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Arizona Sheriff: Border Patrol Has Retreated from Parts of Border Because It’s ‘Too Dangerous’
CNSNews ^
| August 13, 2010
| Terence P. Jeffrey
Posted on 08/13/2010 2:35:35 PM PDT by jazusamo
(CNSNews.com) - Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., one of four Arizona counties contiguous with the U.S-Mexico border, said Friday that the U.S. Border Patrol has pulled back from parts of the border in his and neighboring counties because manning those areas has become too dangerous.
And you frankly have Border Patrolmen--and I know this from talking to Border Patrol agentswho will not allow their agents to work on the border because it is too dangerous, Dever told CNSNews.com in a videotaped interview. Now what kind of message is that for crying out loud?
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Dever, a native of Cochise County, has been in local law enforcement in the county for three decades. He was elected the county sheriff in 1996.
Dever stressed that the Border Patrolmen are ready and willing to perform their mission of securing the border, but that Border Patrol managers had determined that in some places the danger was too great and they wanted to avoid the risk of an international incident such as a cross-border firefight.
Now, I am telling you, the agents, you give them a mission, you tell them what you want them to do, they will go do it, said Dever. I mean, these guys for the most part are warriors, they are soldiers.
Then you have middle management and upper management that says: No, its too dangerous right there and were going to cause an international incident if theres shooting across the line, back and forth, said Dever.
Well, I say: Come, bring it on. Lets cause the international incident, he said.
Dever said there were places where the Border Patrol had pulled back from the border in his county and in neighboring areas both in Arizona and New Mexico.
He pointed out that in Pinal County, 70 miles north of the border, the Bureau of Land Management has put up a sign along a drug smuggling corridor to warn American citizens away from the region because it is too dangerous.
CNSNews.com provided Customs and Border Protection with a transcript of Sheriff Dever's statement about the Border Patrol pulling back from parts of the border in his area because it is too dangerous.
"There are areas down there in the Tucson Sector where for officer safety reasons, officers arent up on the line. For whatever reason--it may be a remote area," said a CBP spokesperson. "We still have the means to detect entry, whether it is a sensor or a scoped vehicle. So the entry is detected, but the apprehension of the undocumented migrant isnt affected until they reach a safe area.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: alien; aliens; borderpatrol; illegals; invasion; mexico; napolitano; obama; occupation; wakeupgop
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"We still have the means to detect entry, whether it is a sensor or a scoped vehicle. So the entry is detected, but the apprehension of the undocumented migrant isnt affected until they reach a safe area.Ahhh, this must be why Obama and Napolitano say the border is better sealed than ever. /sarc
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:35:38 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Let us take care of it,we need to push the border back a ways making a straight line out of it and a nice free fire zone.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:38:56 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: jazusamo
"but the apprehension of the undocumented migrant isnt affected until they reach a safe area" Translation: an area that is safe for them to enter the US without fear of deportation.
To: jazusamo
Next,Barack and Michele should vacation on the border, that would open up some eyes....
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:42:06 PM PDT
by
IceAge
To: jazusamo
It’s such a shame that our country has been completely denutted.
To: jazusamo
A ditch
Barbed wire
Land mines
Machine gun towers
Search lights
Groin-biting dogs
Severed heads on pikes to warn the others
There isn’t another country in the world that wouldn’t do this.
We can have a secure border.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:43:52 PM PDT
by
henkster
(A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
To: henkster
Excellent plan, and you are right about no other country in the world not doing this. Sadly, this is the country that is being murdered from within, and quickly.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:46:55 PM PDT
by
chris37
To: henkster
All of that would hurt feelings, endanger the environment, contribute to global warming, cause resource depletion, contribute to air/noise/light/soil pollution, women/children/minorities/democrats suffering, and that is for starters.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:47:27 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: Cheetahcat
Artillery.
That will fix anything.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:47:36 PM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: henkster
Didja catch whats-her-name’s speach this afternoon?
She said, we are now inspecting 100% of trains GOING SOUTH.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:50:02 PM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: jazusamo
A country who cannot secure it’s territory is a country whose days are numbered.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:50:14 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: jazusamo
Sort of a DMZ
Agent orange to clear the foilage( “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” apocolypse Now).
Ya that works.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:50:24 PM PDT
by
Marty62
(marty60)
To: IceAge
Next,Barack and Michele should vacation on the border, that would open up some eyes....Only if he was (profiled and) asked for proof of citizenship.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:51:23 PM PDT
by
norton
To: jazusamo
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:52:22 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: jazusamo
While it may be too much trouble for the feds to patrol the Mexican border, the Coast Guard patrols the Mackinac Island yacht harbor with a deck mounted machine gun on the patrol boat. They apparently don’t want any Canadians slipping in and bolstering the Michigan economy.
To: jazusamo
There seems to be a de facto surrender of sovereignty by the United States to Mexico of what was once American territory.
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posted on
08/13/2010 2:59:41 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
A safe area is anywhere in America until they commit a felony.
To: jazusamo
To: jazusamo
This desecration of our flag occurred on the main lawn directly in front of the Arizona Capital building on 7-31-2010....All caught on video.
Ive heard these illegals and their Mexican pro-illegal alien supporters, spray painted, "Burn this racist city to the ground" and placed a toilet seat on Old Glory as they walked all over our flag....
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posted on
08/13/2010 3:02:40 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: jazusamo
Until the Federal government gets serious about the border, I wouldn’t put anybody in danger either.
And I bet the border agents’ families appreciate the gesture.
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posted on
08/13/2010 3:03:34 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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