U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned.
More than a dozen agents, all of whom asked not to be identified for fear of retribution, said orders relayed by Border Patrol supervisors at the Naco, Ariz., station made it clear that arrests were "not to go up" along the 23-mile section of border that the volunteers monitored to protest illegal immigration.
The Minutemen volunteers are a great example of citizen government. The media wants to find something about them to dislike, but it's not just because they are making Illegals think twice about crossing the border. Their effectiveness sheds light on the abhorrent job being done by government. Their continued success could create copycats on other issues to the point that some government agencies would have to scramble to justify their existence.
Government agencies need problems to thrive. Their budgets are based on problems not effectiveness. Bureaucrats learn early on that you don't solve problems to increase your power. Instead you invent new problems that need to be funded. The Illegal alien subject is touchy in Washington so these citizens decided that they'd battle the problem themselves. Their success is now exposing the waste and fraud going on in a Federal Government with a different agenda. It's no surprise that the border patrol is intentionally trying to discredit their project. They'd love things to just get back to normal.
2 comments:
YES!! Well put, Tom.
I worked in Asheville for a private contractor on a government project. I never saw so much sloth, inefficiency, and uncaring as I saw there in 8 weeks. The most important thing was to show slow progress and continued need in areas that could be totally cleaned up in 90 days with a little focus and effort. All anybody cared about was what to have for lunch and how many years till my pension kicks in. It was a very eye-opening experience, one that showed me that government workers deserve their reputation.
Well said, Tom. You are the new generation of citizen journalism.
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