The Difficulty of Being a Border Patrol Agent

A new article on MSNBC states that U.S. Border Patrol agents are being pelted with rocks, bottles and bricks in order to distract them while smugglers work. The agents respond with tear gas and other non-lethal means, but the Mexicans that live in the area near the border complain that they are caught in the middle.

If U.S. Border Patrol agents are being attacked, then that is an act of war, and the agents have a right and duty to respond. If the Mexicans in the area don't want to be involved, then they need to move away from the border, or they need to get involved, complain to their government to get illegal immigration and smuggling under control, or they need to take matters into their own hands. I am not advocating vigilantism (although, if that's the only way, it's a good last resort), but some grassroots activism, political activity, and some good old-fashioned neighborliness.

There was a time when neighbors helped to take care of each other and to prevent anything illegal from occurring in the neighborhood. But, now, people depend too much on the government to solve everything and don't take the initiative to help defend the law. The Mexicans in the border area have an opportunity here to help improve their country and neighborhoods, but they just complain and look for someone else to solve the problem. And that's what's wrong with Mexico.

There is corruption and lawlessness in Mexico because the people allow it. They don't stand up for what's good and right, they just let the government and the upper-class elites do what they want. Now is the time for every good Mexican to come to the aid of his country.

Now, I'm also hearing about the U.S. Congress cutting funding for the border fence. If nothing is done about the illegal immigration and smuggling situation along our southern border (particularly), then I can see a time when this situation will escalate in to full-scale war. I'm not threatening, just predicting.

Source:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22300821/