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Great White North
Overloaded raft tries to get past U.S. border
2004-06-07
No, not "that" border.
An inflatable raft overloaded with nine people crossed the river from Canada into the United States, where they were captured by U.S. Border Patrol agents. The passengers sneaked into the U.S. early Saturday on a raft, powered by a small engine, that was "well beyond its capacity" in the number of passengers it was designed to hold, said Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Dan Allman. "This is pretty much standard operation," said Assistant U.S. Border Patrol Chief Don Palacios of the agency's Buffalo office. "The rafts they use are not of commercial quality and there is always the fear of them being overloaded or completely falling apart." Three women from India, a Pakistani family of four and two Canadians were taken into custody, Allman said
The Canadians would be the smugglers, the Indian women would undocumented immigrants, and the Pakistani family would be the unfortunate victims of profiling under the Patriot Act.
Posted by:Steve

#11  And if the raft filled with ILLEGAL ALIENS is overloaded or in danger of falling completely over Niagra Falls, the problem is...????

They get all kinds of nasty letters from environmentalists about "contaminating the river"...

In all seriousness, I'm glad the border patrol chief is concerned about the lives of illegal aliens. Something about not being on a moral par with Mexico.
Posted by: Pappy   2004-06-07 10:04:10 PM  

#10  And if the raft filled with ILLEGAL ALIENS is overloaded or in danger of falling completely over Niagra Falls, the problem is...????
Posted by: rex   2004-06-07 9:50:00 PM  

#9  ...there is always the fear of them being overloaded or completely falling over the Niagara Falls...
Posted by: Rafael   2004-06-07 9:35:29 PM  

#8  U.S. Border Patrol Chief Don Palacios of the agency's Buffalo office. "The rafts they use are not of commercial quality and there is always the fear of them being overloaded or completely falling apart."
What's wrong with this picture? The border patrol chief, who is charged with protecting our sovereignity, fears for the lives of illegal aliens. Duh....
Posted by: rex   2004-06-07 7:06:13 PM  

#7  How's that "Friendship Reef" coming along, anyway?
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-06-07 4:10:33 PM  

#6  Damn whitebacks.
Posted by: BH   2004-06-07 3:59:39 PM  

#5  Mmmmmm back bacon.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-06-07 3:09:49 PM  

#4  Damn snowbacks...

I prefer the term frostbacks.

Posted by: spiffo   2004-06-07 2:37:17 PM  

#3  I think someone turned Steve's saracasm dial all the way up to 'subtle'.....

Mojo, LOL!!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-06-07 2:16:43 PM  

#2  Damn snowbacks...
Posted by: mojo   2004-06-07 1:51:47 PM  

#1  how is someone entering illegial unfortunate victims???
Posted by: Dan   2004-06-07 1:46:27 PM  

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