Truly Amazing
U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned.
More than a dozen agents, all of whom asked not to be identified for fear of retribution, said orders relayed by Border Patrol supervisors at the Naco, Ariz., station made it clear that arrests were “not to go up” along the 23-mile section of border that the volunteers monitored to protest illegal immigration.
And a here’s a great quote on the subject by Rep. Tom Tancredo a Colorado Republican.
“It’s like telling a cop to stand by and watch burglars loot a store but don’t arrest any of them,” he said. “This is another example of decisions being made at the highest levels of the Border Patrol that are hurting morale and helping to rot the agency from within.
“I worry about our efforts in Congress to increase the number of agents,” he said. “Based on these kinds of orders, we could spend the equivalent of the national debt and never have secure borders.”
Alec Rawls thinks the supervisors should be fired.
Fire ‘em NOW, like Ronald Reagan stomping the air traffic controllers. They are a hundred times worse.
And then he goes a step further:
These supervisors don’t just need to be fired. They need to be PROSECUTED! They are obstructing enforcement of the law, a clear violation of statutes in every state and the Union that all government officers must UPHOLD THE LAWS.
Speed of Thought is angry. Lee wonders if the military should take over.
Many people have called for the military to begin patrolling our southern border. The effectiveness of the Minuteman Project demonstrates that keeping out illegals is a relatively simple thing to do, and that the only reason our government has failed to do so is pure politics. Remember this the next time you vote.
Rusty is sickened, but not surprised.
Bob is a fan of open borders, but not this kind.
For many years, I have been in favor of Open Borders. However, opening borders and pouring out taxpayer money to support people who should be coming over here seeking opportunity, not a government hand out will ultimately destroy our country, far worse than any terrorist attack.
And Rich Glasgow has a bit of a conspiracy theory.