Why would BP warns resident to be wary of illegal aliens is this why we need a fence ?
Thousands of illegal aliens cross Southern Arizona every day, and some are probably violent criminals, a high-ranking Tucson area Border Patrol agent told a Green Valley audience Friday.
Roger San Martin, chief of the Tucson station, Darcy Olmos, head of training operations, and Lisa Reed, community relations director for the Tucson Sector, outlined some of the tough jobs the Border Patrol faces daily in a talk to the Solano Homeowners’ Association meeting.
The Tucson station is one part of the Tucson Sector, which includes most of Arizona, and is headquarters for about a dozen stations.
The Tucson Sector is the busiest Border Patrol sector in the United States with up to 1,200 illegal aliens arrested a day. The Tucson station accounts for 200 to 400 arrests a day.
San Martin said many of the illegal crossers are probably poor people hoping to find work and a better life in the United States, but he said there are many criminals that also come across.
He said it’s legal to give thirsty and hungry people food and water, but the threat of criminals among the illegals is great. “The degree of desperation” of some of those is such that “these are not people you’d want to take into your home.”He added “they have no regard for human life at all.”
The Tucson station is responsible for 28 miles of the border near Sasabe, and that’s where Project 28 is under development. The Boeing Co., is lead contractor on Project 28, to build a high-tech virtual fence consisting of surveillance towers, instruments and even pilotless drones for aerial surveillance.
San Martin said the number of illegals arrested in the Tucson Sector declined from last year, a possible result of increased Border Patrol forces that deter the illegal border crossers.
Only a small percentage of illegal aliens stopped are prosecuted here, but are voluntarily returned to the Mexican border.
Prosecuting all illegals arrested would overwhelm the justice system, he said.
There were 378,897 pounds of marijuana seized by Border Patrol agents in Arizona last year.
Across the country, there were 987 assaults on Border Patrol agents last year, said San Martin.
http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2008/02/16/news/news02.txt
maybe they were being over cautioned
well thats what happens when you vote for a lying liberal republican, who most people don’t realize was actually born in conn. and dumb democrats
Its not just a illegal immigration problem, its a National security problem too!
http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=3508
there are a lot of reasons that we need a fence. first and foremost, illegal aliens began taking jobs “Americans WILL do” many years ago.
the days of illegals only doing the work “American’s won’t do” ended in the 70’s at the latest. The construction industry was one of the first to take a significant hit by illegals.
many Americans lost their jobs or had their pay cut drastically over the past 20 years or more. Currently, it’s not uncommon to find multiple contractors using the same SSN in order to run multiple illegals on their jobs.
essentially, allowing illegals to take jobs American’s are willing to do is allowing the businesses to make false profits and allowing the American people to subsidise the mexican economy.
this is a large reason why Americans don’t want them here. It’s been a long time since they were only in the fields and hotels doing work that Americans “don’t want” to do.
if anybody ever tells you they do the work we wont, they are lying to you out of convenience for their cause.
they want a fence because they dont know large influx of brown people
I don’t want to see any fence on the border.Building a fence; is not even part of the solution.It’s so un-American
politicians need to support a fence to gain popularity with their constituents it is something noncontroversial that everyone can agree on. it’s not actually going to stop illegal aliens and drugs it will just cost taxpayers a lot of money and cause headaches for people having to relocate because their private land is within a few miles from the border.
This seems more than what we hear just people coming to have a better life.They do not want a fence despite the fact human and drug smugglers are immorally making money off crimes against humanity and the two have become a thriving business in Mexico with many making millions of dollars.I don’t understand why with such proof people just think terrorists fly planes into buildings all we have to do is look in Iraq, they use women,children,teens to preform In Baghdad, the female bomber appeared to be a beggar with something bulky around the midsection of her black garment, the military said in a statement. When troops directed her to raise her hands, she raised only one and had wires in the other hand.
“Sensing the potential danger, the soldiers fired three rounds,” it said. “The woman staggered back to a nearby shop, where the blast detonated.”
It wasn’t clear whether the woman detonated the explosives herself, the military said.
Female suicide bombers have been involved in at least 18 attacks or attempted attacks since the war began, including the grisly bombings of two pet markets that killed nearly 100 people on Feb. 1. Iraqi and U.S. officials have said the women used in the pet market attacks were mentally disabled and apparently were unwitting bombers.
Separately, a car bombing Sunday in Mosul killed a police officer and two civilians, police there said. The U.S. military has said the northwestern city is the last major urban stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq.
So I don’t discount any messure they will take to attack this country
This is a national security issue and should be dealt with in the same manner as other national security issues. A fence may not be the solution, but deploying National Guardsmen is definitely a good start.
They are dangerous. When someone is willing to lose their life to get here, they are also willing to take someone else’s life.