Have you lost your sence in security knowing that the border patrol's......

Question

resources have been ordered to concentrate more on illegal immigrants who are trying to get in to just work, then terrorist that are getting in to kill Americans. Terrorist were their number one target, but not anymore. This really scares me! does it scare you?

Answer 1

No.  Finding Terrorist is now looking for a needle in a hay stack.   It's a lot easier when we remove the Hay stack.    When Home land security look for Terrorist, they can look for them by searching for inconsistency on documents.  Unfortunately illegal immigrrants also generates the same inconsistencies.    

Answer 2

both are their mission, the terrorists and the illegal invaders, one is just as bad as the other for this country, both are out to destroy this country. And how many terrorists have posed as illegals trying to cross the border. Too many, they all need to be checked out and dealt with at the border!!

Answer 3

No it does not terrorists can come in the same way those "illegals who are trying to get in to work"

I could care less about excuses if they do not belong here they should not be here.

Come in legally like everyone else

Answer 4

Killing 10,000+ people every year isn't a terrorist act? Criminal invaders or terrorist? Why isn't that pesky Acme Criminal Invader/Terrorist distinguisher working properly?

Answer 5

The border patrol's resources are concentrated on securing our borders against people entering illegally. Period.

Answer 6

The border patrol's job is to patrol the border. This means keeping anything and anyone from entering the country illegally by any means, and deporting those that do and seizing contraband that does make its way here illegally.

How simple is that definition??

This INCLUDES: Drugs (or anything whatsoever coming across the border without going through an approved checkpoint first), illegal criminal aliens, and...terrorists.

Answer 7

I say the border patrol is doing their job!!

Those illegals who you say "are here just to work" are also increasing crime rates (including murder), hurting the economy, stealing jobs, putting a financial strain on our education and health care systems, not paying taxes, etc.

Answer 8

No, border patrol job is to secure the border from anyone or anything (illegal alien to Terrorist and WMD) that don't have the right to enter U.S.

btw WE already have a branch of govt dedicated to go after Terrorists and WMD that enter the U.S. call FBI.

Answer 9

My sense of security has been lost long ago, but I don't think about it anymore either.

When was the last time we were under attack? Sept 11th, after that what happened? Media scaring everyone with bar codes of alert and the constant subliminal messages "be careful, they are coming for us". All of this leaded to more shopping for protection goods. Protection from what? A perfect excuse to attack Irak for oil, sorry, the "war on terror".

The border patrol doesn't make me feel any safer, needless to say the airports with their "random searches". We have the worst security ever and we are vulnerable. If someone wanted to really attack us at this time, they could probably get away with it like they did on Sept 11th. That was the time for the US to show that we were secured by taking down those plains before they rammed the Twin Towers. So many technology gadgets for nothing paid with our tax money.

Be scared of Globalization and Economics. I doubt that a terrorist can affect us more if we don't have jobs a home or a family to feed...

The US is not worried about illegal immigrants, that's the least of problems, they are more worried about oil and to reach Iran. Look at Russia attacking Georgia for the same reason, oops sorry, it's because of breach of contract with Georgia, yeah right.

Everyone wants to monopolize oil and use other excuses.  

Answer 10

NO

Answer 11

Ilegals are breaking the law. "there coming to find work" there is hardly enough jobs in the us just for Americans and the Mexicans are coming and hogging everything up. Why can't they come here legally??? ... because they are to cheap to pay the fee's

Answer 12

I lost any sense of security I may have had after 9-11. So yes.

Answer 13

OMG The Border Patrol is actually targeting Illegal Immigration? Since that is the primary reason that agency was created I for once think my tax dollars are being used properly. Their parent agency was after all the Immigration and Naturalization Service. We have other agencies who job it is to track terrorists.

Answer 14

Hi,

Tony, there's several ways to look at this situation as I'm sure you know. Let me expound please.

1. If illegals weren't crossing for jobs Border Patrol could deal with the terrorists and drug cartels more effectively. Less people more likelihood of success in aprehension.

2. We aren't going to stop illegal immigration by our present policies. Also, in the past, we more or less accepted the illegal populations from our border countries as a given right of theirs. Now it seems people have a problem with it after 300 plus years.

3. There was a time we begged for workers from our border countries after a failed operation of a notorious name banned them from our country. It seems we don't have a problem with them when they're needed such as in WW2. We also don't seem to have a problem with them filling in the gaps for our military since we have recruiters in their countries. Anyone who thinks differently is saddly mistaken on that and needs to hone up on their facts.

4. When we did allow those workers they too fought to keep the drug cartels from ruining their access to this country. It's only been since we have placed immeasurable burdens on their abilities to work here that they've turned a blind eye to the drugs etc at the border because as we've told them ........it's none of their business, this is our country and they aren't welcome.

5. To those who think we need to use force, take a look at the world situation most notably the Russia/Georgia situation. They are causing an international incident for the very things many on here call for with Mexico. Keep that in mind when calling for military action.