An Interview With CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin
When President Barack Obama appointed Alan Bersin in March as the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, the country was embroiled in an intense debate over safe borders, millions of undocumented immigrants and the amount of manpower needed on the front lines of the drug war. Things haven’t calmed since then, and the passage of Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 has some in Texas clamoring for similar legislation.
Bersin was the keynote speaker at a Border Security Conference at the University of Texas at El Paso last week, sharing the spotlight with, among others, the U.S. ambassador to ...
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Tony Abercrombie via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ok so they admit the illegals are all breaking the law. And choose to ignore it. Is it just me or is the government confused? So I can break the law as long as it doesn't hurt anyone physically? I can go willy nilly and expect equal treatment right? The individuals who released the illegal immigrant list should use this as their defense , otherwise illegals are treated better than citizens.
Jimmy Alan Hall via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The fear of immigrants and an unsecured border is ginned up by those not in power seeking to obtain the majority in Congress and the White House. It is blatant lying.
Rebecca Bernhardt via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Mr. Abercrombie - Seems to me whatever Mr. Bersin said, you would have found fault with. He actually said that the administration is prioritizing criminal aliens. Law enforcement always has to have priorities because they never have unlimited resources to do everything they'd like to do. And if they did have unlimited resources, they could probably find a crime or two you've already committed. Most Americans have violated criminal laws and don't even know it. So pipe down. Illegals are not treated better than citizens - not in this US of A. "Illegals have it better than I do" - It's bull pucky as my grandfather would say.
Scott Kilpatrick via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Tony, are you also pissed off when people jaywalk?