‘There’s no control’: Border chaos invades America’s heartland

The Washington Times ^ | September 26, 2021 | STEPHEN DINAN

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Iron County in Utah is about the furthest thing from a border community.

But Sheriff Kenneth Carpenter says incidents like a traffic stop this month on the interstate, where a deputy nabbed a motorist for reckless driving and found 5 pounds of methamphetamine and $8,000 in cash, are results of the chaos on the U.S.-Mexico boundary.

State officials have warned sheriffs that Honduran gangs have stepped up drug trafficking along the Wasatch Mountains, Iron County’s SWAT team callouts are “way up” and deputies are finding more guns when they serve search warrants, Sheriff Carpenter said.

“Since the border’s been just wide open now, there’s no control,” he told The Washington Times. “The floodgates have been opened, and we’re seeing it on a much more frequent basis. We’re seeing a surge in the [drug] pipelines, we’re seeing a surge in fentanyl houses, we’re seeing a surge in criminal activity.”

Some voices in Washington say what comes across the U.S.-Mexico boundary makes its way into the interior. In other words, every community is a border community.

Iron County’s experience suggests that’s true.

Communities have worried this year about a nexus between border crossings and the spread of COVID-19 as migrants disperse from border states.

The most significant issues, however, are drugs and what follows from that, Sheriff Carpenter said.

Demand for drugs is soaring, and some analysts blame the pandemic. Latin American cartels have been ready with supply.

Customs and Border Protection, the Homeland Security agency that mans the border and ports of entry and is charged with sniffing out contraband, has nabbed nearly 180,000 pounds of methamphetamine so far this fiscal year. That’s a record, even with one month to go.

At more than 10,000 pounds, fentanyl seizures have shattered the record set last year of about 4,800 pounds.

[43north]

Just make sure the Big Guy gets his 10%...

[\/\/ayne]

Wow, remember those left-wing internet commenters who insisted Democrats would never (never!) throw the border wide open if they got total control. We had tons of them on our local newspaper comment board. I think most of them were liars and didn't care if the border was open but not knowing what would happen. Well, here it is, bozos!

[CatOwner]

A large majority of women voted for this nutjob, many thinking Trump was mean. This is the result.

[frank ballenger]

Uh, that’s Driving While Undocumented. Like Driving While Black it means the perpetrator can sue the daylights out of the officers and the city unless the whole thing is dropped——with an apology.

[IndispensableDestiny]

My aunt lives in a western suburb of Houston. There wasn't much there when she and my late uncle built their home. Nice houses all around on quiet streets.

Now the streets are filled with contractors installing surveillance systems at the houses. They have an armed neighborhood watch looking out for trouble.

[utax]

Whatever you do, don’t bother the illegals. Remember - if they are afraid of law enforcement they won’t come out of the shadows and cooperate. Or something like that..........

[moovova]

What’s the answer? City-states?

[central_va]

State secession.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Soros-states.

[Kevmo]