Sharing a letter from a [Border Patrol] agent

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald/Review ^ | 22 January 2004 | Jim Behnke

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Sharing a letter from an agent

Sierra Vista Herald/Review Opinion

Jim Behnke 22 January 2004

My column today will consist of a letter that I received from a Border Patrol agent. I have contacts within the Border Patrol across Arizona and Texas. This letter says it all. Name withheld by request.

"Your column on 1/8/04 was appreciated! As an agent with the Border Patrol, I appreciate someone saying what I feel I cannot. There are so many other little pieces of the puzzle that don't fit with any of these 'proposals.' We apprehend hundreds of thousands of children that are coming to be with fathers already living and working in the U.S. illegally each year. None of these children are eligible to work in the U.S., under our labor laws. There are also so many that have been convicted of crimes that we spend hours prosecuting, only to see them released with time served to try to enter again. None of these people would be eligible for amnesty.

"The tides have turned in their opinion. There is no need to return to a corrupt country when all you have to do is to send for your family. The good U.S. taxpayers are all too happy to educate their children and provide healthcare for their elderly. We are apprehending millions of wives, children and parents of illegal workers already here. They are not coming here to work and go home; they are coming here to stay.

"We watch the 'Mexican military' aid in the smuggling of drugs across our borders every day. The people in the U.S. would never stand for this kind of behavior from their military. In fact, when we found out about a group that was smuggling drugs through the fort, they went to prison. The people leaving the country of Mexico are giving up. They will not stay and fight to make their country better. This is exactly what we don't need in our country.

"When President Fox does something about his corrupt military smuggling drugs into our country and raping and robbing those leaving his country, then maybe we can talk. Until then, the only way we should give legal status to an illegal alien is after they renounce their citizenship of origin and swear their allegiance to ours. Then they can complete six years of service to their new country in one of its armed forces to prove that they now respect our country and the laws they broke to get here. I am personally tired of watching my fellow agents dying to protect this great countries' sovereignty and enforce its laws only to be told by the ACLU, Fox and others that we are wrong.

"Thank you again,

"Proud Border Patrol agent and American"

JIM BEHNKE is a Sierra Vista resident who retired as an Army lieutenant colonel.He can be contacted by e-mail at wethepeople33@juno.com. His column appears every other Thursday in the Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review.

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Agents here in the Tucson Sector have reported that many of those apprehended since Bush's amnesty announcement have referred to it. Many are saying that they can cross legally because President Bush will give them a card to stay. The BP informs them otherwise and gives them the boot back home. And the numbers are definitely up.

[Bikers4Bush]

No shock here.

[swarthyguy]

MY advice to the BP.

On the border, pull up a chair, open a frosty, and charge the illegals cash to cross into the USA.

May as well make a few bucks of the fiasco.

[JustPiper]

BumPing for our under appreciated Border Agents, the forgotten Homeland Defense of our country!!!

[Happy2BMe]

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[MissAmericanPie]

Thanks Bush, I will remember to show my appreciation on Nov 4th.

[Ajnin]

Thanks for the ping.

[janetgreen]

Thanks Bush, I will remember to show my appreciation on Nov 4th.

DITTO

[hedgetrimmer]

Any word from this agent about what citizens can do to help them? Is there a particular person we can write to in his agency to put a little heat on the leadership to start better enforcement?