Mexican Troops in the United States--Again

Written by Chuck Floyd on 2008-08-07T20:35:18+00:00

Mexican Troops in the United States--Again

I have been on the US-Mexico border many times and have witnessed illegal immigrants, drug runners, human traffickers, and the Mexican Army coming into the United States.  This incursion happens all the time since the Mexican Army is protecting drug runners.
 
A fence system (primary and secondary fence system like in San Diego), along with cameras and sensors are needed across the entire Mexican border.  When will The White House put our troops on the border to enforce the law or punish Mexico for the millions of illegal immigrants and the tons of drugs coming into our country?  

The State Department and the U.S. Border Patrol on Wednesday described as a "misunderstanding" a Sunday night incursion of Mexican soldiers into Arizona, where they held a Border Patrol agent at gunpoint until backup agents responded to assist.  The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security are not truthful and protect the Mexican government from these types of "invasions".

During a press briefing in Washington, State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said U.S. officials were aware of the incident and had brought it to the attention of the Mexican government, but that the encounter "stemmed from a momentary misunderstanding as to the exact location of the Mexican-U.S. border."  Again, does the State Department really believe what it says to the American public?  Why does the US have to notify the Mexican government about any arrest of Mexican citizens in our country, when Mexico knows that 90% of those arressted are illegals from Mexico?  US citizens do not get the same protection in Mexico.

"I would say that this seems to occur on occasion," Mr. Gallegos said when asked about the frequency of such encounters.  How about every day? 

When asked whether U.S. and Mexican officials had discussed long-standing allegations that current and former Mexican soldiers sometimes work for alien and drug smugglers, he said: "I believe that [Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs] Tom Shannon has had discussions with the Mexican government about that."

Border Patrol agents in Arizona noted that the targeted agent was in uniform and driving a clearly marked white-and-green Border Patrol vehicle, questioning why the Mexican soldiers didn't recognize the agent and the truck.  Agents assigned to the Border Patrol station at Ajo, Ariz., said it was not clear what the soldiers were doing in the U.S., but U.S. law enforcement authorities have long said that current and former Mexican military personnel have been hired to protect smugglers.

"Unfortunately, this sort of behavior by Mexican military personnel has been going on for years," union Local 2544 of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) said on its Web page. "They are never held accountable, and the United States government will undoubtedly brush this off as another case of 'Oh well, they didn't know they were in the United States.'

President Bush, Congress, and elected officials must protect our country and stop the invasion of 10,000 illegals a day from coming into the United States.  PROTECT OUR BORDERS, NOT SOUTH KOREA OR IRAQ'S BORDERS.