U.S. Border Agents recruited for Iraq border patrol duty
A military contractor is recruiting current and
former agents with the U.S. Border Patrol to teach Iraqis how to secure their
national borders.
A military contractor is recruiting current and
former agents with the U.S. Border Patrol to teach Iraqis how to secure
their national borders. The U.S. State Department has asked Virginia-based
DynCorp International to find 120 people with Customs and Border Enforcement
experience to go to Iraq for the
training.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said she was worried that DynCorp’s effort is distracting from security along the U.S.-Mexico border. She and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wrote President Bush this week to say the deal “makes no sense.'’
“We should be focused on supporting our nation’s security efforts along the Mexican and Canadian border instead of hampering (the Customs and Border Patrol) by sending our best agents to a war zone in Iraq,'’ the governors wrote.
Are they supposed to train the Iraqi Border Patrol to keep their hands off illegals on their way to work for spinach farmers or chicken pluckers or stucco contractors? Our guys already have the experience.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said she was worried that DynCorp’s effort is distracting from security along the U.S.-Mexico border. She and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wrote President Bush this week to say the deal “makes no sense.'’
“We should be focused on supporting our nation’s security efforts along the Mexican and Canadian border instead of hampering (the Customs and Border Patrol) by sending our best agents to a war zone in Iraq,'’ the governors wrote.
Are they supposed to train the Iraqi Border Patrol to keep their hands off illegals on their way to work for spinach farmers or chicken pluckers or stucco contractors? Our guys already have the experience.
Posted: Sun - May 20, 2007 at 01:22 PM