50 Illegal Immigrants Found in Trailer

forbes.com ^ | 08/08/07 | AP

[TornadoAlley3]

FALFURRIAS, Texas -

Federal agents at an inland immigration checkpoint found 50 illegal immigrants locked inside a tractor trailer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday.

None of the immigrants required medical attention after they were found Tuesday, though agents said the trailer was not air-conditioned and many were sweating. All were being processed for deportation.

The driver and passenger in the truck's cab were arrested and charged with alien smuggling. Their identities were withheld pending further investigation.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

U.S. Customs advises citizens to be on the lookout of other such instances.

[McGavin999]

Being processed for deportation! Hey, that’s progress, they used to just turn them loose.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Yeah, well, when’s the last time you’ve read about 50 LEGAL immigrants found in a trailer???

;-)

[hophead]

“...trailer was not air-conditioned and many were sweating...”

OH MY, The inhumanity of it all! They were sweating! How can these people be allowed to sweat. This is a travesty.

[Westlander]

Sweat more Sanchez

[Mr. Mojo]

OH MY, The inhumanity of it all! They were sweating! How can these people be allowed to sweat. This is a travesty.

Did this happen in Johnny Sutton's jurisdiction? If so these federal agents better watch their backs.

[SkyPilot]

No need to worry - they’ll get their free medical benefits and minority college scholarships.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Ship them to Pelosi and Reid’s offices. They’ll take care of them; possibly take them home and care for them. They both so big hearted!

[ConservaTexan]

Ship them to Pelosi and Reid’s offices. They’ll take care of them; possibly take them home and care for them.

Possibly get them registered to vote, as dems of course.

[Barnacle]

...agents said the trailer was not air-conditioned and many were sweating.

And I thought Greyhound was bad.

[Barnacle]

Whenever I feel like that guy, I’m grateful for pennecillin.

[the final gentleman]

Hey Hophead, your flippancy would likely seem tripe if you were one of the poor young Mexicans who’s tribal family had painfully raised 2,000 american dollars in order to stuff him into one of these rolling hellhole buses to golden America in the hope that poor Juan would send back some US money to their poor village so they could;d live the lives they see on TV.

What would you do, Hophead?

[DragonMarine]

Tax his western union transmissions to his home country, track back his ID and deport him....

What would you do???

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[Mn_PatriotGuard]

Just doin’ the living in each other’s feces that Americans refuse to do.

[Mn_PatriotGuard]

"No one in theez trailer 'cept us fruits and vegetables,senor.......

[hophead]

I would NOT get into a truck that I could not get out of. Do you believe for a minute that these people have not heard the stories of dying in the desert or in trucks that bring them in? Or of people drowning in the Rio Grande? You are implying that any injuries or deaths are the fault of someone other than the illegal aliens. They made the choice to get into their own possible tomb and they must deal with that choice. That is part of the BIG problem with some illegal aliens. They come here and think like the leftards that you as a person hold no personal responsibility for your actions and that the guvmint will take care of all your needs.

[gubamyster]

ping

[B4Ranch]

>What would you do, Hophead?<

I would have turned the truck around, driven them back to the border and opened the doors where they could jump back into Mexico. Then I would have auctioned off the truck.