After a backlash, the Border Patrol won't nab suspects except at the border or checkpoints. Now agents are angry. After protests over recent immigration arrests in San Diego and San Juan Capistrano, Border Patrol officials have instructed agents not to make arrests on city streets or question suspected illegal immigrants except along the border and at highway checkpoints in Orange and Riverside counties. The directive, outlined in an Aug. 8 memo, is aimed at agents in San Diego and southern areas of Orange and Riverside counties. "The future of Border Patrol operations" depends on eliminating the public perception that agents...
