U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s has reassured
Americans that America’s southern border is “more secure than it has
ever been.” Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz. believes she’s
wrong, and he told The Daily Caller that he can prove it.
Dever, a 30-year law enforcement veteran — 16 of them as a county sheriff — showed TheDC the view from the Coronado National Monument region, a mountainous region near the border. He chuckled and motioned toward a National Park Service sign that vividly warns visitors that it’s physically dangerous to venture close to the border.
“Which is it?” he asked, pointing to the sign, “Is it this, or is it what the politicians are saying in front of the TV cameras?”
“You tell me. The people who live here will tell you it is this.”
Dever said public-sector union rules were making it impossible to control the border effectively. Border Patrol agents’ union sets their schedules, he said, so there are not always enough agents in place at all times. And those who do patrol the border are instructed to avoid putting themselves in harm’s way.
“Border Patrol agents have been instructed not to work in certain areas because of the danger levels,” stated Dever, “Upper management denies that, but the guys on the ground will tell you it is absolutely true.”
Dever, a 30-year law enforcement veteran — 16 of them as a county sheriff — showed TheDC the view from the Coronado National Monument region, a mountainous region near the border. He chuckled and motioned toward a National Park Service sign that vividly warns visitors that it’s physically dangerous to venture close to the border.
“Which is it?” he asked, pointing to the sign, “Is it this, or is it what the politicians are saying in front of the TV cameras?”
“You tell me. The people who live here will tell you it is this.”
Dever said public-sector union rules were making it impossible to control the border effectively. Border Patrol agents’ union sets their schedules, he said, so there are not always enough agents in place at all times. And those who do patrol the border are instructed to avoid putting themselves in harm’s way.
“Border Patrol agents have been instructed not to work in certain areas because of the danger levels,” stated Dever, “Upper management denies that, but the guys on the ground will tell you it is absolutely true.”
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