I heard some of your chanting about how "migra" is responsible for violence and deaths along the border. It's obvious you have never spent the time to investigate what Border Patrol does on a regular basis to help illegal immigrants whose lives are in danger. Here's an article that might put things in perspective for some of your more open-minded members.
Border Patrol’s El Centro, Calif. Rescue Team Receives Heroes Award
(Friday, October 05, 2007)
El Centro, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s El Centro, Calif. Border, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) team was decorated today with the prestigious 2007 Real Heroes award sponsored by the American Red Cross of San Diego and Imperial Counties in recognition for their exemplary service to the communities.
The American Red Cross honored the Border Patrol team for its numerous acts of courage exhibited throughout the year within and for their fervent dedication to helping others.
In this past year, El Centro Sector’s BORSTAR team has responded to 25 incidents involving search and/or medical rescues of more than 48 persons injured or stranded in remote and desolate regions of the Imperial Valley desert. Thirty-six of these victims were found in life-threatening conditions where each minute was crucial.
One of the specific rescue incidents mentioned during the award presentation described the search and Medivac of a female suffering from severe dehydration deep within the Jacumba Mountains. At the time of this rescue, BORSTAR agents had exceeded over 15 hours of strenuous physical activity that day during the extreme heat of an Imperial Valley summer. Additionally, all the BORSTAR agents involved in this rescue were either on their day off or on vacation time. Had they not gone beyond the regular call of duty, the female in question most likely would have died.
Acting Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal stated, "Our BORSTAR agents perform search and rescue missions to save lives and they do so without any expectation of praise. This award, this honor is a direct result of the heightened level of dedication and professionalism they have achieved."
Migra = killers
I heard some of your chanting about how "migra" is responsible for violence and deaths along the border. It's obvious you have never spent the time to investigate what Border Patrol does on a regular basis to help illegal immigrants whose lives are in danger. Here's an article that might put things in perspective for some of your more open-minded members.
Border Patrol’s El Centro, Calif. Rescue Team Receives Heroes Award
(Friday, October 05, 2007)
El Centro, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s El Centro, Calif. Border, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) team was decorated today with the prestigious 2007 Real Heroes award sponsored by the American Red Cross of San Diego and Imperial Counties in recognition for their exemplary service to the communities.
The American Red Cross honored the Border Patrol team for its numerous acts of courage exhibited throughout the year within and for their fervent dedication to helping others.
In this past year, El Centro Sector’s BORSTAR team has responded to 25 incidents involving search and/or medical rescues of more than 48 persons injured or stranded in remote and desolate regions of the Imperial Valley desert. Thirty-six of these victims were found in life-threatening conditions where each minute was crucial.
One of the specific rescue incidents mentioned during the award presentation described the search and Medivac of a female suffering from severe dehydration deep within the Jacumba Mountains. At the time of this rescue, BORSTAR agents had exceeded over 15 hours of strenuous physical activity that day during the extreme heat of an Imperial Valley summer. Additionally, all the BORSTAR agents involved in this rescue were either on their day off or on vacation time. Had they not gone beyond the regular call of duty, the female in question most likely would have died.
Acting Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal stated, "Our BORSTAR agents perform search and rescue missions to save lives and they do so without any expectation of praise. This award, this honor is a direct result of the heightened level of dedication and professionalism they have achieved."