I am not a big fan of the Border Patrol these days. In fact my cousin's husband is the guy that was found guilty of shining a light at the Border Patrol Helo.

In an effort to almost justify their existence here on the Northern Border, the BP is responding to local calls for Law Enforcement. They drive through farmland, leaving gates open, creating tire tracks and ruts potato fields and other crops, not because they have to, but because they can.

If there are issues related to the Northern Border, then thermal imaging from the air should be sufficient means to patrol wilderness areas. What are they going to do, stop every hiker in the North Cascades and ask for their papers?

I'm writing my delegation to let them know I disapprove of the proposed bill, and i urge all of you to do the same. 9/11 has been used as an excuse far too long to limit liberty, there has to be a line drawn in the sand at some point.

Border Patrol to ignore Environmental Laws
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