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.
BUMP FOR LATER
Uh........No kidding.
Is it any wonder that we're being told that a new terror attack on OUR SOIL is "probable"?
Deport all illegals
Close the borders
Defend AMERICA FIRST !!
This should have been priority #1 on Sept. 12, 2001.
Stupid bureaucrats.........
I have heard and read bits and pieces about this report. I, also, heard the part about the failure of imagination in the government. Does anyone know if this report even addresses the massive illegal alien, open border issue?
Are you my long lost twin brother?
You are 1000% DEAD ON !!!
If I was strategizing for AQ and actually decided I wanted to win this war (as opposed to just scaring and killing a bunch of Americans), your concept is what I would embrace. It's like a slow-motion D-Day invasion force, only very few are getting killed on the beach. Most are making it to their forward deployments. If AQ is thinking "victory", then it will be hell for us on the day the go order is given. Not that we will lose or give up, but it will be a "real" war on American soil.
You've hit it on the head. From AQ's perspective, 9/11 was a failure. It did not ignite a holy war between Christians and Muslims, at least not yet. 'Christian' response was divided, measured and limited.
With this scenario in action, can you imagine what Americans will do? I doubt the response will be termed as 'measured' for very long. For some reason, this is what the al-Qaeda types want. And just because it's what they want doesn't mean we shouldn't give it to them.
settelements = settlements
And it sure beats complaining.
BTTT
Thus, Bush's plan to essentially re-institute the bracero program.
For which, he was roundly criticized. By conservatives...
One of the main reasons the founding fathers wrote the 2nd amendment.
FYI for TM
Thanks BDCB!!!!
Hmmmmmm, indeed. The last time I saw the list for October thru March, it already said 332. It even had them broken down by country of origin.
We get plenty of indios from Xoahaca and Chiapas passing through here; nothing special and the Border Patrol is used to dealing with them.
Ping
Bump. Unbelievable!
Did PRESIDENT Bush really say that? Did he throw up his hands? Who is the lier, you or PRESIDENT Bush?
Can you show us where PRESIDENT Bush said that there is "nothing we can do"?
My opinion of people like you is the same as my opinion of Michael Moore.
That would be great, but I don't know that we have the ability to do that.
What is the incentive for many who come here illegally or stay here after losing legal status?
Why does a man leave his family and village, travel thousands of miles, at great risk to his life, to a hostile foreign environment in which he is constantly in fear of arrest or abuse; to take the dirtiest, most dangerous, most menial jobs at minimum wages?
He does it because it's the only way he has to feed his family and provide them the basic necessities of life.
Personally, I admire a man who will do whatever it takes to provide for his wife and children regardless of the risks, hardships, and burdens. I hope that were I in the same situation that I would do the same.
You will never stop men of courage who love their families so much that they are willing to sacrifice everything from coming to the U.S. to work.
The only long term solution is to make it unnecessary for them to comes to the U.S. in order to support their families.
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