Once again we see our government officials trying to provide security-on-the-cheap. Americans should be outraged," said a Border Patrol agent, who wishes to remain anonymous.
"Did anyone really believe these guys [senators] want to secure the border?" he said.
Another Border Patrol agent was less diplomatic: "Our leaders are not serious about border security. A few hundred more agents is a far cry from what they promised. It's a con-job on the American people."
Sums up my feelings!
Link: Bush budget scraps 9,790 Border Patrol agents
Shameful and outrageous. No, border security cannot be done on the cheap.
Our "leaders" don't want Border Security.
The unspoke element is the dope trade across the border. Shut down illegal immigration and you also shut down (or put a major kabosh) on the HUGE dope cartels in Mexico. It's well known the entire Mexican infrastructure from the cop in the tumbelweeds to the highest gvmt. officials have been co-oped by the drug trade.. If one wants to understand why our politicians don't seem rational about our border security....follow the money...just follow the money...billions of dollars...they have bought the entire Mexican government. Think they haven't bought some of ours as well? ....Jobs Americans won't do indeed....follow the money and you will find why we are fed such nonsense.