Law enforcement officials are becoming increasingly fearful of armed clashes along the U.S. border with Mexico.
Officials said the clashes could be the result of a plethora of forces along the southern U.S. border. They cited thousands of fresh troops, state police, border patrol and volunteers.
I don't see that happening," said Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard bureau. "If we do our coordination properly, and as I said, we're building this on a long, enduring relationship for over 25 years. That's why the Guard was selected for this. We know how to do this so that we don't have skirmishes with the Mexican army."
But law enforcement agents familiar with the Mexican border remain skeptical. They said the federal authorities plan to inform Mexico of U.S. troop movements to ensure border cooperation.
Such information, the agents said, could be relayed by corrupt Mexican commanders to drug dealers and smugglers who send illegal immigrants and cocaine into such states as Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. They said this could facilitate attacks on U.S. border personnel.
Officials said the U.S. Border Patrol has already been relaying to Mexico the whereabouts of American anti-illegal immigration volunteers. They said the Mexican government, which regards the volunteers as vigilantes, has demanded such information as a condition for cooperation.
When, exactly, did we start taking orders from another country's government? Somebody in DC needs to scan the entire Legislative and Executive branches for a spine. We've gone from the tough kid on the playground to the one who gives up his milk money to the big hispanic bully. If I were on the receiving end when that demand came over the line, the response would have been a polite 'hacete cojer.'
(Source: Insight)
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