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Robert Brite's avatar

Thanks for this Matt. Keep up the good work man! It's great to have a trusted news source on the border that I know isn't just making crap up or parroting what other sources are saying.

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Matt Benacci's avatar

Aw shucks, you're embarrassing me, Mr. Brite. Don't discount the big outfits entirely. When they finally get their dander up, there's just no keeping pace. Just got back from the Port of Entry after spending most of the afternoon and early evening there, and the FOX guys probably have the biggest presence with perhaps a half dozen employees, including their drone crew. They're all over it. I can also tell you, they've probably spent the most time going up and down the border, out of the major outfits. Love them or hate them, in my estimation, the FOX guys have been putting in the time and the mileage all over the border and have earned access with DPS and other officials that the other crews just aren't going to have. What I hope to do in my own small way at this point, is provide a little perspective, nuance, and perhaps some aggregation that may escape them.

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Robert Brite's avatar

Don't worry sir, I'm not discounting the big outfits, I'm just distrusting them. Zing! Ha ha... As for their dander, they make special shampoo that can keep that all under control. All that said, it is great that Fox, you and others are trying to shine a light on what's happening on the border and thus what's happening to our country as a whole. Keep doing what ya do amigo!

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Matt Benacci's avatar

Edited after publication to remove an errant use of "a."

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Edited again to provide photo credits to Lala De La Cruz

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