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18 people arrested as part of a joint operation between Gardaí and PSNI A total of six arrests were made by Gardaí, with five made for people driving under the influence of an intoxicant. By Tadgh McNally Thursday 18 Feb 2021, 2:19 PM Feb 18th 2021, 2:19 PM 32,344 Views 13 Comments Gardaí checkpoint on the border in October 2020 Image: PA Image: PA 18 PEOPLE HAVE been arrested as part of a joint taskforce operation between the Gardaí and...

Pathetic that the republican leadership couldn't get this done when they controlled all branches of government. laura: voters want the american government to work. we know it's not always perfect. when you look at the breakdown of how the president wants to fund the southern barrier, using the 1.3 from the spending bill and the millions and billions from other funds, do you think it's a plan that will see its way all the way through? >> that's a good question. i think it's going to get held up in the court system and it may go all the way to the supremes and if the supreme court they do say th...

Sometimes it was quite fine. i do want to mention to you, though, the president's comments and then show you some border -- some fbi statistics and get your thoughts on it. the president then says at these walls will make us all safer. you have the fbi statistics that you pointed out, just a few moments ago of border counties where crime is much less than nonborder counties as well as the overall average. so, that inmind, is the president right when he says a wall will make us safer? >> i think a wall or in my case i prefer the gnomen clay cher fence is part of a total border security program....

These border counties, after having underperformed here during the democratic primary. but ted cruz, of course, trying to cast his opponent as being for open borders. he's trying to paint himself as the border security candidate and trying to hold off an upset here in the lone star state. as these midterms are playing out, the military plans to ramp up its forces here. several thousand troops are expected to be deployed here, up to 15,000, the president says, in order to help secure the u.s. border. >> so gabe, in texas it's complicated because you have people who think immigration and border ...

That i was talking to maria about is whether a lot of these latino voters will come out and support beto o'rourke. >> reporter: and that's exactly the question. that's why beto o'rourke has been coming to some of these border counties, trying to ensure latino turnout here along the border. as you mentioned, there are many people we've spoken to that think this help is needed. they're happy to see the military here. yet, others we've spoken with say, look, this amounts to a militarization of the border. they don't want to give the impression that this is a dangerous part of the country. they se...