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Texas AR-15 shooting: 5 killed, including 8-year-old in San Jacinto County, shooter still missing
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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4025608" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>His immigration status should have been checked, and deported for the 11th time, but in reality, the border is so porous, that people just walk across. </p><p>We spent two winters in Mercedes Tx, just two miles from the border. One of our RV friends was the head of the Del Rio Sector before retiring. He took us to places where there was no fence and deep worn foot paths where people crossed the river back and forth every day with zero restrictions, known to the border patrol for years. </p><p>Typically, they lived in Mexico and worked in the US, coming across before daylight and going back after dark. Some were kids that actually went to school in the US. The BP typically ignored that in the past as it wasn't a danger, but those in Mexico that are dangerous discovered those routes. They don't use them heavily, but randomly for nefarious reasons I'm sure. </p><p>It's been a couple years since being there, don't know if that still exists, but I can say being that close to the border, it is probably 80% hispanic population from El Paso to Brownsville, a large percentage of which can't speak our language. Mostly great people here to make a better living. </p><p>Our friend said that if they made a sweep, a whole lot of folks would be found to be undocumented and illegal, but they keep their heads down and do what they have to do to survive. </p><p>We have to seal the border to make it impossible to cross or so hard it isn't worth the effort, but it will never happen for at least a year and a half. </p><p>Even if Trump or whomever wins the office, it will take months to get the border wall started again. The supplies to finish it are still in staging grounds, but the heavy equipment, manpower and so on would have to be brought in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4025608, member: 5412"] His immigration status should have been checked, and deported for the 11th time, but in reality, the border is so porous, that people just walk across. We spent two winters in Mercedes Tx, just two miles from the border. One of our RV friends was the head of the Del Rio Sector before retiring. He took us to places where there was no fence and deep worn foot paths where people crossed the river back and forth every day with zero restrictions, known to the border patrol for years. Typically, they lived in Mexico and worked in the US, coming across before daylight and going back after dark. Some were kids that actually went to school in the US. The BP typically ignored that in the past as it wasn't a danger, but those in Mexico that are dangerous discovered those routes. They don't use them heavily, but randomly for nefarious reasons I'm sure. It's been a couple years since being there, don't know if that still exists, but I can say being that close to the border, it is probably 80% hispanic population from El Paso to Brownsville, a large percentage of which can't speak our language. Mostly great people here to make a better living. Our friend said that if they made a sweep, a whole lot of folks would be found to be undocumented and illegal, but they keep their heads down and do what they have to do to survive. We have to seal the border to make it impossible to cross or so hard it isn't worth the effort, but it will never happen for at least a year and a half. Even if Trump or whomever wins the office, it will take months to get the border wall started again. The supplies to finish it are still in staging grounds, but the heavy equipment, manpower and so on would have to be brought in. [/QUOTE]
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