Border agent killed responding to possible incursion; Update: Four suspected detained in Mexico
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Border Agent Robert Rosas, Jr., killed in the line of duty
In my State of the Borders column in January, I warned that Mexican Army incursions into U.S. territory remain a regular occurrence.
Off the Obama radar screen, violence on the southern border rages unchecked.
Now this:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot and killed Thursday night was responding to a potential incursion into the United States, authorities said.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says, “This act of violence will not stand.”
Agent Robert Rosas suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene around 9 p.m. in the Campo area in San Diego County, California, said Richard Barlow of the U.S. Border Patrol.
Barlow, speaking at a Friday news conference, said authorities did not have additional details about the incident, which he said occurred near the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico.
Other agents responded to the area and found Rosas, Barlow said.
Authorities said they believe more than one person was involved in the killing, said Keith Slotter, special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Diego bureau. He said one of those involved may have been injured as well.
A break in the case:
KPIX in San Francisco is reporting that two men and one woman were arrested in relation to this case in a San Jose Hospital where they were seeking treatment. Reportedly, a blood sample of one of the assailants was found at the scene. Reports that the Agent may have been shot with his own weapon are unconfirmed at this time.
This tragedy underscores the need for a better fence and tighter control over the United States Border with Mexico. It also signals an escalation of the violence on this side of the fence or lack thereof. The area where the agent was killed is still only protected by the decades old ten-foot fence that smugglers and illegal immigrants have been scaling or crawling under since it was installed.
Local residents and citizen border watchers are stricken with grief, many of whom knew and worked with Agent Rosas…Agent Rosas is survived by a wife and two small children. Flags across the area are flying at half-staff.
R.I.P.
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Update: Four detained…
Mexican federal police say they have detained four men suspected of involvement in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas.
Elias Alvarez Hernandez, the coordinator of federal police in Baja California state, says the men were allegedly part of an immigrant smuggling ring. Twenty-one immigrants were found with them when the men were detained near Tecate on Saturday.
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San Jose, California? How did they get there so quickly? Just the tip of the iceberg.
Rest in Peace Agent Rosas and thank you for your service.
These are really strong words, especially coming from the Obama Administration. I am sure there are a few people who are applauding this…
Unfortunately, one must consider the source. Considering it is Napolitano who said this, you can be assured that she was referring to the fact that her department will be launching an investigation AGAINST the U.S. Border Patrol and will be fining/terminating any member who pulled their weapon instead of welcoming the assailants with open arms, offering them health benefits, Social Security and a no-interest loan so they can start a business and buy a house.
R.I. P. agent Robert Rosas, an unsung American hero, bless you.
I’ll bet Geraldo has an excuse for why this is OK. And I spit on his shoes. What a tool!
RIP trooper. I pray for the day that every politician responsible for your murder be ousted.
Don’t be surprised if that’s all you get from our racist president and his traitorous administration.
Both parties have no interest in upholding the laws of this country. The Republican want the cheap labor, the Democrats want the cheap votes.
If you want to keep your country, you must elect people who WILL enforce the laws. The weasels in office now have no intention of doing so.
Sadly Bo will get more attention than this or the planning of the next White House Concert. Talk is cheap Napolitano, put up or shut up.
R.I.P. Agent Rosas
RIP Special Agent Rosas.
The long blue line will not forget you.
You have reached EOW, go to your rest now knowing that others will take your place on the line and carry on.
Well Done.
It’s okay everybody, the White House is well guarded; you may go back to your religion and gun clinging.
Maybe that cow Napolitano can send US Attorney John Sutton to investigate–and give the shooter immunity to testify against the family Border Agent Robert Rosas-the US government does not support these border agents well at all.
The coyotes have been murdering police and citizens for years. The local sheriffs will go after the shooters but the damn feds don’t want to make waves–we are on our own. Clinton and Bush allowed our borders to become war zones. It is damn near treason.
*My thoughts and prayers to Agent Rosas and his family for their loss; And to all the border agents trying to secure our southern border while the powers that be do all they can to undermine their efforts.
*His blood is on the hands of Bush, P-BO, Grahamnesty, McCain, and all the other open borders, amnesty loving rat bastard politicians and businessmen so blinded by greed that they have foresaken their country and its’ citizens.
*And the solution is so simple a politician could do it: Enact mandatory E-Verify nationwide and demagnetize the USA; Enough is enough!
