Posted on 08/09/2017 7:31:40 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Millions of gallons of toxic chemicals and raw sewage are being dumped by Mexico into the Tijuana River, surrounding valleys and U.S. beaches at the U.S.-Mexico border, sickening border patrol agents, but those on the front lines say the U.S. has done little to force Mexico to literally clean up its act.
Some 59 Border Patrol agents have reported getting sick in the last three months after exposure to pollutants while at work along the border. One agent suffered severe chemical burns on his feet after toxic chemicals burned through his boots, according to documentation provided by the U.S. Border Patrol Local 1613 Union.
That union is threatening legal action that could result in all 300 people stationed at the Imperial Beach Border Patrol station to abandon their posts along the vast border between San Diego and Mexico. Border Patrol union leaders blame U.S. government agencies, Congress and the International Boundary and Water Commission for not aggressively addressing the continuing environmental pollution and health hazards. The organization is an independent U.S. commission directed by the State Department that oversees management of the river.
Because it oversees sanitation, water quality and flood control in the border region, the IBWC has become the focus of outrage by local government officials as well as the Border Patrol.
“It is going to get the point where they cannot patrol down there. That is a national security issue,” said Christopher Harris, secretary for the U.S. Border Patrol Local 1613 Union, which represents represent almost 2,000 US Border Patrol Bargaining Unit Employees in the San Diego Sector.
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We should let the Calexit folks handle it.
Don’t touch a wetback.
Just poisoning the waters that Americans won’t poison..................
Better yet, make all the apprehended illegal aliens clean it up ........................
Just CLOSE the Border with Mexico completely, NO traffic, No Visitors,nobody. Until this is Fixed, it will be done very quickly.
We’re measuring people in gallons now ?
Visited Mexico years ago. It was a sty. Disgusting. Sewage flowing in the ditches along the roads.
With Straws!
Ever see the movie 'Fargo'?
This is nothing new and has been going on for decades.
Send a D11 down there to push up a berm and flood TJ in its own poop. We shouldn’t take any poop from a failed narcostate.
Declare the entire area, a Chemo/Bio Level 5 Hazard area and bill Mexico to Devon it and clean it up.
Just an act of love.
Do their migrant/invaders have to wade/swim through this crap? Ugh.
Just millions of gallons of undocumented toxic chemicals and undocumented raw sewage looking for beaches which American raw sewage will not foul!
Sounds like chemical warfare to me.
When you go to Mexico, DON'T DRINK THE WATER!!!
Oddly enough, straw/hay is an excellent absorbent of chemical and oil spills...............................
When you go to Mexico, DON'T DRINK THE BEER!!!
When you go to Mexico, DON'T DRINK THE LIQUOR!!!
When you go to Mexico, DON'T DRINK!!!........................
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