Sunday, June 15, 2014

Border Agent Laments Mexican Gang Members Entering U.S.: 'Why are we letting him in here?' --Indeed

Border Agent Laments Mexican Gang Members Entering U.S.: 'Why are we letting him in here?' --Indeed

June 15, 2014 Gang Members , Illegal Immigration 1 Comments
A Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang member
Photo Credit: Luis Romero / AP
By Kellan Howell, Jun. 14, 2014, Washingtontimes.com

Border Patrol officials are swamped by the number of minors crossing illegally into the United States and frustrated that they can’t turn away known Mexican gang members.

Chris Cabrera, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council Local 3307 in the Rio Grande Valley, said that confirmed gang members in Mexico — including those from Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) — are coming into the country to be reunited with their families, National Review reported Friday.

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“If he’s a confirmed gang member in his own country, why are we letting him in here? … I’ve heard people come in and say, ‘You’re going to let me go, just like you let my mother go, just like you let my sister go. You’re going to let me go as well, and the government’s going to take care of us,’” Mr. Cabrera told the magazine.

He said that the only way to solve the problem was to implement harsher restrictions on who can be allowed to cross.

“Until we start mandatory detentions, mandatory removals, I don’t think anything is going to change. As a matter of fact, I think it’s going to get worse,” he said, National Review reported.

Other Border Patrol officials said that officers must treat minors with gang-affiliated tattoos the same as anybody else wishing to cross the border.

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