| Submit your comments on this article |
| Home Front: WoT |
| Middle Eastern Men Cross Border? |
| 2004-08-03 |
| In the last month, the Tumbleweed has confirmed at least two documented accounts of Border Patrol agents encountering large groups of non-Spanish speaking males in the Chiricahua foothills and on trails along the high mountain areas. On or about the early morning hours of June 13, 2004 Border patrol agents from the Willcox station encountered a large group of suspected illegal border crossers, estimated to be around 158, just east of the Sanders Ranch near the foothills of the Chiricauha Mountains. 71 suspected illegal aliens were apprehended; among them were 53 males of middle-eastern descent. According to a Border Patrol field agent, the men were suspected to be Iranian or possibly Syrian nationals. "One thing's for sure: these guys didn't speak Spanish and after we questioned them harder we discovered they spoke poor English with a middle-eastern accent; then we caught them speaking to each other in Arabic
this is ridiculous that we don't take this more seriously, and we're told not to say a thing to the media, but I have to," said the agent, who spoke to the Tumbleweed with the promise of anonymity. Adame confirms the groups of illegals were apprehended on those dates in the same area but stated, "There were no middle easterners in the group. Every single one of them was Mexican." The field agent stated the men were wearing the traditional uniform of migrants - baseball caps, tennis shoes, some had work boots, denim jeans and many had t-shirts with patriotic American flags and slogans. The agent added the following description "A curious thing I noticed was that they all had brand new clothing and they looked as if they had just been to the barber shop--you know--new haircuts. They were clean cut and they all had almost the exact same cut of mustaches." |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #14 "Coyotes" around these parts (southern Arizona) will smuggle the devil himself across la frontera for the right amount. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-08-03 11:33:19 PM |
| #13 actually, San Diego to Yuma is pretty tight (I've lived here all my life and can't remember so few illegals - you only hear about the packed-van-chases on I-8 now)- they mostly cross in AZ, NM, and, of course, west TX now. Operation Gatekeeper in SD region showed it can be done |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-03 11:18:41 PM |
| #12 I was going to say that I was surprised that this was in Arizona rather than California and then realized that illegal immigration is too commonplace to be news in California. Besides every illegal is one (or more) votes for the Democrats in November. DNC is signing them up at the border. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-08-03 11:07:41 PM |
| #11 Bomb, some fear needs to be put into local and state officials who ignore or defy immigration laws in order to get 'cheap labor' or a few more votes at the cost of security to the rest of us. Zen, make them take the subways and busses like the rest of us too. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-03 11:00:50 PM |
| #10 Whether it's Chicago's mayor or the White House, Americans are being sold down the river. Get a clue, boys and girls, it's not just the liberal left's multi-culti obsession that's opening the floodgates for terrorists to enter America. Big money interests that control conservative politics want a porous Mexican border and blind eyes turned towards China. Even if it kills average Americans, what do they care? In their secure enclaves and gated communities, the bombs and crashing airplanes aren't likely to reach them. So long as the millions keep flowing to grease special interest wheels our blue collar jobs and middle tier management positions will continue to vanish until we are a nation of burger flippers. Here's a suggestion. Make all of our Representatives and Senators use commercial transportation, all of the time. Same goes for everyone short of senior position politicians like governors and cabinet members. They can bump people, fly first class and cut in line, but their @ss is on the block with everyone else in that passenger plane. Want to bet how quickly Norm Mineta and his anti-profiling crowd plus all those soft on illegal immigrant types would STFU? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-03 7:42:55 PM |
| #9 This open border with Mexico needs to change PRONTO! If Senor Fox doesn't like it, tough. Not just the open border, but immigration policy in general. Dump this matricula-accepting bullshit and bring back workplace raids. A little fear needs to be put into illegal aliens. Lastly, some fear needs to be put into employers in the form of nice, stiff fines for hiring illegal aliens. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-03 4:18:38 PM |
