A reader sent me this news article quoting Joseph Giuliano, deputy chief border patrol agent in Washington State. The article notes
The parents who entered the country illegally
are still required to attend their court date and go through
deportation proceedings, he said.
The mother and daughter from Guatemala were released because the father, who was in the car with them, is a U.S. citizen.
Giuliano said Border Patrol agents confiscated $600 of illegally harvest salal from the family.
If the mother and daughter don't show up for their court date, the father can lose his citizenship, Giuliano said.
This is SO incorrect it is laughable. And it is an abuse of power to make this kind of threat. The Border Patrol needs to issue a correction and an apology.
Of course, it is entirely possible that it is the journalist who lied.
There needs to be an immediate official and non-partisan outside investigation of Giuliano's alleged remarks and, if found to be true, then he needs to be immediately fired with loss of Pension, and he needs to be criminally charged under whatever Statutes may be applicable.
In my opinion The Border Patrol are Lying Scum who couldn't care less about the Bill of Rights or the US Constitution and are part of an ever-expanding Police State apparatus inside our country that is increasingly turning it's guns on American Citizens, abusing us with impunity. They are conditioning Americans to "Obedience to Authority" and they are professionals at misrepresenting themselves and their legal authority as they stop and interrogate people and illegally search vehicles, not just at the Border but throughout America.
The Border Patrol, ICE and Homeland Security need to be brought to heel, as they are a Clear and Present Danger to our American Way of Life and to the ideals of the founders of this Nation.