Posted on 01/27/2005 6:03:10 AM PST by Marine Inspector
We encounter them almost daily.
Should we ignore them or investigate them?
Were damned if we do and damned if we dont.
FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN
"Criminals, jihadists threaten U.S. border"
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42398
"Unholy alliance of terrorists, gangs,
revolutionaries pose new security risk"
Here is a view of the border from a freeper who recently went and looked for himself:
I spent today at the border, 70 miles east of San Diego. There's a private ranch with one mile of border frontage which is being trampled by aliens (the same as the other 2000 miles of Mexican border.) I was there for the AM Border Patrol change of shift, when many of the illegals cross. During that well-known hour, there is ZERO coverage along the border.
Three of us volunteers captured 40 (FORTY) of them in the past day (Jan 21 to 22, 2005) on this one mile wide property. The volunteers only come once in a while to help the rancher. The rest of the time, his ranch is a wide open path into the USA, not much different from any other mile of border. If they make it 1-2 miles inland, there are lots of houses/shacks/trailers which are "pick up sites." There are only a few Border Patrolmen to cover each 20 mile sector of the actual border, which is only a token effort, just minor window dressing, to show the sheeple that "Uncle Sam is on the job." They basically don't catch anybody, maybe 2% of the crossers by actual truthful and frank (not official PR) Border Patrolmen's estimates. Anyone they catch in this sector is by pure blind luck, or they are the ones which private citizens stop, hold and call in, and they pick up and count as captures. This 2% true catch rate is meaningless, since the illegals just get taken to the border, and cross again tomorrow or the day after, with a fresh 98% chance of success. Pretty pitiful, huh?
One of the 7 we got this morning was a 14 year old girl who speaks perfect English. I asked her where she learned to speak it so well, and she named the public middle school in LA where she has gone for the last 6 years. Your California taxes at work. She was visiting her granny in Mexico for Christmas, and was just coming "home" to LA. She'll make it back across tomorrow. I said you can write a paper for school: "What I did on my Christmas vacation." The seven were only wearing sneakers and jeans and light jackets and t-shirts, with about one liter of water each, carried by hand. They were not preparing for some long march into the interior, but just a 1-2 mile hike to a pre-arranged pickup.
I was able to chat with them in Spanish for the hour or so until the BP picked them up. They said that they did not have to pay until they were delivered in LA. Relatives in LA have the money. The cost is now down to only $500 a head, from $1500 a few years ago. Going to a "pay on delivery only" system also shows that the "market" for border crossing is looser than ever. Formerly, illegals had to pay coyotes up front, and lost their money if caught. Now, they don't pay until and unless they make it. This shows that the "coyotes" must lower their prices and give better terms to attract business from their many customers. The "market" at work! It's a great time to be an illegal alien! Prices are down, pay on delivery in LA is standard, results are guaranteed! If not today (2% chance of capture) then tomorrow, (98% chance of success).
bump
Thanks for the ping! (*I'm still trying to figure out the 2 planes in San Antonio cliff-hanger story!)
What do you expect, it is from WND.
According to a Department of Homeland Security morning brief marked "For official use only," a report from Customs and Border Protection noted that on Dec. 23, Border Patrol agents stationed in Hebbronville, Texas, found a jacket with an Arabic patch in a lay-up area on Highway 285.
-No, no, no, JAS...people must walk miles and miles through the open desert, risking their life, according to Rod...
Oh, by the way: Remember to stay on the trails! ;^D
http://www.pr.state.az.us/partnerships/ohv/Espanol/espanol.html
Don't confuse 'em with logic, momma, their "minds" are made up!
BTTT
Well aren't you just the big brave boy.
I wish it had been me, but as I said, and you didn't bother to read, it was another Freeper.
I think it's pretty sad a 14 year old girl wandering around with who knows who or what out there.
Good night, it's all yours, rod. Knock yourself out.
BTTT
nite
Considering your tagline and post, I would expect you to believe anything that gives you a chance to rant.
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