Posted on 04/04/2015 3:49:58 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
S. Border Patrol is asking for the public's help to combat a new and dangerous method immigrants are using to get past checkpoints undetected.
“Falfurrias checkpoint is one of the busiest checkpoints in the country with regard to seizures and apprehensions,” said Omar Zamora, the spokesperson for Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector. “In addition to that we also inspect more than 8,000 vehicles per day.”
So far this year, the Border Patrol apprehended more than 7,000 immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally at the Falfurrias checkpoint.
Agents are seeing more immigrants take bold and dangerous measures to travel undetected through checkpoints.
"We don’t want anybody to die or get hurt or seriously injured," Zamora said.
Over the last couple days, there were five incidents where agents found people stashed away in the small upper air flow compartment of big rig trucks.
(Excerpt) Read more at valleycentral.com ...
Thanks, O’Muslim.
If they’re trucks from Mexico, chances are the drivers are in on it. Few American drivers are dumb enough to go into Mexico.
I havent the foggiest how they’re managing to gain access to those areas without a driver’s knowledge or permission..
to which obie would respond:
no hay problema!
nafta
A good driver does a quick visual check of his truck before driving away. That would a hard place to get into without the driver knowing it.
Thank you!
Why do we even bother having a Border Patrol, ICE, DEA, DHS anymore?
For appearances..
Well somebody has to help the IRS keep an eye on us right wing extremists.
Why the hell can’t Mexicans fix their own damn country?
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