Congressman calls for removal of Laredo Border Patrol chief Is he on Mexico's Payroll?

Question

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5082223.html
"The Border Patrol's job is not to stop illegal immigrants. The Border Patrol's job is not to stop narcotics ... The Border Patrol's mission is not to stop criminals.
It is all of those things. The Border Patrol existed before terror became a focus. Why? To patrol our borders! Thus the name.

Either this gentleman is hopelessly confused, he believes he gets to decide his own mission independent of his superiors, or (and after listening to Michael Chertoff I would not discount this) his superiors also need to be fired and replaced.

The Border Patrol does not exist to welcome illegal immigrants to the United States. It exists to find them and send their lawbreakers back to where they are legal.

SAN ANTONIO — A congressman who has been an outspoken critic of illegal immigration called for the removal Friday of the Border Patrol's chief in Laredo, saying his recent comments about the role of the agency make him unfit for the job.

Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Republican and long-shot presidential candidate, said Carlos X. Carrillo's remarks in a town hall meeting were "diametrically opposed" to the Border Patrol's mission. Carrillo spoke Aug. 15 in Laredo, a border community intimately connected by commerce and family with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

At the meeting, Carrillo said, "The Border Patrol's job is not to stop illegal immigrants. The Border Patrol's job is not to stop narcotics ... The Border Patrol's mission is not to stop criminals. The Border Patrol's mission is to stop terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering this country."

In a letter to the editor published in the Laredo Morning Times three days later, Carrillo sought "to fully explain" his comments, saying the agency's job historically has been to protect the nation's homeland by detecting and apprehending people or contraband coming in illegally.

Tancredo, who says he was contacted by concerned Border Patrol agents and others, said the explanation doesn't address concerns that Carrillo is minimizing the need to stop all illegal immigrants. Carrillo has headed the sector covering 171 river miles since October.

"He has established a clear attitude in regard to what the Border Patrol is supposed to be about, and it is diametrically opposed to what the Border Patrol is supposed to do," said Tancredo, who believes the comments reflect an attitude among some that illegal immigrants seeking jobs are harmless.

"You have to stop everyone, or at least as many as you can, who is coming into the country illegally," he said.

Calls seeking comment from Carrillo and Border Patrol officials in Washington were not immediately returned.

Answer 1

Think maybe Carrillo has some conflict of interest going on here? Reguardless-- the guy isn't doing his job and needs to be sent down the road--- in either direction!!!


#2? How did Bush's name get involved in this?

Answer 2

We need to bring Carillo back down to earth and remind him that his job's main description is Keeping illegals out weather carrying a WMD or not. When did Bush re-write the Border Patrol manual?

Hi Hector, it was just a joke. I was referring to Bush's track record with illegal immigration and the imprisionment of those two border patrol agents.

Answer 3

The Border Patrol will catch and detain everyone entering the US at a place other than a designated port of entry.

But if you have never arrested and deported women and children who are about as subversive and dangerous to America as the women's garden club, you just don't get it.

Answer 4

I''m sorry to be so negative but in my 56 years of life, I've seen our USA society go from a caring and good society, to a greedy place where anyone will do almost anything if it prospers them I hate it.

Answer 5

What can I say? is it possable to do a "recall" on this guy?
oh yeah- it's a sweet 15 for their country. I do hope no one missed out on a party.