American fined $5,000 for border jump with bike

The Washington Times ^ | 09/10/14 | S.A. Miller

[Enlightened1]

U.S. Border Patrol agents slapped a $5,000 fine on an American citizen this week for slipping into the United States from Canada on a mountain bike, the agency announced Wednesday.

[EagleUSA]

I wonder why the Border Patrol does not fine EVERY illegal Mexican for “jumping the border”?? (I know, but the question deserves to be placed).

[sickoflibs]

And the problem?

[DannyTN]

Selective prosecution.

[sickoflibs]

A white male who speaks and reads and writes English?

That will do it.

[Darksheare]

Persecute Citizens, coddle illegals.
It’s the Brak Ubama way!

[sickoflibs]

Its sounds like a good idea, yest I understand that those ‘refugees from certain SA countries are getting huge break compared.

[Responsibility2nd]

Selective excerpting leaves me to think there is more to this.

I’ll not knee-jerk at this time.

[nicepaco]

It is a serious crime for U.S. citizens to cross the border in either direction.

[discostu]

No points for style in this world.

[cloudmountain]

Good. Too bad it wasn't $10,000.00.
Slipped in? Please. He probably does it all the time but never got caught before. JAIL TIME?
The U.S. Border Patrol are Feds and they were too nice. My uncle was with the U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona. Back then the MAIN concern was smuggled people into the USA. Still is today...not errant bicyclists.

A BIG, FAT fine will hit the gringo where it hurts the most: back left pocket.

[rktman]

1. Canada to U.S.-Forbidden
2. Meh-eek-O to U.S.-A-OK.(with benefits!)
3. I dare the biker to jump in to meh-eek-O and see how he likes those meh-eek-an jails.

[DesertRhino]

From the article,

“A Border Patrol agent spotted the two men at about 2:30 p.m. with mountain bikes on a dirt road near the border. After questioning the suspects, the agent arrested them for illegally crossing the border.”

Nobody saw them cross. They decided to talk. All they had to do was show ID. They should never have answered questions.
“where did you come from?”, “what are you doing out here”, “where did you park your car?”,,, all should be met with silence. He might follow your tire tracks, but don’t do his job for him.

[Gay State Conservative]

At the Maine/Canada border I once accidentally crossed into Canada by a few feet and then,after realizing what I did,I crossed back into the US.This was near a border station so,in order to protect myself,I immediately reported to that station and reported what happened.The guard said "yes,we know what happened" (he said they have cameras and sensors) and that there was no problem.I asked them about Canadian officials...would they be upset (there was a station very close to the US one).The guy said "don't worry about it,we'll give them a call".

I was surprised to say the least.

[LeoWindhorse]

’ assign them’ to a work team that is building our southern border wall . 3 months per illegal entry and 1 year per 3rd entry

[Steve_Seattle]

This is what our government has come to: some prankster who’s an American citizen gets slapped with a $5,000 fine for messing around at the border, just to show him who’s boss (the federal government). But that same government says, “Come on in, ya’ll”, to illegals, and spends ten thousand dollars a head to accommodate them.

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Yes, but article states Canadian crosser was a Lebanese national. The article does not mention names or background of American.

I agree that if they charged Mexican jumpers the same, they’d have $55 billion already.

But in this case, maybe somebody actually did their job!

[South40]

[TigersEye]

The FedMob has a zero tolerance policy ... when it comes to Americans.