Rescue takes tragic turn(Border Patrol agent drowns rescuing illegal)

Yuma Sun ^ | 12/17/03 | Jacob Lopez

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

A Border Patrol agent was missing Tuesday night after attempting to rescue a Chinese illegal alien from the Colorado River, officials said.

Several law enforcement agencies were searching the river for the agent Tuesday night. He was swept away by the rivers current as he tried to pull the alien to safety around 6:30 p.m., said Border Patrol spokesman Joe Brigman.

The agent, whose identity was not released, had not been found as of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

During a routine check of the river near Andrade, Calif., Border Patrol agents discovered approximately seven illegal aliens, Brigman said. The group had crossed the river and, upon spotting the Border Patrol agents, attempted to return to Mexico when one crosser was caught in the current, he said.

The missing agent was attempting to help the illegal when he was caught in the current, Brigman said. Other agents on the scene were able to rescue the crosser in distress.

Other law enforcement sources on the scene said the crossers were Chinese nationals. Brigman was not able to that report.

[RiflemanSharpe]

My God have mercy on his soul.

[DLfromthedesert]

OH NOOO!!! If no American wants to be a BP agent, you know what THAT means!!!!

[SandRat]

GepFart and Das-Hole will want us to contract it out to the French.

[janetgreen]

The blame for this invasion and the deaths along the border rests squarely on the White House and the moron who occupies it. He should have closed the borders after September 11, but he refused to, he didn't want to hurt Mexico's feelings. He has virtually put Vicente Fox in charge of America's immigration policies.

[JustPiper]

A Border Patrol agent was missing Tuesday night after attempting to rescue a Chinese illegal alien from the Colorado River, officials said.

I am getting so fed up with people diminishing the Mexican border and saying it is the Canadian border we need to worry about. Here you lose one of your good men because someone again decides to break the law via Mexico. Damn shame. Sorry for the loss of this agent doing a thankless job by our politicians! ;(

[JustPiper]

A Border Patrol agent was missing Tuesday night after attempting to rescue a Chinese illegal alien from the Colorado River, officials said.

I am getting so fed up with people diminishing the Mexican border and saying it is the Canadian border we need to worry about. Here you lose one of your good men because someone again decides to break the law via Mexico. Damn shame. Sorry for the loss of this agent doing a thankless job by our politicians! ;(

[gubamyster]

This is very sad. God bless this agent & his family.

[Pro-Bush]

Damn shame is right!

[america-rules]

"The blame for this invasion and the deaths along the border rests squarely on the White House"

You blame the WH when the border patrol caught the illegals trying to get in. What the hell could the WH have done to prevent this from happening to the border patrol agent ?

You can't put M60's every 300 yards on the border both north and south with orders to shoot anyone crossing. The cost would be several hundred billion dollars with 500,000 agents to man them and this wouldn't prevent tunnels.

The fix is to crack down and fine millions to anyone who hires an illegal and make it federal law to deport anyone (after treatment) who shows up at any emergency room that is an illegal.

Do sweeps on hotels, farms etc. and verify employment status of all the workers and deport the illegals.

The cost/risk factor has to be too high for illegals to cross over not just putting up a speed bump !

[PRND21]

Yep, American citizens come last.

Idiotic reply. You monger enough on all the other immigration threads. Can it.

The agent is a hero.
R.I.P.

[TLI]

Yes, but only after they *promise* to leave the USA within 30 days.

They make them pinkie swear.

[Smokin' Joe]

I didn't think so either. Pity this agent has probably given their life in an act so humane and professional, when the job seems to get more thankless every day.

[txdoda]

OH NOOO!!! If no American wants to be a BP agent, you know what THAT means!!!!>>>>

Yikes !! I bet the 'Fox' already has 'trained' replacements, in HIS plans, for OUR BORDER.

[AZHSer]

Thanks for the ping. Prayers going up for this brave man and his family.

[Bikers4Bush]

A noble thing that the agent tried to do but no illegal is worth the life of one of our agents.

[Ches]

Prayers for the agent and members of his family.

[Ches]

"I'm sure every country comes in through Mexico."

They do. The following chart has the numbers (not all from the Mexican border.)

