In Soto's sector, agents seized 441,482 pounds of marijuana between Oct. 1 and May 17, compared with about 489,000 pounds for all the preceding fiscal year ending in September. Across the entire border, the Border Patrol has seized 957,638 pounds of marijuana this year, up from 755,914 pounds in the same period last year.
Border Patrol cocaine seizures are down to 5,260 pounds so far this fiscal year, from the 6,406 pounds seized in the same period last year.
On Monday, Mexican federal agents announced one of the biggest marijuana seizures in recent memory: 8.4 tons of pot, packed among fertilizer inside a truck bound for the U.S. border.
Are these the good people coming in? why are the good people not stopping this? thinking of themselves only?
Those figures include drugs smuggled into the United States in vehicles driven into the desert, but increasing border security measures such as fences and vehicle barriers appear to be making that more difficult.
2006-09-02 10:33:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Meanwhile......
2 Border Patrol Agents
Are Facing Sentences
For Doing Their Jobs
Preventing The Smuggling Of 800 Lbs. Of Marijuanika
(Scratches Head)
2006-09-02 10:47:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
In Jefferson County Missouri (a county filled with good america loving white people almost exclusively), police busted more meth labs then anywhere else in America. Which is more dangerous: A) The pot that most people in the 70's (Including our *BELOVED* President) toked once or twice (or daily if you are our *BELOVED* president) and can be smoked in amsterdam and possessed in Canada and used as medicine here, or the meth, which is so powerful and cheap that 20 dollars can keep you high for several days and possibly kill you?
2006-09-02 12:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by punkkarrit182 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's called correlation, as the numbers of Illegal Aliens grow, so does the market for illegal drugs. That and the fact that Mexico has made a dubbed version of "Scareface" the national film, and all their little children want to grow up to be Al Pacino's character.
2006-09-02 10:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by trumain 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Exploitation never stops. Self serving people benefit highly from our unsecured border and true patriots get shot down for pointing it out. JD has a comprehensive statement that I agree with too..
2006-09-02 12:34:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
And these are the ones that our great leaders want to give amnesty to and can't live without!! Who cares about any laws, they were made to be broken so if you are coming into this country you can get amnesty so you can get some illegal activity going here.
2006-09-02 10:38:28 · answer #5 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Another reason to secure the border . I would think everyone should see that.
2006-09-02 17:45:13 · answer #6 · answered by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read that. We are putting a stop to some of it. We need to step it up more.
2006-09-02 11:58:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Its called supply and demand.If you and your teenage friends weren't smoking up and snorting there wouldn't be any demand for it.geesh its simple economics
2006-09-02 10:36:26 · answer #8 · answered by Nexus K 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Simple answer : Let the pot in, keep the people out.
2006-09-02 10:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
If there were no market for drugs in the US, there would be no drug imports.
I'm surprised people don't understand this.
2006-09-02 10:38:26 · answer #10 · answered by Brian L 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