Border Patrol Vet Praises Agents ... but Blasts White House

A 27-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol says his agency is literally overwhelmed by the millions of illegal aliens who are crossing the nation's southern border with Mexico. The long-time agent says attacks against Border Patrol agents are up.

T.J. Bonner is president of the National Border Patrol Council, the union which represents more than 10,000 non-supervisory Border Patrol employees. Bonner says there are deadly consequences of letting just anyone cross the U.S.-Mexico border -- and he refutes the argument that illegal aliens are just poor people seeking a better life.

"We regularly encounter people who are not just coming across looking for work -- drug smugglers [for example]," he says. "In fact, I believe in our Tucson, Arizona, sector alone, ... our assaults are up dramatically this year; I think it's about 118 assaults against our officers."

And the threat of terrorism as a result of the illegal border crossings is real, he says. "There are deadly consequences of allowing just anyone to come across our borders," he shares. "Every year, literally millions of people get by the Border Patrol. As hard as we work, we're just simply overwhelmed with the volume of traffic coming across that border."

According to the veteran Border Patrol agent, those seeking to harm his nation could be among those that get by. "Let's say that it's a one-in-a-million chance that a terrorist gets in," he conjectures. "Well, that means that several terrorists can get in every year -- and it only took 19 terrorists to carry out the attacks of September 11."

But Bonner says despite being overwhelmed by illegal border crossings, there is no one more patriotic than thousands of men and women who serve with the Border Patrol and put their lives on the line every hour of the day, every day of the week. "You're not going to find anyone who stands closer to the flag than the men and women who wear the green uniform of the United States Border Patrol," he says.

The National Border Patrol Council recently criticized President Bush's budget decision that slashed the Border Patrol's budget by $80 million and replaces less than half of the number of agents lost through attrition last year. The organization calls that a "shortsighted" approach, and notes that the federal government allocates more money for transporting illegal aliens back to their hometown free of charge than it does for hiring agents to stop such illegal entries.

"The Bush administration continually fails to grasp the connection between border security and homeland security," Bonner states. "[I]t is shortchanging our first lines of defense against terrorism at home."

Meanwhile back at the Ranch........

Violent Latino Terrorist Gang (MS-13) Threatens American Minuteman Protestors! Posted on Wednesday, March 02 @ 09:57:38 EST Topic: Illegal Immigrant Gangs Mara Salvatruchas to take on the Minutemen vigilantes by Ernesto Cienfuegos La Voz de Aztlan 3/1/2005

Los Angeles, Alta California - March 1, 2005 - (ACN) It looks like there is going to be a "showdown at OK corral" on April 1st in Tombstone, Arizona. A high level leader of the Mara Salvatruchas, Ebner Anivel Rivera-Paz, has issued orders, from federal prison, to members of his extremely violent organization to teach the Minutemen vigilantes a lesson they will never forget, La Voz de Aztlan has learned.

The Mara Salvatruchas (MS-13) are a consequence of USA policies in Central America and are just another example of "the chickens coming home to roost". Its members are the sons of immigrants from El Salvador and other Central American countries that were forced to flee because of the CIA instigated war during the Reagan Administration that completely destroyed the physical, economic, social, religious and cultural infrastructure of the region. MS-13 was founded in Los Angeles by the offspring of the immigrants for protection. Later, many of the members were deported back to Central America where they expanded their operations and joined up with former members of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) .

Today, the Mara Salvatruchas have grown immensely in numbers and their network has expanded through Mexico all the way to Canada. The extremely violent group controls large portions of the drug, stolen vehicle and immigrant smuggling operations along the US/Mexico border and will not put up with clowns like the Minutemen vigilantes. The amateurish Minutemen may be in for a big surprise on April Fools Day and on the subsequent days that they plan to patrol the border with Mexico in Arizona. The Mara Salvatruchas are known to cut the "testicles" of their enemies and feed them to their vicious dogs. Other times they have cut the heads off their opponents to play football soccer with them. These are not people to mess around with.

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There is a good probability that very few cowardly Minutemen vigilantes will show up on April 1st in Tombstone, Arizona. The principal imbeciles organizing the event are known to be mere loudmouths. The morons think that they will be just having "some fun in the sun" hunting down defenseless Mexican migrant workers but instead may meet up with the devil himself. Satan has a very warped sense of humor and April 1st would be an excellent day to express it.

What sort of Marxist drivel is that? People shouldn't be condemned to corruption and poverty by imaginary lines and the people across them that are too lazy to earn their way and fear competition.

YOU are the Marxist. Anyone that can't see the danger of ILLEGAL immigrants is either

A: Stupid or

B: a communist that wants to see America collapse.

I put you into the the second category although it is possible you are just stupid.

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