U.S. Won't Secure a Single Additional Mile of Border in 2010

Townhall.com ^ | September 8, 2009 | Terry Jeffrey

[Hulka]

Actually, the Border patrol reached their stated goal of approximately 18,000 agents. Many of those hired were to be assigned to the northern border. First, before they would go to the northern border, those agents would do about 1.5—2 years on the southern border so they could get experience (a lot more traffic along the southern border than the northern border). Still, a vast majority of the agents remain on the southern border, and they are doing a heck of a job now that they reached their hiring goal.

Do we have enough Border Patrol Agents? Not really, but we have about 10,000 more agents than we had back in 2005.

We should hire more agents, that is for certain, but understanding the staffing issues and placement is key to effectively commenting on what is going on. . .especially since the article says DHS is moving agents north but the writer failed to find out the reason they are moving them there, as the hiring was done and those Agents were hired with specific northern stations they are assigned to and and their stationing along the southern border is a temporary assignment, not a matter of policy that decided to move permanently stationed southern border agents north.

[AuntB]

They don’t even have the ports of entry under control, much less the OPEN BORDER.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334135/posts
How effective is CBP in keeping U.S. borders safe?

As for needing more patrol on the Canadian border instead of Mexico’s border....

“ Last year, officials apprehended 723,840 people trying to enter the country illegally. Nearly 662,000 were from Mexico; 610 were from Canada.” ( only 25% are apprehended!)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/06/20090706immig0706.html

[Arthur McGowan]

I will reserve judgment about what Sarah’s positions are on some issues, since, after all, she was running with that old geezer. Could it be that she’s simply on the record as agreeing with her running-mate, what’s-his-name?

[dangus]

Isn’t it about time she say what her positions are? Allow me to be frank: every multi-billion dollar corporation on the planet is gangbusters for cheaper and cheaper and cheaper labor. The Democrats on the hill want a demographic advantage. The Republicans want to appease them. And both parties want hundreds of millions of dollars of cold, hard cash. If she doesn’t oppose illegal immigration now, I can’t see her doing so when she faces the reality of the Washington fundraising circuit.