Every politician in Washington has this officer’s blood on his/her hands.
How many days till obama finally finds his tongue and tells us how problematic this incident was? How many years till those *#(*@& in D.C. DO something about the border?
May God Bless and keep Agent Rosas’ wife and children. The regular people in this country understand that Agent Rosas is a hero, a true patriot, a courageous and brave American. I will pray for him and his family.
Ditto all of the above.
Nailed it!!!
This just in:
Obama takes to the Rose Garden for presser and declares the Border Patrol, “Stupid” and that this was obviously the result of “racist agents who were violent and trigger happy”.
He later admitted to knowing nothing of the case other than what MichelleO mentioned while fling back from Paris after yet another romantic dinner.
Hopes and prayers to Agent Rojas’ family. Thanking him is a little too late for his sacrifice, thanks to all law enforcement.
RetFireman: Your remarks are hitting a little too close for comfort as of late, but are well on the mark. Thank you for your sacrifices as well.
Agent Rosas’ family vice Rojas…
I need to be more careful. Sorry
God bless you and those you left behind, Border Agent Robert Rosas, Jr. We are grateful for your service.
Janet Napolitano is another Administration Official who must be infatuated with her voice. Those are just words, meaningless, because we know she won’t follow-up!
Maybe we should take a page from Obama’s rule book and put an Orwellian spin on this border issue. Instead of calling for a fence, we should call for metal detectors along the border to prevent “evil guns” from crossing. Democrats, who cringe at the idea of allowing guns into National Parks or across state lines, will surely be against guns crossing the border from either direction. This may be the leverage we need to get them onboard.
Now, we’ll have to explain that the
fencesbarriers we propose to build between the metal detectors would only be necessary to funnel border crossers to the metal detector stations. And there should be nothing in the initial bill to prevent unarmed immigrants from crossing into the country. However, once the border fence is completed and a conservative is sitting in the White House, a simple executive order should suffice to close border crossings to all but those crossing legally. I wonder if the same liberals who fall for Obama’s doublespeak would buy this idea…Proof positive that if the conservative agenda of building a real fence and stationing National Guard troops at the southern border had been followed, we’d be in a better position right now. Liberals : Wrong, Conservatives : Right (again). Plus this hero border patrol agent would still be alive tonight. RIP Agent Rosas.
Amazing, the job these BP agents do. It’s like fighting an invasion that never ends. It’s a shame that our corrupt politicians think more about the Hispanic vote and money, than helping these overworked agents. RIP Rosa and peace to your family.
Just doing the border-patrol-agent-killing that Americans won’t do.
In fairness, it wasn’t on the Bush radar screen, either. This isn’t the first time shots have been fired at Border Patrol agents.
Well, from the mouth of babes, my elegant 7th grade niece while watching last Nov’s election, asked how come pols are so touchy about the immigration issue when told that it might offend Hispanics living here. She quizzically asked; “If being illegal is against the law but they (”most” Hispanics here) don’t feel that way, that means that they don’t really mind them breaking the law, right? So how do you fix that?”
Very plainly put.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
With the support they receive out of D.C., I’m not sure how they can even recruit agents? This is a senseless loss and should be frontpage on every newspaper and cable channel. Instead, they’re all hyped about ‘Bambi’s summer vacation plans.
Condolences to those he left behind, and prayers for those that have to go out there everyday and face the same enemy.
The death of Agent Rosas was not necessary. Most of us have been screaming for years for a REAL fence and more resources to counter this invasion from Mexico.
Do we not have the resources to make sure our Agents don’t patrol alone?
I am so sorry for his family and friends.
I imagine that the three arrested in San Jose will sue the US, just like the drug dealer did. The Border Patrol has a thankless job, trying to protect the border from the illegals on the Mexican side and the worthless politicians on this side.
We also need to remember Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar. From about a year and a half ago.
“This could have been a civilian ran over…but in this case they actually aimed for our agent,” said Eric Anderson, Yuma Border Patrol Agent.
The agent killed was Luis Aguilar, 32, an El Paso High Graduate.
Yuma Border Patrol officials said Aguilar and several other agents were trying to stop an alleged smuggler from heading back into Mexico. Aguilar set out road spikes to slow the SUV down, that’s when the mid-sized Hummer slammed into the agent, killing him on impact.
