Press Release: National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
April 26, 2011 On April 15, 2011, The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) testified before a joint Congressional committee hearing of The Natural Resources Committee and The Government Oversight Committee in Washington, D.C. <http://naturalresources.house.gov/UploadedFiles/TaylorTestimony04.15.11.pdf > http://naturalresources.house.gov/UploadedFiles/TaylorTestimony04.15.11.pdf Above is one of the written submissions from the Congressional Record. Attached is a transcript of the oral testimony to the same committee. Friday, April 22, 2011, The Chief of the Border Patrol from Washington DC Michael Fischer and The Chief of the Tucson Sector of the Border Patrol Randy Hill were in Cochise County apparently attempting to quell any further release of information concerning Customs and Border Protection intentionally reporting false statistics about aliens that have gotten away and agents being ordered to not work certain high traffic areas of the U.S. Mexico border. The information is widely reported by agents in the field and generally accepted as true. Additionally, this week Commissioner Bersin from Customs and Border Protection is reportedly coming to visit Tucson. One has to wonder if the purpose of the visit could be to further deny that his organization is intentionally reporting false information to Congress and advising agents to not work certain high traffic areas along the U.S. Mexico border, specifically some areas in Cochise County Arizona. If true, both issues allow illegal aliens to enter the United States unnoticed and further compromise National Security and Public Safety. NAFBPO consistently hears from current agents that they are instructed to stay out of the Whetstone and Chiricahua corridors. Moreover, The Huachuca Mountains are home to the U.S. Army Top Secret Intelligence School. We are hearing from agents that they are being told to not pursue illegal aliens passing through the Huachuca Mountains. Lack of agent access to federal public lands, Miller Peak Wilderness, is likely part of the problem. Similarly, according to agents and residents in the areas east of Douglas, Arizona, particularly Guadalupe Canyon, agents do not have even marginal Border Patrol Radio coverage and have not had reliable radio coverage for years. This being the case, CBP knowingly prevents effective Border Patrol Operations in that area by not providing 100% reliable operational radio coverage. Sure, MOU or not, is this another case where federal public lands restrictions create problems concerning law enforcement access and trump National Security and Public Safety issues? As for reporting false information about alien got-a-ways. Agents also tell NAFBPO that they are instructed, in essence, not to report any got-a-ways. Aliens are either apprehended or turned back south (TBS). To illustrate how this works...let's say an infrared camera operator observes a group of 30 aliens walking around the Border Patrol Checkpoint on Highway 90 north of Huachuca City. He calls in mobile agents that apprehend 7 of the 30 aliens. According to outstanding instructions he is supposed to report 7 apprehensions and 23 TBS or turned back south. The truth is, those were 23 got-a-ways that continued their journey into the United States. This is called cooking the books because those 23 obviously did not return to Mexico and the reporting officer knows it. The further truth is that Customs and Border Protection should know that at several stations in the Tucson Sector, on an average good day,they apprehend no more than ten percent of what is coming through and on a bad day less than five percent of what is coming through. Certainly not what is presently claimed. <http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/03/12/tucson-sector-border-chief- says-area-largely-under-control> http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/03/12/tucson-sector-border-chief-s ays-area-largely-under-control Ask Commissioner Bersin the hard questions. Americans demand to know the truth. Zack Taylor, NAFBPO.org <tel:520-281-7148> 520-281-7148 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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