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[Brownsville, Texas illegals] Port police round up nine from brush
The Brownsville Herald ^ | June 19, 2007 | JOSÉ BORJÓN

Posted on 06/19/2007 4:59:16 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

Search continues for man that jumped into ship channel

One person is feared drowned in the Port of Brownsville’s ship channel after police there rounded up nine undocumented immigrants hiding in a wooded area on the port’s south side.

The men and women believed to be from Mexico and El Salvador attempted to flee port police and at least one was seen jumping into the channel.

Port of Brownsville Police Chief George Gavito said that shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, officers spotted a man hiding in some brush. He was quietly arrested by port police on suspicion of illegally crossing the nearby border.

“Later on during the day our police officers spotted another bunch of them in the same area,” Gavito said.

One of the nine men and two women found during the sweep fled from officials.

“We saw him go into the water,” Gavito said. “Then he got in an area where we couldn’t see him any longer.”

Police don’t know toward which direction the man swam. “We don’t know if he went up the channel or down the channel,” Gavito said.

“Tugboats going by at the time (reported) they did not see him cross or try to cross the channel. So we think he might have come back out.”

U.S. Coast Guard assistance was requested. The agency deployed a helicopter out of its Corpus Christi station and a boat from the South Padre Island Small Boats Station to search the channel.

Coast Guard Lt. Charles Hawkins said they searched the area for more than four hours. No one had been found at press time Monday.

The Brownsville Fire Department’s scuba dive team assisted in the search.

“They were going to be there for two to three hours,” Fire Chief Lenny Perez said Monday afternoon. “They thought they found something, but they weren’t sure. They are still looking.”

Meanwhile, three men from Mexico, two from Honduras, two from El Salvador and two women from Guatemala are being held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Brownsville.

Oscar Saldaña, spokesman for the CBP’s Rio Grande Valley Sector said Monday’s arrests would be treated on a case-by-case basis and did not give a timeline of when the men and women might be released or face an immigration judge.

It’s common for undocumented immigrants to walk toward the port after crossing the southern edge of the border, Gavito said.

“Once in a while they will come in between where the immigration check point is (Highway 4) and they kind of follow the light that’s at the port on top,” he said. “Sometimes they come in too far and they come in to the port area.”

Gavito believes the group captured Monday jumped the port’s security fence but, “they were never in a restricted area,” he said. “They never created any kind of threat.”

He added that any intrusion on port property is not taken “lightly.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; mexicans; noamnestyforillegals; vampirebill
These aren't the terrorists you're looking for.

Move along... move along. ...

1 posted on 06/19/2007 4:59:19 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

Sounds like they must have lost their documents.


2 posted on 06/19/2007 5:02:40 PM PDT by Oldhunk
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To: SwinneySwitch
Meanwhile, three men from Mexico, two from Honduras, two from El Salvador and two women from Guatemala are being held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Brownsville.

But Graham and Kyl continue to say these laws are unenforceable.

3 posted on 06/19/2007 5:03:22 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: DrewsMum; iopscusa; Liberty Valance; processing please hold; kiriath_jearim; Hydroshock; ...

Port Ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


4 posted on 06/19/2007 5:04:09 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: SwinneySwitch
after police there rounded up nine undocumented immigrants

The spin by socialists showing they have no intention of admitting these illegal aliens are violating our laws.
5 posted on 06/19/2007 5:05:22 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
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To: SwinneySwitch
No mention in the article the illegal aliens will be deported.
6 posted on 06/19/2007 5:06:33 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
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To: Jet Jaguar
I’m glad you sorted them out for me. I was starting to get a headache....

Gracias

7 posted on 06/19/2007 5:09:24 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: Man50D
No mention in the article the illegal aliens will be deported.

"...arrests would be treated on a case-by-case basis and did not give a timeline of when the men and women might be released or face an immigration judge."

Nope, no mention of deporation.

8 posted on 06/19/2007 5:09:37 PM PDT by YellowRoseofTx
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To: SwinneySwitch

De nada.


9 posted on 06/19/2007 5:14:10 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A big ox, a small ditch, a big load and a hot day--well, you can see the problem.)
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To: Man50D

No mention in the article the illegal aliens will be deported.


What is the procedure for deportation in situations like this? Do you know?...... I don’t know but would guess they have to go before a judge for a hearing and then deportation orders.... Not sure.... If this is the case then our courts have to be over loaded with hearings.


10 posted on 06/19/2007 5:20:57 PM PDT by deport ( Cue Spooky Music...)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Our tax money being used for what it was appropriated for?

Whatever next?

The roundup and deportation of the other 25,000,000 illegal aliens?


11 posted on 06/19/2007 5:46:22 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Man50D
“The spin by socialists showing they have no intention of admitting these illegal aliens are violating our laws.”

But, but ,but .... I heard Geraldo (AKA Jerry Rivers) say in his immigration “debate” with Michelle Malkin that undocumented workers commit crimes at a lower rate than do American citizens. (immigration crimes, identity theft, falsifying Government documents, etc obviously don’t count as “crimes” for his “undocumented Americans”)

12 posted on 06/19/2007 6:03:53 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: YellowRoseofTx

No mention of illegal alien either, only “undocumented immigrants”.


13 posted on 06/19/2007 6:10:10 PM PDT by chief_bigfoot (Welcome to America. Please leave your hyphenation at the border.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Do we really need more reasons to call our representatives in Washington, D.C.?

Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121

U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121

White House comments: (202) 456-1111

Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep

Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm


14 posted on 06/19/2007 9:24:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
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To: SwinneySwitch

ROTFLMAO!!


15 posted on 06/19/2007 10:09:36 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

B T T T


16 posted on 06/19/2007 10:10:11 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: Oldhunk
Sounds like they must have lost their documents.

They'll buy some new ones on the first street corner they come to.

17 posted on 06/20/2007 12:03:18 AM PDT by janetgreen
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ping


18 posted on 06/20/2007 12:23:37 AM PDT by gubamyster
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