The “suspect” was initially held and released in Mexico because our side didn’t file charges/complaint with the Mexican court in time. However the suspect is now in custody in Mexico and they’re trying to find a way to get him extradited.
Geraldo? That fraud. He’s all about race. Race trumps all in his world.
Someone said the liberals want cheap votes. That’s true. But, do Republicans still want cheap labor? Where are they going to work?
R.I.P. Thank you for trying to keep our country safe.
R.I.P. Agent Rosas. Thank you for your service to our country.
FIFY
My advice to agents…shoot first, ask questions later. And make sure you have your a$$ covered so you don’t get railroaded like Ramos and Compeon.
And by the way how IS that fence building coming along???
Rest in peace Mr. Rosas.
Thank You Agent Robert Rosas, and may God Bless you, and your family.
I think there are more questions than answers regarding this case.
Please go to The Officer Down Memorial Page at http://www.odmp.org/officer/20005-border-patrol-agent-robert-wimer-rosas and leave a reflection for his service to our country.
Rest in Peace Agent Rosas. May God bless your family.
This whole story makes my blood boil. I live near the border, just a few miles from where this occured. And let me tell you this, ANY politician that tells you the border is secure, or even that we are “making progress” is so full of it as to be criminal. The astounding lack of politcal will makes me sick. I will never let this issue fade away. This wishy washy BS is getting our citizens and protectors KILLED. What in the hell will it take?
Something truly dreadful.
R.I.P. Agent Rosas. God bless you and your family.
FIFY
This is sad, sad indeed… To B. HUSSEIN’S administration AGENT ROSAS is expendable… What JA-NO meant to say is that as sad as the death of one of our agents is, the death is a tragedy that must be endured in our fight for IMMIGRATION REFORM… So sad!!!
What will it take? Well, we have already had dreadful and devastaing events and still, nothing is done. Until we finish the fence, arm our border patrol, and shoot anyone breaking into our country, nothing will change. More innocent lives will be lost. The only immigration reform we need is to keep the illegals the he11 out of our country whatever it takes! Period!
To the common liberal, things like “borders” are irrelevant. In fact, everything that is ESSENTIAL for a nation’s continued integrity are irrelevant. All that matters to them is their maintaining their white-knuckled grip on power.
Off topic but it IS Saturday and Michelle has yet to create an open thread.
Today may be the first day of a great American story in the making.
Sarah Palin
Same day, Joe the Plumber returns:
He should have voted for Bob “The Builder” Barr. What a great irony should he become a symbolic figure for Palin in the fight for conservatives against BOTH parties.
“She doesn’t need a title to do what she’s gonna do.”
There are lots of conservatives who may live to deny the things they are now saying as they enable the northeast power elite by trashing Palin. Wake up folks. This is a great story unfolding.
One of the curious things about American history is how we seem to find the very leaders needed when we find ourselves at the edge. Abe Lincoln was a country bumpkin and treated the same way. He had a solid base of Whigs, founded the GOP with them and imposed himself on the country. Can Sarah do the same? Let’s give her a chance to try. The GOP seems to fear her more than the ultra liberals. What does that tell you?
Go Sarah!
Hey Pasadena…what do you think of Liz Cheney? I think she is one to watch! She is well-spoken, very conservative, good looking, mature, everything we are looking for. She is very young and needs to be a representative or a Senator, but I can see her in 10 years or so running for President.
Would someone please post a link to odmp dot org. (I can’t do it). Stands for officer down, and it’s a truly moving site. Navigate all around it, it goes back to the 1800s of fallen officers to present day.
They have Agent Rosas listed already with “end of watch” date. As soon as a law enforcement officer is killed they have it right up on the site the same day, with details. Makes you appreciate what these brave men and women do on a daily basis.
happyscrapper: I have always like Liz Cheney but not as a candidate. She could be a major force were she to bail on the GOP. They have given her every reason to do so since they have thrown her husband under the bus.
The next candidate has to embrace conservatism without equivocating to defend a party no longer stands for anything. If they can’t do that, they aren’t ready.
The salvation of the GOP will be when they see all conservatives have abandoned party affiliation completely and have united around their principles. We don’t need either party. They need us. We outnumber everyone else and are the only voting bloc that can actually articulate a clear grassroots message in simple terms that everyone understands and agrees with across all party lines. What is wrong with us? Let’s do it already.
I was referring to Dick’s daughter. Isn’t her name Liz? I may have gotten that wrong.
