LOCAL 2544 – U.S. BORDER PATROL

Tucson, Arizona

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Senate Sellout

05-20-07 Certain members of the United States Senate have embarked on an ill-informed path that will give amnesty to illegal aliens. They are attempting, once again, to sell the American people a bill of goods that rewards millions of illegal alien lawbreakers and throws the rule of law out the window. Both senators from Arizona, McCain and Kyl, have come out in support of this disastrous legislation. We are especially disappointed that Senator Kyl has helped sponsor this foolishness. We endorsed Senator Kyl last year, in a very close race, with the clear understanding that he would remain opposed to any form of amnesty that rewards illegal aliens.

We are dumbfounded.

We are currently working on a letter to Senator Kyl so that he clearly understands our profound disappointment in his actions. The letter will be posted here tomorrow. We expected this type of sell-out from Senator McCain, and even from Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar, but we didn’t expect it from Senator Kyl. We believed him to be a man of his word, in a political atmosphere where ones word doesn’t mean much anymore.

Is it any wonder that morale in the BP continuously erodes to levels never thought possible? Can you imagine telling Highway Patrolmen that drag racers and drunk drivers should be released without penalty and rewarded with continued driving privileges for breaking the law? Can you imagine telling DEA agents that cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana are good for people and that they need to back off their enforcement efforts?

Can you imagine telling game wardens that poachers are just “innocent victims” who should be given the fruits of their illegal behavior without penalty? Can you imagine telling our military personnel overseas that they’re really not fighting for anything important and that radical Islamists are just misunderstood folks who need a hug? If you can’t imagine any of this, then why should anyone imagine telling Border Patrol agents that massive illegal immigration is something to be honored with yet another amnesty program designed to reward the same people we risk our lives to arrest? This is disgraceful America.

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