Posted on 07/23/2004 7:52:32 AM PDT by esryle
Information officer Andy Adame, from the Border Patrol Tucson sector says, “I guarantee it’s not true.”
However, seasoned Border Patrol field agents have shared some disturbing information with the Tumbleweed as well as other civilian sources with the hope the information will make it to the general public. The Tumbleweed has verified information that a flood of middle-eastern males have been caught entering the country illegally east of Douglas, Arizona. The increased patrols in the Huachuca Mountains area of Cochise County, seems to have diverted the flow of OTM’s, “other than Mexicans” east to the Chiricahua Mountains.
Adame, who says many of the agents in the area are “green”, questions why they would have shared the information with the Tumbleweed or any other source. “Our policy is to turn any OTM’s over to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security,” Adame said in a phone call made to the Tumbleweed Wednesday morning.
For reasons of National security, Adame said his agency cannot talk about the origin of nationaity, however Adame says that since October 1, 2003, the beginning of the fiscal year for Border Patrol, agents in the Tucson sector have apprehended 5,510 illegals from countries other than Mexico or other central or South American countries. Adame described them as “people from all over the world”.
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.”
The information was corroborated by a local rancher in the area who reports that sightings of groups similar to these are on the rise. The rancher reports that groups of heavily armed paramilitary drug smugglers have also been seen in the same area.
“We’ve had groups in the hundreds coming through again. They were gone for awhile but now they're back. And of course we have the drug mules again and many are carrying automatic weapons. Many other ranchers in the area have been frustrated with the lack of response from Border Patrol. After calling over and over again to the Willcox headquarters, we might get a response a few hours later. We call them in to the Border Patrol, we only have the Willcox station, and they’re so darned far away. By the time they send in the helicopters these groups are long gone. I don’t know how many they catch but they’re coming through here heavy right now.”
On or about the evening of June 21, 2004, agents from the Willcox Border Patrol station apprehended 24 members of a larger group of Arabic speaking males located just east of the Pierce/Sunsites area of Cochise County. At least half of the males escaped capture and disappeared into the United States.
Why not? Does your wife have to scrub your toilet?
We have a guest worker system --- green cards, several programs for guest workers --- not everyone chooses to fill out forms or wait in line. There will be those that figure it's easier to break the law than to follow it --- adding more and more guest worker programs won't solve the problem.
Of course the other solution is don't allow any guest workers and force people who are physically able off the welfare rolls and put them in those jobs. I for one would love to see that, but these people wouldn't work. But then again if the didn't, let them starve and cut off the source of money for their lottery tickets and crack cocanine.
Yes, immigrant laborers have always been welcomed in America, as long as they come here LEGALLY. Speaking of xenophobic, I sure wish that Mexico wasn't so damn xenophobic. What is it with those Latinos down there? They really seem to dislike having too many people in their country who don't look like them.
You can say that again!! It's hard to swallow the fact that people we put into power to protect us, turn around and use that power for their own selfish goals - and - sc--- the people!
"Why not? Does your wife have to scrub your toilet?"
Hmmmm, interesting. You are just assuming that I am a man?
Or a married lesbian.
What a freak you are. Just because I don't believe illegal immigrants should be allowed to come here doesn't make me a lesbian. Most of the country believes they should not be here you a$$hole.
When thousands of Americans die and it's proven that the suicide bombers came across from Mexico, maybe then we'll talk seriously about protecting the borders. We can't go on like this. Ninety percent of the world wants to come here to reap the benefits of American freedoms, and the rest just want to come and kill us. It would seem prudent to lock the door and keep a loaded gun handy.
How could anyone ever think you might be a lesbian. You are so sweet and lady like. A real Southern belle, I would guess.
Not only whooping cough, but TB and various forms of hepatitis and God knows what else.
It's a side issue, but nonetheless important. Many immigrants, illegal and otherwise, work in fast food restaurants. If they haven't been immunized for various diseases, they often spread them. And the American public pays the price. I can remember a few years ago when my youngest son visited NY with some foreign college pals. Taiwan maybe, Asian anyway. The parents were living in NY, and had a restaurant. The mother fell ill, and my son was to visit them around Thanksgiving. He called me to ask if he should go, considering that the family would be upset. They thought she might have cancer. Happily, it wasn't. It was TB.
Did she catch it at a fast food restaurant?
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