INS Fiscal Year 2002 Apprehension Numbers

COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP TABLE

Afghanistan	85	Albania	217	Algeria	68	Andorra	1
Angola	18	Antigua-Barbuda	36	Argentina	465	Armenia	70
Aruba	2	Australia	84	Austria	21	Azerbaijan	13
Bahamas	193	Bahrain	8	Bangladesh	129	Barbados	51
Belgium	24	Belize	160	Benin	6	Bermuda	12
Bhutan	2	Bolivia	103	Bossnia - Herzegovina	32	Botswana	4
Brazil	3,493	British Virgin Islands	14	Bulgaria	119	Burkina Faso	6
Burma	19	Burundi	3	Byelarus	24	Cameroon	23
Canada	3,493	Cape Verde	47	Cayman Islands	3	Central African Republic	4
Chad	8	Chile	139	China	1,753	Christmas Island	3
Colombia	1,748	Congo	33	Costa Rica	334	Croatia	17
Cuba	2,750	Cyprus	4	Czech Republic	135	Czechpslovakia	149
Denmark	12	Djibouti	5	Dominica	31	Dominican Republic	3,229
Ecuador	959	Egypt	408	El Salvador	9,209	Equatorial Guinea	1
Eritrea	8	Estonia	29	Ethiopia	84	Fiji	38
Finland	3	France	118	French Guiana	2	French Polynesia	6
Gabon	2	Gambia	73	Georgia	81	Germany	183
Ghana	129	Greece	60	Grenada	28	Guadeloupe	3
Guatemala	8,344	Guinea	80	Guinea-Bissau	4	Guyana	222
Haiti	1,058	Honduras	11,295	Hong Kong	34	Hungary	122
Iceland	63	India	909	Indonesia	213	Iran	161
Iraq	110	Ireland	63	Israel	350	Italy	115
Ivory Coast	38	Jamaica	1,748	Japan	66	Jordan	504
Kampuchea	123	Kazakhstan	42	Kenya	166	Kuwait	36
Kyrgyzstan	7	Laos	217	Latvia	25	Lebanon	190
Liberia	71	Libya	13	Lithuania	86	Luxembourg	1
Macedonia	42	Madagascar	1	Malawi	20	Malaysia	125
Mali	38	Malta	1	Marshall Islands	9	Martinique	1
Mauritania	2	Mauritius	2	Mexico	994,720	Micronesia	42
Moldova	10	Mongolia	32	Morocco	210	Mozambique	1
Nambia	2	Nepal	12	Netherlands	65	Netherlands Antilles	13
New Zealand	59	Nicaragua	823	Niger	24	Nigeria	333
North Korea	6	Norway	8	Oman	8	Pacific Island Trust Territories	1
Pakistan	1,444	Palau	7	Palestine	20	Panama	123
Papya New Guinea	4	Paraguay	13	Peru	619	Philippines	720
Poland	415	Portugal	140	Puerto Rico	1	Qatar	7
Romania	114	Russia	298	Rwanda	3	Saudi Arabia	122
Senegal	53	Seychelles	1	Sierra Leone	54	Singapor	16
Slovakia	43	Slovenia	6	Somalia	84	South Africa	66
South Korea	527	Spain	61	Sri Lanka	207	St. Kitts-Nevis	23
St. Lucia	34	St. Vincent - Grenadines	55	Stateless	2	Sudan	89
Suriname	7	Sweden	26	Switzerland	14	Syria	122
Taiwan	48	Tajikistan	10	Tanzania	63	Thailand	149
Togo	16	Tonga	67	Trinidad and Tobago	314	Tunisia	156
Turkey	280	Turks and Caicos Islands	6	Uganda	21	Ukraine	156
United Arab Emirates	12	United Kingdom	427	Unknown	21	Uruguay	78
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	Uzbekistan	73	Venezuela	273	Vietnam	437
Western Sahara	4	Western Samoa	29	Yemen	121	Yugoslavia	94
Zaire	20	Zambia	19	Zimbabwe	44

[wjcsux]

I'm sure every country comes in through Mexico.
I have a frind who just retired from the Border Patrol last year. He was assigned to the Southern NM district. They apprend illegals from Angola to Zaire and every place in between.

[janetgreen]

The cost/risk factor has to be too high for illegals to cross over not just putting up a speed bump !

This administration and the one before it has made it clear that there is no wish in Washington to enforce existing immigration and border laws. They continue the pandering to Mexico especially, and won't take any action on the employers who hire illegals.

The cost to California ALONE due to illegal immigration is in the BILLIONS every year, and we are forced to pay it. I would rather those billions be spent on enforcement rather than medical care for illegals, schooling for illegals, housing assistance for illegals, food stamps for illegals, college for illegals, and now home down payment for illegals, wouldn't you?

Washington winks and nods as millions of illegal aliens stroll over the border every year. The fault for this mess lies directly on Washington's shoulders. Americans have to obey laws, illegal aliens don't, and taxpayers get screwed while we watch our country turn into Mexico.