12-year-old drug smuggler reignites immigration debate

The Washington Times ^ | December 27, 2013 | Stephen Dinan

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The U.S. Border Patrol earlier this month arrested a 12-year-old illegal immigrant smuggling 80 pounds of marijuana from Mexico into Texas, reigniting a debate over controversial comments made by a Republican congressman earlier this year about children’s involvement in the cross-border drug trade.

Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican who has called for a crackdown on illegal immigration, had said there were more young illegal immigrants smuggling drugs than there were ones who were valedictorians of their classes in U.S. high schools.

In the Texas incident earlier this month, Border Patrol agents arrested six Mexicans — two adults, two 17-year-olds, a 16-year-old and the 12-year-old — smuggling more than 300 pounds of marijuana.

“They were carrying the marijuana on their backs and when arrested it was discovered that the 12-year-old boy had the heaviest load at 80 pounds,” the Border Patrol said in a statement describing the arrest.

The adults and one of the 17-year-old children were held after the early December incident, but the others — including the 12-year-old — were returned to Mexico, the Border Patrol said.

Mr. King said the incident shows he wasn’t exaggerating his claim that children smuggling drugs into the U.S. is part of the immigration debate.

“My critics were either woefully uninformed or deliberately misinformed the public for the purpose of advancing their amnesty agenda,” he said in a statement.

He stirred up the controversy over the summer when was talking about some of the tougher cases in immigration, such as the so-called “Dreamers” — the young illegal immigrants who are generally portrayed as having been brought to the U.S. by their parents.

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Continued.........“Some of them are valedictorians — and their parents brought them in. It wasn’t their fault. It’s true in some cases, but they aren’t all valedictorians. They weren’t all brought in by their parents. .For everyone who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds — and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert,” the congressman told Newsmax..Mr. King’s critics included everyone from the New Yorker magazine to late-night comics to House Speaker John A. Boehner, who called the comments “hateful or ignorant.”

Immigration advocates delivered cantaloupes to Mr. King’s office, and some started circulating a petition trying to pressure the GOP to oust Mr. King from his seat on the House Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee.

The illegals need to write King for refund of sent cantaloupes

[Blood of Tyrants]

End the WOD now.

[2banana]

And he gets IN-STATE tuition!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Just think. The same government morons who have played hell getting 1.1 million Americans into the ObamaCare system are going to do everything that it takes to turn 45 million foreign nationals who can’t speak English into U.S. citizens. LOL! This should be a real freak show. The liberal “progs” really need to get off the recreational drugs. They’ve all lost their flippin’ minds.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Steve King is congressman of the year.

Upsets Karl Rove by pretending he is going to run for Senate. Forms his own gang of 70 to fight Rubio. Works with Iowa Radio and senate candidate Clovis to lauch attacks on the Rubio amnesty plan.

Tricks leadership into letting the house Republicans vote on defunding Obama’s adorable Dreamers.

Works with Ted Cruz to defund Obamacare. The shutdown takes 2 weeks away from amnesty momentum.

[Tupelo]

“House Speaker John A. Boehner, who called the (Steve King's) comments “hateful or ignorant.”

And there are still some here on Free Republic that have hopes & dreams of the House impeaching Obama. If my memory hasn't failed, John Boehner is still Speaker of The House and ain't nothing getting to the floor he does not approve.

[Tennessee Nana]

Just-another-illegal-alien-drug-smuggling-child PING

[entropy12]

Baby of a snake is also a snake.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Just-another-illegal-alien-drug-smuggling-child PING”

Latina ‘GOP Strategist’ Ana Navarro and friend of John McCain says its racist to suggest such a thing.

" Navarro, who has castigated King on his comments before, denounced him again. "Congressman King should get some therapy for his melon fixation," she said. "I think there might be medication for that. I think he's a mediocre congressman with no legislative record and the only time he makes national press is when he comes out and says something offensive about the undocumented or Hispanics."
Ana Navarro BLASTS Steve King. (NBC MTP vid Aug 11, 2013 ) .

[Jane Long]

Wow. First time I've heard this Ms Navarre, "GOP Strategist", speak. I've only read about her, until you posted that vid. She is one rude and nasty piece of work. Did McShame recruit her directly from a La Raza chapter? At least Rep King came back, ever so diplomatically, with a proper smack down - of the facts. She is something else.

If she's a GOP amnesty strategist, "this war is lost". She sounds just like a Dim.

[Tennessee Nana]

well she doesn’t speak for me...

[RginTN]

She is advising the GOP...explains why the GOP lost to Obama twice.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”If she's a GOP amnesty strategist, “this war is lost”. She sounds just like a Dim. “

That is why I post about her in comments here every so often.

She shows up on all three network Sunday shows frequently billed as a 'GOP strategist' and she started as a political strategist job on CNN.

She rarely goes after Dems, she is what RNC Priebus is looking for.

And she is FAT.

[sickoflibs]

I just missed you , please see : #13

[Jane Long]

Is this toughy the same one Boehner just hired as an amnesty consultant? If so....YIKES!

[sickoflibs]

No that’s not the same one.

[GeronL]

A “GOP Strategist” who always sides with leftists.

[Jane Long]

OK...just looked that up. Rebecca Tallent is who Boehner hired...she's also affiliated with Juan McShame.

Our only hope in stopping amnesty - since it's certainly not with the Pubbie *leaders* - is with groups like NumbersUSA.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”A “GOP Strategist” who always sides with leftists.”

That is what I see,

She is what the RNC seems to want.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Our only hope in stopping amnesty -”

The Dems keeping saying that there is still hope for that in this congress but its looking bleaker and bleaker for those counting on amnesty every day.

Next year they got unemployment comp, a Farm bill and a debt increase to argue about first.

Then there are the GOP primaries.