When Border Patrol Officers catch would be Senators should they practice "catch and release?"?

Question

'GOP Senate candidate Bob Corker was detained last week by U.S. Border Patrol officers as he was preparing to film a second campaign commercial along the U.S.-Mexican border.

“We require that politicians who come here to exploit border security issues for campaign commercials obtain a filming permit, and Mr. Corker didn’t have one,” says Border Patrol spokesman Vincent DeHart. “We caught and repatriated Mr. Corker back to Tennessee under our ‘catch and release politicians’ program.”

DeHart says the filming of political ads along the border is a growing problem and it’s stretching the enforcement ability of the Border Patrol.

“So far, we’ve caught one from Illinois, Corker from Tennessee, two from Maine, three from Colorado, and, I think, nine from California,” the spokesman says. “We catch and release them, and the next thing you know they’re back here filming again. It gets old, sending the same politicians back time after time.”

http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Columns/The_Fabricator/2006/06/22/Corker_Detained_by_Border_Patrol/index.shtml

- hey, I just thought it was funny.

However, I don't think it is all that hard to get a filming permit.

dn_reen - I gave you legitimate links including New York Times articles on Homeland Security estimates and a study by a legitimate 'violent crime institute'. You quote a friend of a friend who is unlikely to have had a statistically accurate point of view. I think you should rethink YOUR facts. [Sorry to others, he/she was responding to an answer I gave.]

Answer 1

Personally, I think that the border patrol should just let up - I mean - after all - that border belonged to politicians before the border patrol even came along and STOLE it from them.

PLEASE DAR! Politicians are JUST HUMANS....

(okay, even I can't keep a straight face with that last comment, do you think I'll get struck by lightning for even suggesting politicians are human?)
I thought it was a funny story too.

Answer 2

Sounds like a skit from Saturday Night Live! If the Border Patrol can do so well controlling the politicians, why can't they control Los Mojados?

Answer 3

I think it is good that they are checking on all. If you are alright in this country don't worry about it-. So your inconvenient for a bid. They could be called ahead time with a list given to the Border Patrol of who can come and who can not. I say good job--check everyone!!!!!!!!!!And who is checking on the Border patrol??? Anyone??

And if they catch one of our Senators-release them over to the other side and don't let them back in.
Almost forgot -please.

It was different.

Answer 4

They have no business being on the border.

They are endangering themselves as well as others. It amazes me the lengths some people will go to for political gain.

BTW, I live on the border and when the minutemen came here they were not well received by the city, people and border patrol.....Let these people do their jobs, geez....

Answer 5

It seems to me our border patrol should be concentrating on catching illegal immigrants, not US citizens.

by the way, I thought you were asking about Congressman Patrick Kennedy.

Answer 6

I think it's an AWESOME idea to put all the TV cameras you can find on the border...let's see what's really going on, here....

Answer 7

get ur facts straight. my moms friend use to work in the federal prisons and he says that white were the majority of the people in the prison. have u seen unsolved mysteries, news all those killers, rapist are white.

Answer 8

They should have sent them south.

Answer 9

AHHHHHHH,Thats funny.Thanks for the laugh,DAR.