Officer Down Memorial Page
Cheney’s daughter is Mary, the lesbian. I think you were thinking of his wife Liz who I like but as I said… She looks young because Dick looks much older than he is.
That is incorrect…I got this from the internet. I knew Dick had a lesbian daughter, but Liz is the other one. As you can see, she has GREAT credentials. Listen to her speak sometime. I am VERY impressed.
Elizabeth Cheney is the elder of two daughters of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Second Lady Lynne Cheney; her younger sister is Mary Cheney. Cheney graduated from McLean High School in 1984. She received her bachelor’s degree from Colorado College, where she wrote her senior thesis, “The Evolution of Presidential War Powers,” in 1988.[1] She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1996, having also taken courses in Middle Eastern history at the Oriental Institute.[2]
Cheney is married to Philip Perry, the former General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security. She and Perry have five children: three daughters, Kate, Elizabeth, and Grace; and two sons, Philip and Richard.
[edit] Early career
Before attending law school, Cheney worked for the State Department for five years and the U.S. Agency for International Development between 1989 and 1993. After 1993, she took a job at Armitage Associates LLP, the consulting firm founded by Richard Armitage, then a former Defense Department official and Iran-Contra operative who later served as Deputy Secretary of State.
After graduating from law school, Cheney practiced law in the private sector (at the law firm of White & Case) and as an international law attorney and consultant at the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. She has also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State for Assistance to the former Soviet Union, and as a USAID officer in U.S. embassies in Budapest and Warsaw.[3]
[edit] Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
In 2002, Cheney was appointed to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs,[4] a pre-existing vacant post with an “economic portfolio,” which is a mandate to promote investment in the region. Amid reports, including a New York Times editorial by Paul Krugman, saying that the job was created especially for her, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that she had come recommended by then-Secretary of State Colin Powell.[5][6] The Times of London reported that Cheney’s appointment was “the most intriguing sign that America is getting serious about Middle East reform” and that the appointment was “a measure of the seriousness with which the administration was taking Middle East programmes for literacy, education, and reform.”[7] The appointment followed publicized policy divisions between the Vice President’s office and the State Department on Middle East policy. In that position, she was given control of the Middle East Partnership Initiative, designed to “foster increased democracy and economic progress in a troubled region.” The program spent $29 million in 2002, increased to $129 million in the following year. Cheney’s task was to channel money to pre-screened groups, some of which were not identified publicly for fear of retaliations from extant governments they sought to undermine. For the budget year 2004, the project sought $145 million. [8][9]
[edit] 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign
After two years of service, Cheney left her first State Department post in 2003 to serve in her father’s re-election campaign. [10] Participating in the “W Stands for Women” initiative to target female voters, Cheney spoke often of how women have enlarged their scope of political issues, invoking the September 11 attacks and “security.” [11]
[edit] Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Near Eastern Affairs
In February 2005, she returned to the US State Department and was appointed the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Near Eastern Affairs and Coordinator for Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiatives.[12] In this position, Cheney supported the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, C. David Welch, and coordinated U.S. multilateral efforts to promote and support democracy, expanded education and economic opportunities in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Her position made her the second-ranking U.S. diplomat for the Middle East. Cheney oversaw the launch of two semi-independent foundations, the Fund of the Future (worth $100 million), to provide capital for small businesses and the Foundation of the Future (worth $55 million), to promote freedom of the press and democracy.[13] In that capacity, Cheney endorsed a controversial draft of a new Iraqi constitution.[14] In November 2005, Cheney was questioned by Ysemink Congar of Turkish CNN that there was “a lot of skepticism building about the U.S. advocacy for democracy and human rights, based on a recent Washington Post story on “black sites” operated by the U.S. and the CIA in some of the countries receiving MEPI support:
Congar: If you were addressing the skeptics today, directly, what would you say to them? Why should they believe that the U.S. is genuinely advocating — supporting democracy and human rights in the region? And why should they — I mean, I’m talking about the grassroots now — why shuld they enthusiastically endorse the Forum for the Future? Thank you.
Cheney: I’ll go first. You know, this is a question that I think has come up ever since we first began supporting democratic activities in the region back in 2002. And what I would say is judge us by our actions, you know. Judge us by the extent to which we really are standing with the people who are working for freedom. Judge us by the extent to which we are supporting NGOs with our money and with our back, you know, with our technical assistance. Judge us by the extent to which, you know, our Secretary of State goes to Cairo and makes a speech in Cairo in the heart of the broader Middle East about the importance of freedom and the importance of people being able to express their own wills and desires.
