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| Videotape of Border Patrol Sector Chief, "The Border PatrolÂ’s job is not to stop illegals" |
| 2007-12-27 |
| File under You Can't Make this Schit up For video of Carrillo's remarks click here (Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it recently uncovered through the Freedom of Information Act a videotape (and transcript) of an August 15, 2007 town hall meeting on illegal immigration held in Laredo, Texas. During the meeting, held at Texas A&M International University’s campus, US Border Patrol (USBP) Laredo Sector Chief Carlos X. Carrillo disclaimed the illegal immigration and narcotics enforcement missions of the USBP. "The Border Patrol’s job is not to stop illegal immigrants . . . The Border Patrol’s job is not to stop narcotics . . . or contraband or narcotics . . . the Border Patrol’s mission is not to do any of those things . . . The Border Patrol’s job is not to stop criminals . . . The Border Patrol’s job is to stop terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering this country," Mr. Carrillo stated. Mr. Carrillo’s interpretation of the mission of the U.S. Border Patrol is inconsistent with the official policy of Customs and Border Protection. In an agency brochure, entitled, "CPB: Securing America’s Borders," W. Ralph Basham, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) writes, "Denying entry to someone with terrorist ties, thwarting aggressive drug smugglers, establishing container security protocols around the world, using high-tech equipment to scan incoming vehicles, and inspecting incoming plants for dangerous pests are all part of the job…U.S. Customs and Border Protection secures America’s borders 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. We never rest. We control access to the United States, keeping out the dangerous and illegal while welcoming legitimate visitors and commerce." "What part of ‘Customs and Border Protection’ does Mr. Carrillo not understand?" revolutionradio.org has more. |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #6 keeping out the dangerous and illegal No. Think he is very very wrong. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-12-27 20:25 |
| #5 Here is the Judicial Watch link. Sorry. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-12-27 19:49 |
| #4 There might be some confusion here. Customs and Border Patrol used to be independent of Immigration and Naturalization, and they had very different missions. The CPB mission was what he said, and the INS mission was stopping illegals, etc. As far as stopping narcotics, that was kind of under DEA, the Narcotics Control Board, and the Coast Guard. But CBP and INS were merged under Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But while in that umbrella organization, they might still be separate departments. Comparably, both the FBI and the ATF are under the umbrella of the Justice Department, but they also have different, yet sort of overlapping missions. Put it all together, and he might be right. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-12-27 17:50 |
| #3 link doesnt work |
| Posted by: Pholugum Stalin1270 2007-12-27 16:38 |
| #2 How on earth do they know beforehand which particular car contains weapons, and which particular group contains terrorists rather than mere illegal migrant workers or child molesters returning to hunt? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-27 16:24 |
| #1 After that list of what they were NOT there for, I expected "We're in business to continue to collect paychecks" and/or "We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs". |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-12-27 16:04 |