November 30, 2007

Border Patrol Academy Significantly Shorter Than Other Law Enforcement Academies

As per the Office of Border Patrol, the nineteen week Border Patrol Academy will soon be only eleven weeks long. This announcement should come as no surprise to active Border Patrol Agents who are observing the rapid degradation of the Border Patrol under the direction of Chief David Aguilar. For agents who work in the field, the negative impacts of this shortened Academy are obvious. For those who are running this Agency into the ground, the negative impacts are of no concern because they will continue to promote or advance in their political careers and presumably receive a generous bonus for pushing 6,000 new recruits through the Academy by the end of 2008.

November 15, 2007

Border Patrol Agents Defend Against Defiant and Aggressive Demonstrators

(Calexico, California)

(NOTICE: The video links included below contain extremely graphic language and caution should be used in opening files in front of family members.)

Border Patrol Agents in Calexico, California were forced to protect fellow agents and themselves against aggressive and defiant demonstrators who refused to move away from the border fence that they were damaging. It is important to note that the violence the agents faced on Sunday was only a small sliver of what they face on a daily basis from illegal aliens, smugglers, and activists like the ones on Sunday.