So, you know, yes, I think there is skepticism. I think that there is disagreement about policies. I think some of that comes from a misunderstanding of American policies. But at the end of the day, I think that the idea of skepticism is, frankly, a little bit overblown. I mean, my sense is that it’s become conventional wisdom among elites that there are skeptics. There certainly are some skeptics, but there are certainly millions and millions of people across the broader Middle East who are participating with us in projects, that are providing training and skills and how you operate in a political — in a democratic environment. And who very much appreciate and feel protected by the fact that the United States is standing with them, you know.So there will always be skeptics, but I would watch what we do and watch also what we say about these issues.[15]
At the same briefing, Cheney was asked by Tarek Rashad of the Middle East News Agency about the “paradox” of the MEPI funding NGO’s supporting democracy and human rights would be “rallying in fact against the regimes and the governments in the region. Cheney answered that contributions to the Foundation had come from governments, but the foundation would not include government officers on its board or as its chairman, that “no government entities will be in either position.”[16]
[edit] Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group
Elizabeth Cheney also headed the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group (ISOG), established in March 2006, a unit within the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
In April 2006, The New York Times published a story critical of Cheney’s work, particularly with respect to Iran. Of particular scrutiny was a grants program administered by Elizabeth Cheney’s unit, in collaboration with a Republican-affiliated foundation, the International Republican Institute.[17] The Times maintained that when the group became controversial, with critics saying that it was plotting covert actions that could escalate into war with Iran and Syria, the group was disbanded, by May 2006. Shortly before the ISOG group was dissolved, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice initiated a major effort to engage Iran and Syria in efforts to stabilize Iraq.[18] As late as April 11, 2009, Iranian officials investigating “cyber-crimes” cited Cheney’s efforts in the daily newspaper Iran, specifically the “Democracy Program” [sic] initiative as parallel to a Netherlands-funded push for a “velvet revolution” accomplished by a media campaign to polarize the country, “despite the 1981 Algiers Accords signed between the U.S. and Iran in the aftermath of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran.” [19]
[edit] 2008 Republican presidential campaigns
Cheney signed on in June 2007 to serve as one of three national co-chairs for Fred Thompson’s 2008 presidential campaign. The other co-chairs were Spencer Abraham and George Allen. In a press release issued at the beginning of his campaign, Thompson said he was “very pleased to announce that former Senators Abraham and Allen, as well as Liz Cheney, will serve as co-chairs of my national leadership team.” Thompson added: “These distinguished individuals bring wise counsel and invaluable experience to my campaign leadership team, and they will play a critical role in helping spread my consistent conservative message across America.”[20] After Thompson dropped out of the race, Cheney announced on January 27, 2008 that she would work for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, serving as a senior foreign policy advisor.[21]
[edit] Public appearances and publications
In late January 2007, Cheney penned an editorial in The Washington Post criticizing Senator Hillary Clinton’s position on the Iraq war.[22]
In August 2008, the New York Times reported that Liz Cheney was encouraging her father to write a book on his political career, and that she was indexing her father’s pre-vice-presidential papers housed in various libraries across the country, “drafting timetables and outlines for his review.”[23] The Times cited Liz Cheney on April 24, 2009, as the source of information that Dick Cheney had requested that the National Archives declassify two documents that would prove the efficacy of “enhanced interrogation techniques” in handling of U.S. detainees.[24]
In the time following her departure from the State Department, Cheney became more outspoken in her criticisms of the Bush administration’s foreign policy, particularly of the State Department’s renewed efforts to conduct Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and efforts to enlist Iran’s aid in stabilizing Iraq.[25]
In 2008, Cheney was listed on the speakers roster of Leading Authorities, Inc., a talent management and booking agent. Cheney gives paid public lectures on international relations and the role of women in emerging democracies.[26]
On April 23, 2009, days after the release of controversial memos from the Bush administration about the authorization of enhanced interrogation techniques in interrogations of U.S. captives, Liz Cheney appeared on a morning news program on MSNBC defending “enhanced interrogation techniques,” the Justice Department attorneys who argued the methods were legal, and her father’s record as vice-president.[27]
