Hold in hand, Pull pin, drop, wait for help to arrive
عقد في ناحية ، اسحب دبوس ، قطرة ، ينتظر أن تساعد على وصول
持有在手，拉针，辍学，等待救援抵达
Mantenga en la mano, tire de la clavija, gota, espera que llegue ayuda
Posted on 03/07/2009 7:46:44 AM PST by NormsRevenge
“Calderon is in a tough spot.
I wish them and us well.”
I think he’s in an impossible spot, though he refuses to admit it.
WHO is responsible for this??? Anyone know?
That works out real well.
Have 20 rounds and 30-06, will travel!
It’s a Border Patrol operation.
Hold in hand, Pull pin, drop, wait for help to arrive
عقد في ناحية ، اسحب دبوس ، قطرة ، ينتظر أن تساعد على وصول
持有在手，拉针，辍学，等待救援抵达
Mantenga en la mano, tire de la clavija, gota, espera que llegue ayuda
More local news reports
Border patrol sets up rescue beacons for illegal immigrants
The weather is warming, it's policy.
oops.. working link to local article
Border patrol sets up rescue beacons for illegal immigrants
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=269059
I imagine the instructions in farsi and arabic are on the other side.
Despite all the time, effort and money put into this project there is no indication of a similarly applied governmental study, GAO or not, of Americans who have lost their lives because of the illegal invaders.
From: http://www.gao.gov/htext/d06770.html
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06770.pdf
Appendix IV: Causes of Death for U.S. Residents and Migrants within the BSI Target Zone:
Figure 19: Percentage Distribution of Deaths among U.S. Residents and Migrant Border-Crossers, by Cause of Death, All Years Combined, 1990 through 2003:
[See PDF for Image]
Source: GAO analysis of NCHS data.
Notes: Our analysis of the NCHS data shows that between 64,000 and 87,100 U.S. residents died annually from any cause of death in the counties in the BSI target zone over the period from 1990 through 2003.
Of these, nearly 5 percent died from the causes of death that are commonly associated with border-crossing deaths, such as exposure to heat, traffic accidents, environmental causes, and homicide.
[End of Figure]
[End of section]
Appendix V: Comments from the Department of Homeland Security:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
Washington, DC 20528:
July 20, 2006:
Ms. Laurie Ekstrand:
Director:
Homeland Security and Justice:
U.S. Government Accountability Office:
441 G Street, NW:
Washington, DC 20548:
Dear Ms. Ekstrand:
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) draft report entitled Border-Crossing Deaths: Deaths Have Doubled Since 1995 and Border Patrol’s Evaluations of Its Safety Initiatives Need Improving (GAO-06-770).
Technical comments have been provided under separate cover.
The Department appreciates the opportunity to review and comment on the draft report.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) concurs with the overall substance and findings of the draft report but must note that the Office of Border Patrol (OBP) is an enforcement agency.
Border Patrol Agents exercise daily border safety functions by virtue of carrying out their mission of securing our nation’s borders. Therefore,
apprehending illegal aliens before they come into distress diminishes the risk involved with illegally crossing into the United States.
Additionally, through well-resourced enforcement, the border area will be secure and should assist in reducing border deaths.
CBP concurs with the recommendations outlined in the report and is taking action to address these issues, as described below:
Recommendation 1: GAO recommends that the Commissioner of CBP take steps to ensure that sector coordinators follow a consistent protocol for collecting and recording information about border-crossing deaths
and that all coordinators follow established procedures for maintaining and documenting regular contacts with local authorities to obtain timely information about all border-crossing deaths within the Border Safety Initiative (BSI) target zone.
Response: CBP concurs with this recommendation. OBP ill schedule BSI assessments at each sector to evaluate the protocols for collecting migrant death data from local authorities and ensure that all sectors are complying with the BSI Methodology. OBP expects to implement this
recommendation by January 31, 2007.
Recommendation 2: GAO recommends that the Commissioner of CBP assess the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of using multivariate statistical approaches to enhance estimates of impacts of its initiatives.
Response: CBP concurs with this recommendation. OBP has established a workgroup to develop performance measures to ensure the effectiveness of the BSI and other efforts in preventing border-crossing deaths. The first working group session was held on July 19, 2006 to identify potential performance measures and develop an implementation plan. OBP expects to implement this recommendation by January:
session was held on July lop an implementation plan. 1, 2007.
CBP appreciates the opportunity to work with the auditors in’ constructing a balanced and accurate document. We place great value in resolving the issues discussed in this review which reiterates the importance of establishing regular liaison with our law enforcement
partners, Government of Mexico officials, and county medical examiners.
Thank you again for the opportunity to comment on this draft report and we look forward to working with you on future homeland security issues.
Sincerely,
Signed by:
Steven J. Pecinovsky:
Director:
Departmental GAO/OIG Liaison Office:
[End of section]
The beacons should read as follows -
From this point on you become a target.
Congress at work
A bunch of graves should be pre-dug close by. If they are that desperate, they will have a place to rest for a looong time.
Multi-Ethnic Distress Ping!
This is also very disconcerting....I don’t know what the statistics are today, but this article is from 2007:
Gang Activity in the U.S. Military
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/a/gangs.htm
Link: Hillary: Reset button says Overloaded or Overcharged
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
Or better yet, just build bus stops, with free north bound tokens, at the border
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