A wall. A simple concrete wall could eliminate the entire hassle and expense of this mess.
PATHETIC
This is exactly why we need our military on the border. 30,000 would do nicely and send the right message to our awful “neighbor” to the south.
FENCE— This also shows why we need a fence. With a fence you need less border agents. And not some bullshit virtual fence. The treacherous bastards in DC have tried to change the 700 of mandated fence into a virtual fence
1- The background investigations that have to be done to hire a federal employee take over a year.
2- You’d get more candidates if you stop arresting the officers when they do their jobs.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994 (202) 514-2008
TDD (202) 514-1888
PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES NEW CRIME BILL GRANTS
TO PUT POLICE OFFICERS ON THE BEAT
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just a dozen days after money became
available, President Clinton today announced the first round of
police hiring grants under the new crime bill, an important step
toward his goal of putting 100,000 police on America’s streets.
More than $200 million in grants were awarded to communities in
all 50 states and Puerto Rico, including 332 police departments,
46 sheriffs’ departments, six Indian tribal groups, and several
other law enforcement agencies. The crime bill authorizes money
to increase the number of police in America by twenty percent....
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/Pre_96/October94/590.txt.html
All talk and no action, nothing has changed, nothing will change, until such time as nowhere is unaffected.
Geeeeeee .. thanks for alerting the drug smugglers!
Good fences make good neighbors. And a bigger, longer, stronger, higher fence will make us even better neighbors. It’s the neighborly thing to do,
Did they ever fully attain the 6,000 number? Every report that I read indicated that there never was 6,000. And the excuse was due to the 2-week rotations.
Also, there is no surprise that less than 20% of the promised new Border Guards have been hired.
The Bush speech in Yuma a few days ago was nothing but hypocrisy. He talks about securing the border while doing everything he can to erase it.
“If guardsmen spot an attempted border crossing or some other illegal activity, they report it and the Border Patrol dispatches its agents to make the arrest.”
And by the time the Border Patrol get there the illegal aliens are in TN.....
“Our mission is not to stop or apprehend illegal aliens,”
Why not?
Boy Scouts could do otherwise....
“We’re very proud of the reduction in apprehensions because we think that shows our help is working.”
Well think again...
I THINK that a reduction in apprehensions just shows MORE illegal aliens ARE NOT being stopped....
It doesnt show the number who get by because the Nation Guard ARE NOT ARMED and therefore as helpless as kittens, and it doesnt show the number of illegal aliens who just move to spots where there are no Border Patrols and no Nation Guard....
(This kind of dumb comment has bugged me for weeks)
I'm ashamed to admit that I voted for that man. Twice! Just in case I forget, please, someone remind me that the lesser of two evils is still evil so that I don't vote for Rudy or any of the other RINOS!!! Bush has proved that the lesser of two evils is still evil.