Feds keeping border patrol in the dark on border gang threat."Border Patrol agents say few had knowledge of a warning that violent gang members are being paid to target them, and that they are ill-equipped to deal with such a threat," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by Sara A. Carter in the Daily Bulletin of Ontario, California Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 170,373. It is the home of LA/Ontario International Airport and the huge Ontario Mills shopping mall (the largest in Southern California and one , on January 30. Carter, who has done some outstanding reporting on border and immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. issues, revealed that "according to a confidential Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States memo obtained by the Daily Bulletin ..., Mexican human and drug smugglers plan to bring members of the international Mara Salvatrucha <noinclude></noinclude> Mara Salvatrucha refers to a large notorious Hispanic gangs involved in criminal activities in Central America and the United States. The gang names are commonly abbreviated as MS, Mara, MS-13 street gang across the border and pay them to kill U.S. Border Patrol agents." The Mara Salvatrucha (otherwise known as MS-13) is a very violent Salvadoran-based crime syndicate, with an estimated 15,000-20,000 gang members in more than 30 U.S. states. The Daily Bulletin quoted an anonymous Border Patrol agent who said: "Here's proof that we're being targeted, and many agents didn't even know about it. I think it's just a matter of time before agents are gunned down and killed. Our government is abandoning us and in some ways abandoning the American people An American people may be:
The memo referred to by the Daily Bulletin is a two-page "Officer Safety Alert" bulletin of the U.S. Department of Home land Security dated December 21. "Agents are worried, and they have every reason to be," the Border Patrol agent interviewed by the Daily Bulletin told reporter Sara Carter Sara Carter (July 21, 1898 – January 8, 1979) was an American Country music musician. Known for her deep and distinctive singing voice, she was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930's. . "We lost the majority of our vehicle funding to Hurricane Katrina relief. With the equipment we have, we're like martyrs on a firing line. What we need are warriors. Truthfully, what we need now is the U.S. military. That's really the only answer." Carter reports that other Border Patrol agents "say most of their equipment is outdated, and that funds to replace run-down vehicles and old body armor have been diverted from the Border Patrol to other areas of the government." T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, confirmed to THE NEW AMERICAN that he, like most of the Border Patrol agents he represents, was unaware of the Homeland Security memo until it was made public by the Daily Bulletin. This is typical, he said, of the administration's efforts to cover up and downplay the national security implications of our open borders, especially now with current White House efforts to push its "guest worker" amnesty legislation. |
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