat our nation faces because it provides through this porous, this open border a natural avenue of approach for our enemies from any part of the world, not just ISIS, but any possible terrorist threat.”

He said his part of the state, the Tucson area, has apprehended 123,000 illegals, according to the most recent figure from the Border Patrol this year. Tucson is just one of nine border sectors across Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.

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