USBP - Nogales

[nuparadigm]

Another one of my brothers ... gone. I hurt for his family. My anger increases minute-by-minute.
http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/12/ ... order.html

[McKnife]

Terry was with three other Border Patrol agents when they got into a shoot-out with people who prey on migrants as they cross the border last night, NPR reports

What does this mean?

[nuparadigm]

Terry was with three other Border Patrol agents when they got into a shoot-out with people who prey on migrants as they cross the border last night, NPR reports

What does this mean?

It's NPR-Speak for "Alien Smugglers". Many of them go armed for the purpose of killing their cargo long before arrival at the supposed destination. This cuts the smuggler's turn-around time exponentially so he/they can go back to the Land of Manana and contract for another load. e.g. I contract with the load to take it to Los Angeles and dispose of it before we reach Ajo, AZ, I can go back to the same Mexican cantina and arrange another load and another huge profit.

[McKnife]

Okay, that's what I figured. The way it's worded could make some think it is the result of minute men, or something similar.

[The Annoyed Man]

Terry was with three other Border Patrol agents when they got into a shoot-out with people who prey on migrants as they cross the border last night, NPR reports

What does this mean?

Look at the content on the rest of the site. That will tell you something. Here is an article from Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/15/bo ... n-arizona/

TUCSON, Ariz. -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent was gunned down after he encountered several suspects who were targeting illegal immigrants for robbery in southern Arizona, officials said Wednesday.

[threoh8]

One of the downfalls of operating outside the the law is that one is also in many ways outside the protection of the law. Hence the term, "Outlaw".

It is very difficult for law enforcement to protect people who are hiding from and evading them.

[The Annoyed Man]

All the same, I don't want to lose sight of the fact that this thread is in memory of a man fallen in trying to enforce those laws.