| #8 The tumbleweed? Hell I thought the news of record was the TombStone Epitaph. (Hi unca Ray!) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-03 3:46:19 PM |
| #7 this is a repeat from weeks ago.. Arab illegals U.S. border agents since October have picked up five Arabs trying to cross into the United States illegally from Mexico, according to U.S. officials. The arrests are raising new concerns that al Qaeda terrorists are trying to enter the country from Mexico. However, officials at the Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection section — formerly the U.S. Border Patrol — were quick to dismiss as erroneous an Internet report this week that said a "flood" of Middle Eastern men were caught recently trying to sneak into the United States across the Mexican border with Arizona. The officials said the report probably was based on the recent arrests of a group of people from a small southern Mexican Indian tribe. Known as the Oaxacan, the tribesmen were caught trying to cross the border. The Oaxacans speak a very different Spanish dialect and completely different indigenous language that was mistaken for Arabic, the officials said. |
| Posted by: red 2004-08-03 3:44:50 PM |
| #6 Right up, Jules. Oh, and these guys are probably heading to "protected" cities, like Chicago. IE, local cops MAY NOT enquire about immigration status of foreigners, all thanks to Mayor Daley's efforts to kiss ass to Hispanic vote. Nothing personal against Mexicans, but come on! All they have to do is walk down to their new consulate, present some sort of ID, and they get a "matricula". You don't think maybe that these groups of ME'rs didn't have forged documents obtained in Mexico? And they can't find some lowlife punk gang banger from the Latin Kings to grease the wheels to get a matricula at the Mex. Consulate here? Let's not be naive. Matricula holders can go to any bank, library, RENT APARTMENTS, WRITE CHECKS TO PAY FOR FERTILIZER, etc and nobody can ask about immigration status. Thus, matricula is as good as a legit green card in the Windy City. I know there are other cities in the US that also accept the matriculas as legit ID's. Senor Fox was here last month lobbying the guv Blagojavich to let admitted illegal mexicans get Illinois licenses. Check Michelle Malkin and Heather Mac Donald for more. This is just insane and I'd like to see Bush and Ridge connect the dots. Well, maybe they have, but don't want to get involved as election is ahead. How shameful that our govt. won't let the boots on the ground do their jobs on the border and are willing for states and municipalities dictate our immigration policy once illegals are in the interior. Come on W, show some balls. I think Atta or one of his boys were able to get VA and FL licenses, no problem. The stupidity is that legit foreign students from Korea, Japan, and Poland now have to jump through all sorts of hoops to come here to study, but the borders are sieves. Disgusting. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-08-03 3:42:46 PM |
| #5 LW. You could hardly blame the field agent for wanting to be anonymous. His job would probably have been lost (and who knows -- blacklisting?) if he was told not to say a thing to the media. Confirmation would be nice to have tho. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-03 3:34:04 PM |
| #4 i dunno - again we've got ONE anonymous source versus an official saying "its just the usual wetbacks, nothing to see, move along" Sure there are more coming through now, as the rancher said - surely all you Bush supporters have noticed the economy is growing? And of course IIUC there are plenty of "other than Mexicans" who come through for jobs. Still, i usually give at least SOME credence to anon sources if the media source is reliable = anyone able to vouch for this one? |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-08-03 3:27:58 PM |
| #3 I'm sure they were just in for agricultural jobs. Why I'm sure some are buying fertilizer right about now...... Any odds the government (on both sides) will get the idea that we should stop this sort of shit after another 9/11 type incident? How about after 2 9/11 type incidents? Three? This is one of the main problems I have with Pres. Bush. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-03 3:01:10 PM |
| #2 I heard this ont the radion too on Monday morning. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-08-03 2:57:42 PM |
| #1 President Bush, are you listening? Since the dangers of your immigration policy weren't already apparent to you (given that we are doing every little thing Senor Fox wants us to lately), do you get it now? You are a good man and usually on the right side, but not on this issue. This open border with Mexico needs to change PRONTO! If Senor Fox doesn't like it, tough. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-03 2:56:35 PM |