Posted on 03/20/2015 7:48:34 AM PDT by amorphous
Correct.
Reisepasse Bitte.
My point is not that it’s okay, just that this has been around pre 9/11 and not a Homeland insecurity thing, so why weren’t you guys bitching and moaning about it decades ago? Unfortunately crap like this happens with LEO’s all across the country every day, I would still rather live here than anywhere else.
Second the agent, who should know better, took the bait and escalated the situation needlessly.
Penalties offset, first down.
What penalty did the driver commit? You're not saying his use of a dashcam is a penalty, are you?
Probably because decades ago I lived nowhere near these things, and most news was local. We rarely heard about things outside our areas. That's changed in the last 15 years or so. Unfortunately, now these checkpoints are entrenched. It's harder to get rid of something once it's in place.
I reject that premise. We aren't doing enough in the way of prevention. Prevention is always better than detection and removal. However, I'm just as angry about these checkpoints as I am about companies that hire illegals and the politicians they have in their pockets.
Answering questions at he actual border? Sure, why not.
Answering question 25 miles inside the border? Nope. BP should be willing to say, “Thank you sire...be on your way”.
(1) BP recognizes that non-residents will avoid such checkpoints and
(2) Murrikins that actually stop at these check points aren’t hiding anything. The BP is trained to determine any suspicious activity so we should simply wave at the local constabulary and pass on through.
(3) Most “border-jumpers” are allowed in the US today anyway so...what’s the big deal? What difference does it make, anyway?
“I reject that premise.”
I don’t.
Once an illegal alien makes it over the ‘fence,’ he is home free. And we—you—can go on fussing about how we aren’t doing enough ‘prevention’ to stop illegals, and once they make it over the fence, when ‘prevention’ fails, they are free to become loyal felons and democRAT voters.
What penalty did the driver commit?
1. Needlessly provoking an LEO lawfully engaged in protecting national security.
2. Distracting an LEO form his lawful duties by wasting his time and requiring him to redirect national security resources away from his primary mission.
3. Providing add and comfort to the enemy (no not ISIL) but the ACLU, SPLC, LULAC, La Raza, Mexican drug cartels, the Mexican Government, the DNC, the RNC, the US Chamber of Commerce and every other left wing organization engaged in promoting a lawless frontier and degrading our national security.
These groups have been using the courts to shut down the Border Patrol checkpoints for years on constitutional grounds. For now they have failed.
Both the driver and the agent should reflect on that before their next encounter.
Prevention doesn't just mean border detection and entry denial. Prevention includes rejecting the false premise of birthright citizenship for kids of illegals, the writers of the 14th Amendment never intended for that to grant citizenship to kids of those who were here illegally, and really, anyone who would think it does is an idiot.
It also includes denying any types of benefits for non-citizens here illegally.
Those two prevention methods alone would reduce the number significantly.
Could we get one of these Inland Agents to question Obama?
Agree
“Those two prevention methods alone would reduce the number significantly.”
And catching those that do enter illegally. . .and not just at the ‘fence’. . .but further inland.
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