“President Bush got a firsthand look Thursday at ways the government fights illegal immigration and said that securing the border with Mexico will require more people and modern technology…He looked at a “skybox” _ a small box equipped with infrared technology that can be raised in the air so that agents can get a view of busy crossing points. He also petted some of the horses used by agents on the ground..Bush said he had fulfilled his promise in May to put 6,000 members of the National Guard into the fight against illegal immigration by Aug. 1. The Guard said on Monday that while more than 6,000 guard troops had been assigned to Southwestern border states by the government’s Aug. 1 deadline, only about half were on duty along the border.”
The phrase in Texas, I believe, is “all hat, no cattle.”