Immigration Watch International (2): Border Patrol agent describes danger at the border: 'We are paying for this in United States citizens' lives'

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Border Patrol agent describes danger at the border: 'We are paying for this in United States citizens' lives'

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd warned on "Dr. Phil" Wednesday that the crisis at the border is costing American lives.

In an episode on the instability at America’s southern border, Dr. Phil McGraw turned to Judd for his expertise.

"When you encounter these people at the border what's your experience of them when you meet them?" the host asked.

Judd explained that while that entirely depends upon the person, these encounters can often be fatal for American citizens, "it depends on what we're dealing with, if you're dealing with drug smugglers they're going to be very, very dangerous."

He followed by explaining a specific kind of encounter that routinely endangers bystanders.

"When you look at what's taking place in Arizona right now, the vast majority of times that a border patrol agent tries to pull over a vehicle in a smuggling event, that vehicle will abscond; they will not pull over," he said. "Those vehicles are causing a great many accidents in Arizona."

Judd followed up with a dire warning.

"We are paying for this in United States citizens’ lives right now because these people don't just pull over, they continue to drive, they drive at high rates of speeds, they will cross over the median and drive into oncoming traffic," he said.

Judd then cited a specific incident that caused multiple deaths.

"We just had two United States citizens in the area that I work at, just two United States citizens just died, just a month ago, because of these high-speed chases," he said.

He added that border agents "deal with an awful lot, and we have to make a split-second decision on what we're dealing with. We must be able to enforce the laws properly."

In December, a Border Patrol agent was killed in a high-speed chase of a group of illegal immigrants in Mission, Texas.

"The death of an agent who died while securing our nation's border is a tremendous loss for our organization and our nation," U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said in a statement at the time. "Our prayers are with his family and co-workers during this difficult time."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/border-patrol-agent-describes-danger-border-paying-united-states-citizens-lives

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

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Immigration Watch International (2)

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Border Patrol agent describes danger at the border: 'We are paying for this in United States citizens' lives'

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