Liz Cheney was asked to nominate and write an entry for Time’s 100 most influential people special issue in spring 2009. Cheney wrote of Norah al-Faiz, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister for Women’s Education, “The appointment of al-Faiz, in her early 50s was the most significant sign yet of the quiet revolution under way since King Abdullah ascended the throne in 2005.”[28]
On May 12, 2009, in a debate of the motion “Diplomacy With Iran Is Going Nowhere,” sponsored by the Rosenkranz Foundation and Intelligence Squared U.S., Liz Cheney and Dan Senor argued in favor of the motion. R. Nicholas Burns and foreign policy analyst Kenneth Pollack argued that diplomacy has produced results. Before the debate, 34 percent of the audience agreed with the motion, 33 percent were against the motion, and 35 percent were undecided. After the debate, 35 percent of the audience agreed with the motion, 59 percent were against the motion, and only six percent were undecided.[29]
On June 5, 2009, Media Matters reported that Liz Cheney had made 22 public appearances in less than a month.[30]
On July 13, 2009, CNN reported that Liz Cheney had announced she was “open” to the idea of running for future political office.[31]
On July 14, 2009, The Associated Press reported that Liz Cheney, in response to whether her father, then Vice-President Dick Cheney, had broken any laws in instructing the CIA not to inform Congress of certain clandestine anti-terrorism programs recently terminated by Obama-appointed CIA Director Leon Panetta, said “There’s no evidence of that.” Cheney also conceded that “I was not in every meeting that my father had. I was not in most meetings that my father had” in regard to her father’s role in allegedly concealing informationi from Congress.[32
I think it’s time to kick Mexico out of NAFTA and to hermetically seal off the border with that “country” (term applied loosely).
happyscrapper: I stand corrected.
Problem is that she would be a legacy candidate. Being related to someone is not a qualification and it would be very difficult for her to prove that she has cut her ties with the GOP in time for even 2016. But she could be very useful.
The only candidate who is blazing a new trail at the moment is Palin. Once she starts campaigning for conservatives regardless of party, her value will be acknowledged. Her very appearance will be an event. No other Republican can do that. She will be raising tons of money for candidates who will be supporting her later. That means that the GOP strategy of laying low while Dems self-destruct could very well backfire. Palin could be campaigning for those Blue Dogs who defeated wobbly Republicans in 2006 and 2008 and are now showing a lot of spine.
If that plays out, conservative will be much more important than party affiliation. Palin is the only candidate who has a chance to bring that about. But a Liz Cheney could make a name for herself by being an early supporter with a big name. The symbolism would be very effective.
It always seems impossible at first, then difficult, and suddenly the dam breaks and it seemed inevitable looking back. We are currently closer to the “impossible” than “difficult” at the moment. Nothing is impossible in this country.
There is so much that can be said here…but I like this one the best:
‘Then, in a bold move, Naptolitano orders Civilian Force agents to the border to quell further violence…ACORN will follow in the upcoming weeks in order to determine the exact cause of border crossings and offer creative solutions…’
This is heartbreaking.
And frustrating. So frustrating that our government dispatches agents to the border but can’t find the political will to actually seal that border. We’re putting these brave men’s and women’s lives on the line because our politicians won’t put their votes where their mouths are.
Welcome to America today. Illegals kill a border partol agent, then have the guts to go get free healthcare!
RIP Agent Rosas.
There, fixed it for ya.
FIFY
Thanks, Roland!
R.I.P. Agent Rosas
My feelings exactly.
From today’s Arizona Repugnant and per new RULES established by Nappy et al
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/07/25/20090725sweeps0725.html
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio promised to keep his controversial crime-suppression operations coming despite a change in federal guidelines that will prevent deputies from arresting immigrants solely for being in the country illegally.
Deputies witnessed the impact of the new regulations during one of the operations Thursday and Friday in the southeast Valley after they released nine people from custody.
more at site
How is DHS going to get to the bottom of anything when they are letting illegals go. Hey, Nappy, they are all criminals if they are here illegally.
God Bless the Rosas family and friends and fellow agents.
Yes it will. All Dems do is puff. Nothing will happen.
I’ll believe it when I see it, and my money says I will not see it! Especially with this woman at the helm.
Yeah…until she is reminded how valuable the illegals are and how much influence and money the Hispanic community has to offer to the dems. Then she will announce that she was “misquoted” or “taken out of context”. Either that, or hope the whole thing is forgotten.
