"In the long term, if you alienate the Hispanics,
you’ll pay a heavy price. By the way,
I think the fence is least effective.
But I’ll build the G****mned fence if they want it!"
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, FEB. 2007
FUJM!
Posted on 12/16/2010 4:16:50 AM PST by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator John McCain made the following statement regarding Brian A. Terry, a Border Patrol Agent who was killed in the line of duty last night in Rio Rico, Arizona:
“My thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of Agent Brian Terry after yesterday’s tragic shooting near Rio Rico, Arizona. This event is yet another reminder of the dangers the men and women of the Border Patrol face every day as they put their lives on the line to protect the American people. The increased violence in the border region demands that Congress provide the necessary resources and personnel to ensure the safety of all Americans, especially border patrol agents stationed on the border, and fulfill the Federal government’s responsibility to secure our border.”
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"In the long term, if you alienate the Hispanics,
you’ll pay a heavy price. By the way,
I think the fence is least effective.
But I’ll build the G****mned fence if they want it!"
U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, FEB. 2007
FUJM!
I wonder why he even bothered to issue such a statement, as the people of AZ do not in any way hold McPain accountable for any of the pain he inflicts on the nation.
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...he’ll head for the nearest Sunday morning talk show and play out his bipartisan BS saying we must work together to solve this enormous problem and give illegals full amnesty to make our streets safer. Then the commielib press will say he’s trying and all we be forgotten and he’ll get a tingle up his leg and it’s back to staging a fake angry speech in the senate over spending, instead of calling out his fellow RINO’s for supporting it
Thanks, Arizonans...thanks.
Juan, that wild and crazy Tea Party guy. /sarc
Yes, open borders Juan has such credibility on stopping the invasion of his State. What a traitor.
the blood of that border patrol agent is on YOUR HANDS, Juan McLAME!!!
Holy Toledo, Rab. He's right. Things like State Bill 1070 are far more effective and far cheaper, and laws based on it were being proposed all over before the courts decided again to subvert the Constitution and the rule of law.
Fences will work.......
IF EVER THEY ARE TRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!
My understanding is that this one was protecting Mexicans (trying to cross the border illegally from robbers).
ML/NJ
Kind of like protecting the J-walkers from the muggers. Take out the mugger first, then deal with the J-walker.
When? We want it. It was legislated to be built. The funding was approved. (And then canceled.) Donde esta el fenco?
I'm not against fences but I think you're wrong.
As long as we give free health and education and all other bennies to illegals, and then prohibit local LEOs from doing basic law enforcement regarding them we are going to continue to have a permanent and, ultimately, destructive illegal problem regardless of how high a fence we build.
OTOH, if you end free bennies and let local LEOs do their work, you will not need a fence or a 2,000-mile long one anyway.
The blood of this agent, and former Iraq veteran is on McCain’s hands for all his years of hispandering and REFUSAL to secure our border.
Border Patrol agent killed in southern Arizona
Dec. 15, 2010, 4:05PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7340856.htm
NOGALES, Ariz. — A Border Patrol agent was fatally shot near the Mexico border amid a shootout with bandits known for targeting illegal immigrants along a violent smuggling corridor in the Arizona desert, a union leader said Wednesday.
Agent Brian A. Terry, 40, was waiting with three other agents in a remote area north of Nogales late Tuesday when a gun battle with the bandits began, said National Border Patrol Council President T.J. Bonner. No other agents were injured, but one of the suspects was wounded in the shootout. The Border Patrol declined to reveal the country of origin of the suspects.
The FBI is investigating the shooting. Border Patrol spokesman Eric Cantu and FBI spokeswoman Brenda Lee Nath declined to confirm Bonner’s account but said that authorities have four suspects in custody and are searching for a fifth.
The shooting followed months of heated political rhetoric on the immigration issue in Arizona as lawmakers passed a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigrants. Politicians pushing for immigration reform cite violence episodes like the Border Patrol shooting as proof that the state and federal governments need to better secure the border.
Terry was part of an elite squad similar to a police SWAT team that was sent to a remote area north of Nogales known for border banditry, drug smuggling and violence, said Border Patrol Agent Brandon Judd, president of the local agents’ union.
Bandits have long roamed border areas, robbing and sexually assaulting illegal immigrants as they cross into the country.
Terry and the other agents came across a group of five people. There was no sign that they were hauling drugs, but two were carrying rifles, said Judd, who didn’t know what prompted the firefight.
“It is a stark reminder of the very real dangers our men and women on the front lines confront every day as they protect our communities and the American people,” said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. She plans to be in Arizona on Thursday and Friday to meet with Border Patrol agents in Nogales and Tucson.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who has railed against border violence and signed Arizona’s new illegal-immigration law earlier this year, struck a similar tone.
“Although we needed no reminder of the ever-increasing dangers along our southern border, this tragedy serves as stark notice that the threats facing all who serve in protecting our state and nation are real and are increasing on a daily basis,” Brewer said.
Bonner, whose group represents 17,000 agents, said the fatal shooting shows that the border is still dangerous.
“This is a sign that the politicians and bureaucrats are overly optimistic in their assessment that the borders are more secure now than at any point in our history. It showed just the opposite,” Bonner said.
Terry, a native of the Detroit area, served in the Marines and as a police officer in Michigan before joining the Border Patrol in 2007. He wasn’t married and didn’t have any children. He is survived by his mother, father, a brother and two sisters.
The shooting occurred in the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector, the busiest gateway for illegal immigrants into the United States. Half of the marijuana seizures along the 1,969-mile southern border are made in the sector, which covers 262 miles of the boundary.
Agreed. Add to that, allow property owners along the border to defend their property. With force if necessary.
Dittos to that!
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