A Case Study in the Outsourcing of U.S. Border Control

[Wake27]

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Taken by our Boat guys a few years back...

What the hell is that?

[Joe in PNG]

What the hell is that?

I'd be more concerned about the "where" part myself.

[WobblyPossum]

What the hell is that?

Looks like two tigers fighting. The idea that they’re just wandering around in the US is kinda scary.

[blues]

Looks like two tigers fighting. The idea that they’re just wandering around in the US is kinda scary.

You gonna tell 'em where they can and cannot go?


Wait one...this just in...new information just released from the White House has disclosed that the "fake" tigers are actually cleverly disguised Mexicans attempting to scare off Border Patrol agents in an attempt to illegally cross over into the U.S.






ETA: Looks like a chain attached to the one on the right...

[Kanye Wyoming]

Not the first tigers found in the Rio Grande Valley, though the first I recall living in the wild:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.4e0ae1965181

And a decade ago, six tiger cubs were recovered from an attempted sale at a Walmart parking lot, also in Brownsville. They appeared to be southbound for Mexico, local media reported at the time.

Dang. They aren’t kidding when they say the most dangerous place in America is a Walmart parking lot.

[Joe in PNG]

Let's see... tigers are endangered, and people crossing the border illegally are a problem...
I think I see a way to solve both problems here.

[TCB]

These two were from a private zoo on the S side...I guess kinda like Escobar’s Hippos? It was just up river from A.Park (very busy park on both sides of the river and a very active smuggling spot) in my old AOR. They looked to be chained up and were allowed to “play” in the Rio Grande...with seemingly no one around when our boats rolled by. The area just N of where they were spotted was a notorious area for Dope and human smuggling...one of the weirder things that happened while I was down there...but not the weirdest.

[HCM]

Migrant Facing Charges for Falsely Claiming to be Parent

https://www.krgv.com/news/migrant-fa...faaQ2vNuPdufR0

We need more prosecutions like this and we need to publicize this as much as possible.

[HCM]

https://www.ksat.com/news/crisis-on-...gration-judges

Funding in works for 100 new immigration judges
Funding pending approval of Congress in 2020 budget

SAN ANTONIO - An additional 100 immigration judges are in the works to help 424 judges already facing a staggering backlog of more than 892,000 cases, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan resource for federal enforcement, staffing and spending.

Cuellar said the average wait time has been about two years. In many cases, it can take up to six years or longer, said Sara Ramey, an immigration attorney and executive director of the Migrant Center for Human Rights.

Ramey said 100 more judges would help significantly. However, she said, "I don't think it's going to completely remedy the issue."

She said at least 500 more judges more are needed, given the new arrivals at the border that number in the thousands.

Ramey said the government quota for judges to close out 700 cases a year only adds to the stress of hearing often tragic stories by those asking for asylum.

[TGS]

Cool.

I read BPAs are supposed to be getting some sort of adjudication authority for asylum claims. Can you explain what exactly is going on there, and whether it's still in the works or not?

Hopefully it would be a synergistic effect with the 100 new judges and make an actual dent.