Article

2014-05-01 -Land of the Free

As border security expands, complaints of abuse rise among Americans

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-05-01 11:58|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 More stories of extra paramilitary police units operating well inside the US and attacking civilians rather than illegals.

Almost as if they were designed to put down resistance against the government or something.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-05-01 12:00|| 2014-05-01 12:00|| Front Page Top

#2 When people cry to close the border, they are creating a police state. It work for both sides. This will continue on and on. An American gets stopped, they get irate because the are "American" and everything goes down hill from there. Without exception, every closed border in the world has these issues. Instead of fixing our immigration policy problems, we build a wall. It did not work for the Chinese, the Russians, or the Germans. It will not work here and honest people will continue to get hurt.

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-05-01 13:43|| 2014-05-01 13:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, I think it worked very well for the Russians. People who tried to get through the Iron Curtain were shot. You're always going to have extremely brave and/or clever attempts to cross the line but you either make to effort to stop them or else you lose your country.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-05-01 14:16|| 2014-05-01 14:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Need we review the difference between "in" and "out", 49?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-05-01 14:59|| 2014-05-01 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Recruitment seems to have been moved to political reliability and obedience than skill and aptitude.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2014-05-01 17:19|| 2014-05-01 17:19|| Front Page Top

#6 The wall seems to be working pretty good for Israel.

And as for our immigration policy problems. People violating our borders and coming across illegally is *not* a problem with our immigration policy. Illegal *aliens* are not immigrants - they have not been granted immigration status.

Illegal aliens are a *BORDER SECURITY* problem. I don't have any problems discussing and solving the 'immigration process' problem (I've dealt with them and am dealing with them now.) - but that has *NOTHING* to do with the flood if illegal aliens crossing our borders.

As for this I think it is a case of poor hiring and screening of potential agents and bad (or too little training). As well as oversight. And don't forget that most of the complaints are from illegal alien advocates or the ACLU - no ulterior motive there...

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-05-01 17:52|| 2014-05-01 17:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Se,, the problem I have is they are enforce ing "security" agains US Citizens, and they are doing it 40+ miles form the border.

1. Build the damend fence.
2. Man the fence.
3. Patrol between the manning points.
4. Fed funds for non-mmilitarized state forces to patrol behind the border, i.e. Texas Rangers, for internal border area enforcement.

Once that's done, then open the border crossings for temp/contract workers (braceros), etc.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-05-01 19:34|| 2014-05-01 19:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Kinda like the Park Rangers during the 'shutdown', huh? (Do I see a pattern here...)

Posted by ed in texas 2014-05-01 19:53|| 2014-05-01 19:53|| Front Page Top

23:59 Zenobia Floger6220
23:30 trailing wife
23:19 JosephMendiola
23:09 JosephMendiola
22:57 trailing wife
22:54 trailing wife
22:54 Thing From Snowy Mountain
22:23 trailing wife
22:22 Dale
21:52 charger
21:16 Besoeker
21:15 Pappy
21:12 Orion
21:10 Pappy
20:59 Rambler in Virginia
20:51 Uncle Phester
20:04 Uncle Phester
19:53 tu3031
19:53 ed in texas
19:52 ed in texas
19:48 ed in texas
19:42 ed in texas
19:41 P2kontheroad
19:39 ed in texas