49% of Fires on U.S.- Mexico Border Caused by Illegal Aliens

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Maybe our government should provide fire extinguishers along the border for the illegals.

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/...s-us-mexico-border-caused-illegal-aliens.html

 

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Border patrol outgunned by Mexican drug cartels...

DHS IG: Border Patrol Agent Training, Weapons ‘Have Not Kept Pace with Increased Violence’ They Face
December 9, 2011 - The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General (DHS OIG), in its FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan, reports that training, weapons, and rules of engagement for Border Patrol agents have failed to keep up with the “increased violence” they are facing.

“There are concerns that Border Patrol agent training, deployed weapons, and rules of engagement have not kept pace with the increased violence on the border,” the DHS IG reports in the FY 2012 performance plan released in October. “Along with this, the push to hire new agents may have created a void in experience levels of the agents deployed to facilitate the Border Patrol’s mission. It is estimated that 40% of the agents have no more than 2 years of on-the-job experience. It is paramount that Border Patrol agent training, rules of engagement (including use of nonlethal weapons), and agent-issued weapons are commensurate with the current border threat environment,” the plan stated.

“Violence has significantly increased against Border Patrol agents. Since 2007, assaults on agents have risen more than 35%, including 13 deaths,” the plan added. “Most recently, in December 2010, a Border Patrol agent was killed when his unit encountered a group of illegal border crossers armed with AK-47 assault weapons. “When the illegal entrants were ordered to drop their weapons and refused, the Border Patrol agents fired beanbags at the migrants, who returned fire with their assault weapons. The agents then returned fire with one long gun and a pistol. One agent was killed and the other badly wounded.”

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed by Mexican bandits on Dec. 14, 2010. Two of the weapons found on the scene of his murder have been linked to the botched gun-running Department of Justice (DOJ) operation that allowed thousands of guns to walk into the hands of Mexican criminals, which is not mentioned in the DHS IG report. The intention of the operation, dubbed “Fast and Furious,” was to trace the guns and then build cases against members of the Mexican drug cartels. Terry’s death has prompted Congress to investigate the gun operation, which has many Republican lawmakers calling for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation. In the performance plan, released in October, the DHS IG does not specifically say which area along the U.S. border has seen a “significant” increase in violence against Border Patrol agents. Furthermore, in the DHS IG plan, the assaults against Border Patrol agents are not broken down by year.

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