As border security expands, complaints of abuse rise among Americans

[LibCampFireClub 635]

US law enforcement is becoming more and more heavy handed.

As border security expands, complaints of abuse rise among Americans

CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — A series of lawsuits filed in recent months in federal courts along the U.S. border with Mexico highlight what advocates say is a growing list of complaints against two U.S. agencies that have expanded rapidly amid the clamor to secure the nation’s borders.

In one lawsuit, centered on events in Chula Vista, Calif., a Border Patrol agent is accused of leaping on the hood of a car driven by a mother of five and shooting her dead. She was unarmed. The agent had been fired from his previous job as a sheriff’s deputy for a variety of misconduct.

In a second case, a Customs officer in Brownsville, Texas, violently pushed a disabled woman to the ground. She had a miscarriage the next day. Border officers also had to call firefighters to remove handcuffs that allegedly had bound her wrists too tightly.

For a third woman, her return to the United States was intrusive and painful. She was pulled from a line at an El Paso, Texas, border crossing, apparently on the suspicion that she was carrying drugs. She was handcuffed. Over the next six hours, agents escorted her to a hospital, where they oversaw the probing of her ####### and #######, forced her to take a laxative and then watched as she moved her bowels. When no drugs were found, they ordered her to submit to an X-ray and a CT scan.

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[Jacque67 7,328]

The point being?

[LibCampFireClub 635]

The point being?

Disarray, chaos, frustrated border agents with hands tied by government. No big deal. Just let more illegals in while the legal immigration department remains understaffed. The key point being frustrated border agents. Draw your own conclusions.

[luckytxn 2,264]

No I have found that usually they are unprofessional and seem clueless. The internal security checkpoints are a joke. Since the last few years they are now concentrating a lot of manpower on the opposite flow (southward) they have shown they need to just dismantle the organization. They would do better to just train dogs and put them on leashes and if a there is a hit then force the vehicles over for checking more thoroughly because the humans are morons they hire.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Being frustrated does not give you the right to be violent.

[mota bhai 2,675]

internal security checkpoints? what's that.

[SMOKE 1,426]

internal security checkpoints? what's that.

check points 25-75 miles inside the US border.

[mota bhai 2,675]

check points 25-75 miles inside the US border.

that exists?? where?

damn, im so glad i don't live near a land border

[Robby999 1,024]

Just like criminals here in the US, the illegal immigrant is given more rights and the border patrol is hamstrung by the adminstration as to what laws they can enforce and who is subject to those laws. I think it's basically the same bull our troops have to endure overseas by walking around hostile regions with unloaded weapons. I can see why their morale is low and many of them most likely think the job seems pointless and frustrating. It surprises me that people even apply for the job anymore.

[SMOKE 1,426]

that exists?? where?

damn, im so glad i don't live near a land border

all along the southern border. some are permanent, more are moveable. I've been through a few in texas.

[mota bhai 2,675]

all along the southern border. some are permanent, more are moveable. I've been through a few in texas.

sounds like a good reason to keep my brown a s s up north.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Just carry your picture ID and try not to talk with an accent. Make sure everything in vehicle is in plain view. Oh and they have zero sense of humor. Answer every question they have no matter how stupid. Remember you are guilty until proven innocent.

sounds like a good reason to keep my brown a s s up north.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Just carry your picture ID and try not to talk with an accent.

So you're saying I can't sound like Apu (from the Simpsons).

[JohnR! 5,495]

So you're saying I can't sound like Apu (from the Simpsons).

Try and look white if you get down that way.