More likely, Napolitano and her Office of Homeland Euphemisms will invent new euphemisms for “Mexican Army incursions into America” and “border guards dying in the line of duty”.
in this country we can’t even get to the point where we have actual real i.d. cards. we have i.d. cards, that everyone must use to pay taxes, start a bank account, buy a house, get credit, etc. but any damn fool can forge one on a 50 dollar printer. so we have massive voter fraud which elects our present mess in chief, we have illegals destroying our economy with cheap labor and expensive welfare, and we have identity theft and fraud as a national pastime. everyone has a fingerprint, put it on your passport, your drivers license, and your voter registry. now we know who is being hired, voting, cashing a check, and committing crimes. that one thing would cure a ton of our societal evils.
This is just beautiful. Henry Louis Gates calls on everyone to just move on.
Where have I heard that one before? I’m sure it’ll come to me,
But in the spirit of moving on,
I am sure that Officer Crowley is going to come out well in this documentary as Gates “moves on”. If I were Crowley, I would “move on” with my defamation lawsuit against Gates and Obama as Gates “moves on” with his race-mongering.
Shouldn’t that be “moving ahead” though? He must have misspoke.
So let’s put this into perspective: honest, law abiding, FBI checked citizens cannot cross state borders with their legally owned guns, but invaders from other lands can cross our nations borders without fear of persecution?
And some still wonder why they call it the Obamanation…
President Barack Hussein Obama says: “Victory is not our goal.”
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says: “Security is not our goal.”
We don’t need a better fence, all we need is a standing order to shoot to kill and then hang a few carcasses on pikes. They’ll get the message.
I’m just wondering, has there ever been a time in America’s history where the will of the minority takes precedence over the majority? The majority of Americans want illegal immigration stopped, however the status quo rages on as if the majority voice does not exist. Californians overwhelmingly voted for prop187. The 9th circuit called it unconstitutional, then the minority pushed for larger and larger illegal immigrant communities so nothing like that would happen again. I think, if people get to pick which laws they want to follow and which ones they want to ignore, it might be time to start ignoring tax laws. Since they can’t deport 12 million illegals, they certainly can’t go after 12 million people who decided they did not feel like paying their taxes.
God bless and keep the family, friends and workmates of Robert Rosas. I hope they find peace. Please God, take into your hands the angels Robert left behind, a world undeserving of the little ones you send to enrich our lives. I plan to donate to any account set up to ensure that his children have college opportunities and a fulfilled life since they have to grow up without a father because of the politicians that have failed all of us.
The average American voter is now so ignorant and miseducated and just plain stupid she doesn’t realize the Republicans in the Senate were the ones who stopped the amnesty.
The average American voter doesn’t understand it is overwhelmingly the judges DEMOCRATS want who are the ones who overturn perfectly rational things the majority wants while cramming social changes we don’t want down our throats.
She keeps voting Democrat because the nice man or women telling them the TV news say the Democrats CARE and the mean old Republicans will make them have the baby if they are raped.
In History, that kind of stuck on stupid always ends badly, with serious amounts of destruction and blood.
And the ACLU says Lee, Collier violate rights by using federal immigration ‘holds’Agencies exposing their communities to potential expensive lawsuit.
How long before Holder dismisses the case against these “tourist guides?”
How long before the wounded “tourist guides” file a suit against the US Government and the widow of this officer?
How long before Obama rolls and grants them citizenship and tells us how “stupid” the Border Patrol is?
3, 2, 1 …
How about the “Mexican Army’s 3-wood fade into the rough” and the “Border Patrol agent’s failure to maintain his own life support?”
Right up JaNo’s alley…
The story reads “incursion” that says to me that the Mexican military was involved in either the smuggling or in the protection of the murderers of this agent. Are the 4 men who are being held part of the Mexican military or the Zetas?? in either case, AND INCURSION IS AN ACT OF WAR– WHY IS THE MILITARY NOT ON THE BORDER TO STOP ANY FURTHER “INCURSIONS”??????
Officer Rosas Jr., G-d’s speed to you and your family.
It has been a few days now, most will forget and move on. Wait another day or two, and another illegal alien will murder a cop somewhere in America.
Secure the border with the military. Take those in South Korea if you have to. Then start moving all illegal aliens invaders on five tons with water and MRE”s south to be processed out.