I honestly don’t intend this to sound racist, I might get flamed for it. But why is it that it seems that the majority of border patrol agents I have read about in the news have mexican sounding names??? Ramos, Compean, Ramirez, and on and on and on. Isn’t that kinda like asking a Gambino, or Gotti, or Luciano, or Genovese to be in charge of going after the Mafia???? Just what percentage of the BP is of mexican descent??? Just an observation.
>>But why is it that it seems that the majority of border patrol agents I have read about in the news have mexican sounding names???<<
Well, being able to speak Spanish and being born into a Hispanic family might be a plus for BP agents, so they could have insights into what would be going on. Some Anglos, like me, do speak Spanish, but most do not, few of us Anglos really understand the culture that well.