The Border-Patrol Two Deserve Jail Law enforcement defends its honor, despite the “hero” propaganda By Andrew C. McCarthy “Texans aren’t whiners,” Johnny Sutton told me. Still, forgive him if he sounds a bit frustrated. Sutton is the top federal law-enforcement officer in one of the nation’s most notorious border badlands. Day in and day out, while no one was paying much attention to the dusty Rio Grande towns outside El Paso, he has been the U.S. Border Patrol’s staunchest ally. A solid law-and-order conservative, Sutton’s position, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, is a unique perch from...