Posted on 04/24/2009 4:54:39 AM PDT by kellynla
Foreign government incursions into the United States rocketed 359 percent from 2007 to 2008, and the nation is under attack in San Diego, according to a new report from Judicial Watch.
"These new Homeland Security documents indisputably show there is a crisis on our border with Mexico," said Tom Fitton, president of the Washington watchdog organization.
"Our agents are being attacked and our sovereignty violated at alarming rates," he said.
The public interest organization that investigates and prosecutes government corruption said the new 2008 report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, "BorderStat Violence, FY 2008 Year in Review," reveals a sharp increase in violence on the U.S. border with Mexico.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
There were 147 incursions at or between ports of entry for Customs and Border Protection components in 2008, up from 32 in 2007, an explosive rise of 359 percent.
There were 1,325 incidents of violence occurring at or between the Ports of Entry against CBP agents and officers, resulting in a 23 percent increase from 1,073 in FY 2007.
Ninety-seven percent of all incidents of violence against CBP agents and officers occurred on the southwest border.
There were 227 assaults against CBP officers at the Ports of Entry in FY 2008 as compared to 85 in FY 2007, an increase of 167 percent."
ping
The southern border is a primary source point for new 0bama voters. So, it’s not likely we’ll see any serious effort to close it off, although we damn well should.
Fire McCAIN
Make Joe Arpaio the border czar
I think they will go from his voters to his brownshirts. Maybe he is importing them. Doing the last job Americans won’t do........
Oh come on! The only thing we have to fear is the "right wing" and veterans ...
Bush’s fault, and I mean it.
LLS
0 doesn’t give a damn.
Our government thinks we are the real threat, not Mexican invaders with their drunk driving and disease.
But according to Janet Napilotano its the Canadian border that we’ve got to worry about;-(
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