Oscar
Charleston, SC
Male, 31
Spent a bit over four years (2006-2010) serving as a Border Patrol Agent in Tucson Sector, AZ: the busiest sector in the country. Worked numerous positions, and spent the last year and a half operating/instructing ground radar installations. Duties included: field patrols, transport, processing, control room duties, transportation check, checkpoint operations, static watch duties, etc.
The answer to this question is two-fold: theory and reality. The theory is that illegal immigrants will be intercepted/apprehended within 25-50 miles of the international border. If they make it into the country, we "hope" that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) will manage to apprehend some. Most police departments/sheriff's offices in the U.S. will attempt to contact their local I.C.E/USBP office if they have an aggravated felon who is an illegal, etc. For the most part, once an illegal enters the country and is not apprehended, his chance of deportation drops immensely. Most police departments/sheriff's offices do not have... Read More +
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You've hit the nail on the head. There is little to no real consequence to entering the country illegally. In fact, quite the opposite. Our country bends over and actively pursues business/hiring/employment etc. of illegal immigrants. I've interviewed thousands of illegal immigrants and they readily admit they come here because it's easy and welcoming.
The USBP does have the discretion to deport anyone that enters the country illegally. While this enters you into the FBI system as an actual criminal (with an actual criminal record to go along with it) we simply do not have the time/manpower to do this. ... Read More +
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There is one, and only one real solution - and once again, something we'll never do. America needs to stop supporting illegal immigrants. End of story.
No credit cards. No houses. No apartments. No jobs. No social programs. No medical care. No driver's licenses. Close/arrest any shop and any employer who employs/houses/supports illegal immigrants. It would require the entire country to turn it's back on illegal immigrants.
Unfortunately the American way is cheaper, easier...regardless of the future cost or the country's well-being.
Remove the incentive to come to the... Read More +
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This has changed several times since I was in the Patrol. When I applied, it took approximately 6 months from application to arriving at the USBP Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia, NM. During those six months you do a physical, an initial test, a foreign-language suitability test, an oral interview, background investigation, additional paperwork etc.
Once at the FLETC, our academy was 20 weeks (5 months) long. During this time you had 3-4 hours of classes per day, 2+ hours of physical instruction, practical exercises, etc. The Patrol is very paramilitary, so you... Read More +
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They do very little. In fact, sadly almost every form of Mexican authority is plagued with a large amount of corruption. It was more common for Mexican police to extort bribes out of Mexicans...and then send them on their way. They would also abuse/harass O.T.M's very often. There is no real Mexican border patrol on the U.S. border, except around larger cities/P.O.E.'s.
Mexican police were not trustworthy. Mexican military were equally questionable (they often patrol the border, battling the cartels). Mexican customs is a joke. In addition to this, there are the cartels (who effectively run/coordinate... Read More +
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It's not "creeping", it's here. The drug cartels are extremely large, powerful organizations and their reach expands throughout all of the U.S. and Canada, albeit not nearly as distinctly as in Mexico.
If they don't run it, they have some say in it - or want to have some say in it. Keep in mind these are organizations who are going toe-to-toe with the Mexican federal police and military...and winning.
The death toll along the Mexican border (thankfully, mostly on the South side) is something beyond 60,000 people in five years. That's more civilians/cartel/police dead than soldiers we lost in Vietnam. ... Read More +
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The Fast and Furious scheme is one of the absolute worst violations of public power I've seen. If this were a different legislation, heads would roll.
While we didn't have any direct experience with it (from an operation standpoint) we suffered the penalties for their idiocy. No knowledgable law enforcement official in the country would ever support a program which allows strawman purchases of firearms. Those firearms have ended up in several dozen crime scenes in the U.S., including the death of BPA Brian Terry.
Unfortunately there is a huge political component to this, which is aimed squarely at criminalizing... Read More +
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