Terrorist Crossing: Cover-up on the U.S.-Mexico Border

www.thenewamerican.com ^ | Vol. 20, No. 24 November 29, 2004 | SA

[Ginifer]

What price will we pay in future terrorist attacks because of our continued failure to protect our borders? How many terrorists are slipping into the U.S. along with the millions of illegal aliens? No one knows, and federal officials are trying to keep this explosive scandal under wraps. In June, the Tombstone Tumbleweed, a local newspaper in Tombstone, Arizona, reported that on June 13, 2004, Border Patrol agents had encountered a group of approximately 158 illegal border crossers near the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains. Only 71 members of the group were apprehended. According to the Tumbleweed, “among them were 53 males of middle-eastern descent.” An unnamed Border Patrol agent told the newspaper: “[W]e 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.”

Border Patrol spokesman Andy Adame responded to the story with a categorical denial. “There were no middle-easterners in the group,” said Mr. Adame. “Every single one of them was Mexican.”

Shortly thereafter, as if to prove Mr. Adame wrong, another incident occurred. The Tumbleweed reported: “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.”

A retired Border Patrol agent, who has been a longtime reliable source, informed The New American that a local law enforcement officer confirmed that arrests of Middle Eastern men in Cochise County had indeed taken place. The retired Border Patrol agent, who is still active in law enforcement, said that he recently learned of similar occurrences in New Mexico. It appears that the smugglers, known as “coyotes,” have developed a system of using Mexican aliens for cover. According to the retired agent, the Border Patrol has been “losing the Arabs because they were lagging behind the Mexican groups that were being led in by the coyotes. It seems that the Border Patrol grabs the Mexican group, loads them up and leaves while the Arabs lag behind and get away.” However, when Middle-Eastern aliens are arrested, they are immediately taken by the Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol agents. Local law enforcement are told to be quiet about it for “national security” reasons. The Bush administration, ever anxious to put a happy face on our deteriorating border situation, does not reveal the national origin of those arrested.

However, the Border Patrol’s Andy Adame did release a very alarming footnote. Adame reported that from October 2003 through June 2004, Border Patrol agents in the Tucson sector alone had 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.”

[mtbopfuyn]

Catch and release program.

Welcome to the United States of Islam.

[Jackknife]

Very disturbing.

[Diogenesis]

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith,
but to become dominant. The Qur'an should be the highest authority in America,
and Islam the only accepted religion on earth"
--Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations),
San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998

[No Surrender No Retreat]

I wonder how many thousands of MEs the klintoon admin graciously welcomed with open arms, voter registration forms(demo-commie) and public assistance? I am not buying into this leftist propaganda. The 9/11 terrorists, did they cross the border illegally? Freepers beware of the subterfuge of the DNC/Klintoon commie supporters. I wonder about this so called former border patrol agent. Why would he put intell/procedures out for others to know? Cover-Up? maybe he was thinking of OKC, Waco, and TWA 800 as starters. Those were ther real cover-ups in America under commie klintoon&reno. I wonder how many times this (BPA) voiced his opinion openly during the klintoon admin?

[yoe]

How Come We Can Have 40,000 miles Of Interstate, But Not 2,000 Miles Of Border Fence?

Read and you might understand why the invasion is so successful, we call it a Stealth Invasion. This is not about National Security; it is about the lack of a protective force on our borders, turf wars, the red tape to send these aliens back. The AZ border is the funnel because of Janet Reno and no one has corrected it. McCain and Kolbe should be screaming and they are not - they are part of the problem...WHY?

(The Anderson Report)

[Jose Roberto]

I'll tell you one thing. McCain should be screaming "bloddy murder" about the porous border with Mexico because this is going to be a major issue in 2008 and if McCain hopes to be President he needs to get involved in this issue pronto; the most porous border is in Arizona, McCain's home state. Hillary Clinton has already recognized this problem and is moving very quickly to make it the centerpiece of he campaign...in fact, she is moving to the right of the GOP, if you can believe that!

[patriot_wes]

"71 members of the group were apprehended. According to the Tumbleweed, “among them were 53 males of middle-eastern descent.” An unnamed Border Patrol agent told the newspaper

As I've said before - we're giving 80 year old Iowa farm wives the full body search at the airports, meanwhile this islamic terror pours across the border. I can't seem to get it through my head why we allow this. Islam kills everywhere it grows! and it's coming to a community near you.

[NewRomeTacitus]

McCain? The Manchurian Senator? Does anyone out there know what this guy's motivation is?

[momf]

I have written, e-mailed, and called all of the Senators, Representatives, and the President; Called talk shows, and don't know what else I can do. I ask our children to call, email, write, etc.

In one small Az town the Sheriff performs "safety checks" on ALL vehicles (because of profiling) and the citizens do not mind. He also puts quite a few illegals in jail until the Border Patrol can come pick them up. They are taken to Mexican border and released.

Everyone should be complaining to their representatives.

[momf]

McCain? The Manchurian Senator? Does anyone out there know what this guy's motivation is?

We lived in AZ for 25 years. I used to call his office to express myself. I asked for his stand during the Clinton impeachment. The only time I EVER heard from his office was when he wanted money.

He pontificates. He poses. And gives us legislation that IMHO keeps anyone who isn't wealthy from expressing their opinion immediately before an election. And with the "October Surprises" we don't need to be silenced. That's the problem now...too many are silent.

[dagnabbit]

As far as border security is concerned, this Bush administration will go down in history as eight completely wasted years.

[B4Ranch]

The insatiable greed for power.

[Ron H.]

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you featuring hordes of
indigent U.S. tax payer supported undocumented immigrants.

[kstewskis]

I agree with you that during the eight years of buffoonery called the Clinton Administration in which we were forced to endure, that our collective rear ends were held out as bait for terror. The result was 9-11.

The problem has been well defined now, and I'm not hearing anything from this current administration of any effort to remedy the problem of the southern border. We best not be on our way to another 4 years of silence, or we cannot boast that Bush did anything better than Klintoon about the issue.

They know about the problem. How they chose to (or not to) enforce our border protection is another issue. It quite possibly will take even more deaths of our US citizens on our soil for them to even act like they are interested in protecting our borders.

I'm not even hopeful at that.

[kstewskis]

Hillary Clinton has already recognized this problem and is moving very quickly to make it the centerpiece of he campaign...

Very good. But we all know she's lying like hell about it, just to attract the votes. She'd never follow through with it, lol.

[B4Ranch]

Do you truly believe that Republican politicians can do no wrong?

Slap yourself back into reality as fast as you can!

[B4Ranch]

WHY? WHY? WHY?

Is the President waiting for another terrorist attack so that he can get our idiotic legislators to approve Patriot Act II in a blind rush?

[raybbr]

Every time I see this guy:

>I think of this guy:

[meenie]

I wonder how much sense it makes to blame the Clintoons for the illegals that are now crossing. I wonder if it makes sense to be in denial about the failings of the Bush administration to do anything about it for the first term. The truth be known, neither administration has accepted the responsibility to protect the American people from foreign agents who want to come into the United States. Political affiliation will not protect you when the terrorist strikes. Bush backers will die just as readily as the oppositon. They don't care if you are a Republican or Democrat, you're supposed to be an American.