U.S. Border Patrol sees ‘whole new element’ coming over

TUCSON — From Friday to Monday, six illegal immigrants who crossed the border were found to have records for sexual offenses, and five of those were taken into custody in Cochise County.

And, the Tucson Sector is seeing more individuals who are apprehended with criminal records of all types, U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Mike Scioli said Monday.

Throughout the sector, “we are seeing in increase of illegals with criminal records, especially sex offenders,” he said.

On Monday morning, Border Patrol agents from the Naco Station arrested a Mexican man who had a warrant out of California, Scioli said.

According to law enforcement records, the unidentified Mexican national was charged with willful cruelty of a child and sexual intercourse with a minor, he said.

However, it is unknown if the man fled back into Mexico before being taken into custody in California and then decided to re-enter the United States, hoping he would not be caught, the spokesman said. The man is being processed and referred for prosecution.

Naco Station agents also took a Honduran national into custody on Sunday who was previously convicted of being a sex offender in Georgia, according to a Tucson Sector press release.

That person was convicted of statutory rape, disorderly conduct and simple battery, the release stated.

On Saturday, agents from the sector’s Douglas Station discovered another Mexican national who had been convicted in California for kidnapping and sexual assault, according to the release.

Also on Saturday, another individual from Mexico was taken into custody by Douglas Station agents and found to have convictions for rape and assault in Nebraska and Washington, the release stated. The individual is being processed for prosecution.

Friday, Douglas Station agents apprehended another Mexican national with prior convictions in Michigan for sexual assault of a child and criminal sexual contact. He is being processed for prosecution, according to the news release.

The non-Cochise County apprehension of a Mexican national with a criminal record took place on Sunday by agents from the Border Patrol’s Casa Grande Station.

That individual had been charged with sexual assault of a minor in Florida and he was being processed and referred for prosecution, according to the press release.

“The increase of those with criminal records is surprising us,” he said of the apprehensions.

While in the past those who were illegally entering the United States were looking for jobs, the jump of those with criminal records is making the Border Patrol analyze the new type of traffic trying to enter the United States, Scioli said.

Many of them are connected to Mexican gangs, and what has to be determined is what exactly these criminals are wanting to do, he said.

The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is seeing an increase in a number of illegal immigrants being housed in the county jail pending movement elsewhere because of outstanding criminal warrants, Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Carol Capas said.

Illegal immigrants with outstanding warrants are turned over to the Sheriff’s Office for a continuation of the process to have them returned to the area where the criminal warrant was issued, she said.

Additionally, a number of those individuals who have warrants are being discovered to have relationships with gangs in Mexico, Capas said.

Scioli put the increasing number of illegal immigrants with criminal records this way: “There’s a whole new element coming across the border.”

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During the last fiscal year — Oct. 1, 2007 through Sept. 30, 2008 — of the more than 317,000 illegal immigrants apprehended in the Tucson Sector, 16 percent had criminal records, which was up from the 11 percent for the previous federal budget year.

The percentage of individuals with criminal records is increasing this fiscal year. Since Oct. 1, 2008, more than 80,000 illegal immigrants have been apprehended throughout the sector. The exact percentage of those with criminal records is still being researched, but “there is an increase over last year.”

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Herald/Review senior reporter Bill Hess can be reached at 515-4615 or by e-mail at bill.hess@svherald.com.

Subject: Right to own a gun

Remember, The first step in establishing a dictatorship is to disarm the citizens

Subject: Gun Law Update by Alan Korwin, Democrats have already leaked a gun-ban list.

Gun Law Update by Alan Korwin,

Author Gun Laws of America

Jan. 5, 2008

Gun-ban list proposed.

Slipping below the radar (or under the short-term memory cap), the Democrats Have already leaked a gun-ban list, even under the Bush administration when They knew full well it had no chance of passage (HR 1022, 110th Congress) It serves as a framework for the new list the Brady’s plan to introduce shortly.

I have an outline of the Brady’s current plans and targets of opportunity, it’s horrific. They’re going after the courts, regulatory agencies, firearms Dealers and statutes in an all out effort to restrict we the people. They’ve made little mention of criminals.

Now more than ever, attention to the entire Bill of Rights is critical. Gun Bans will impact our freedoms under search and seizure, due process, Confiscated property, states’ rights, free speech, right to assemble and more, in addition to the Second Amendment.

The Democrats current gun-ban-list proposal (final list will be worse ):

Rifles (or copies or duplicates):

M1 Carbine, Sturm Ruger Mini-14, AR-15, Bushmaster XM15,

Armalite M15, AR-10, Thompson 1927, Thompson M1; AK, AKM, AKS, AK-47,

AK-74, ARM, MAK90, NHM 90, NHM 91, SA 85, SA 93, VEPR; Olympic Arms PCR;

AR70, Calico Liberty, Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or Dragunov SVU, Fabrique

National FN/FAL, FN/LAR,or FNC, Hi-Point20Carbine, HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, HK-PSG-1,

Thompson 1927 Commando, Kel-Tec Sub Rifle; Saiga, SAR-8, SAR-4800, SKS with detachable magazine, SLG 95, SLR 95 or 96, Steyr AU, Tavor, Uzi, Galil and Uzi Sporter, Galil Sporter, or

Galil Sniper Rifle ( Galatz ).

Pistols (or copies or duplicates):

Calico M-110, MAC-10, MAC-11, or MPA3, Olympic Arms OA,

TEC-9, TEC-DC9, TEC-22 Scorpion, or AB-10, Uzi.

Shotguns (or copies or duplicates):

Armscor 30 BG, SPAS 12 or LAW 12, Striker 12, Streetsweeper.

Catch-all category (for anything=2 0missed or new designs):

A semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and has:

(I) a folding or telescoping stock,

(ii) a threaded barrel,

(iii) a pistol grip (which includes ANYTHING that can serve as a grip, see below),

(iv) a forward grip; or a barrel shroud.

Any semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds (except tubular magazine .22 rimfire rifles).

A semiautomatic pistol that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine,

And has:

(I) a second pistol grip,

(ii) a threaded barrel,

(iii) a barrel shroud or

(iv) can accept a detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip, and

(v) a semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds.

A semiautomatic shotgun with:

(i) a folding or telescoping stock,

(ii) a pistol grip (see definition below),

(iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine or a fixed magazine capacity of more than 5

rounds, and

(iv) a shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

Frames or receivers for the above are included, along with conversion kit.

Attorney General gets carte blanche to ban guns at will:

Under the proposal, the U.S. Attorney General can add any “semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the Attorney20General.”

Note that Obama’s pick for this office (Eric Holder, confirmation hearing set for Jan. 15) wrote a brief in the Heller case supporting the position that you have no right to have a working firearm in your own home.

In making this determination, the bill says, “there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military or any federal law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and a firearm shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event.”

In plain English this means that ANY firearm ever obtained by federal officers or the military is not suitable for the public.

The last part is particularly clever, stating that a firearm doesn’t have a sporting purpose just because it can be used for sporting purpose — is that devious or what? And of course, “sporting purpose” is a rights infringement with no constitutional or historical support whatsoever, invented by domestic enemies of the right to keep and bear arms to further their cause of disarming the innocent.

Respectfully submitted,

Alan Korwin,

Author Gun Laws of America

http://www.gunlaws.com/gloa.htm

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