soc.veterans

On Apr 11, 4:25=A0pm, "johnny@." wrote:
> By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Associated Press Writer
> April 11, 2008
>
> COLUMBUS, N.M. - Illegal immigrants armed with torches, hacksaws,
> ladders and even bungee cords are making it around a section of the
> border fence hailed as the most efficient way to stop them.
>
> In the 10 months since the section was put up, the only method federal
> agents haven't seen is a tunnel -- "Yet," said Victor Guzman, the
> supervisory Border Patrol agent responsible for the stretch of
> close-together 15-foot cement-filled steel poles planted three feet into
> the ground.
>
> Agents responsible for guarding the stretch of border here "almost
> immediately" started seeing cuts in the fence. The towering gray and
> rust colored posts are marked with bright orange spray paint in areas
> believed to have been breached, Guzman said.
>
> Guzman, who has worked in the area for nearly a decade, said agents have
> found holes cut with acetylene torches, hacksaws and even plasma
> torches, a high-powered tool that uses inert gas or condensed air to
> quickly cut through steel and other dense metals.
>
> "We see it once or twice a week," Guzman said of the holes along the
> 1.5-mile stretch of fencing about 80 miles west of El Paso.
>
> Officials monitoring cameras in the area have seen at least one group
> using a massive ladder to scale the south side of the fence. The group
> tried to drop into the U.S. with bungee cords before agents caught them.
>
> But it's not just illegal immigrants worrying the Border Patrol. The
> fence itself is starting to settle into the ground and gaps between the
> posts are widening. In one spot, an average sized woman could wedge
> herself through one of the gaps.
>
> Continuedhttp://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-border-fence,=
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Crossing the border illegally is the same as breaking into one's home.
Citizens
should have the right to use lethal force against these invaders.

Alex