Border Kidnappings

[USRanger]

Someone ask for a shooter?

[ROX]

Along the now defunct "Iron Curtain" there was a shoot first ask questions later mentality.

Sounds like a good idea to me.  If someone is "breaking into" a country, sounds like they are up to no good to me.




ROX

[slipknot]

Along the now defunct "Iron Curtain" there was a shoot first ask questions later mentality.

Sounds like a good idea to me.  If someone is "breaking into" a country, sounds like they are up to no good to me.




ROX

I can see this as becoming the next Disney World... Ok, maybe Busch Gardens.

"Come to a border town for a long weekend, spend the days shopping and eating and the nights stalking Burrito Bandits from the resort rooftop with a night-sight equipped rifle."

The side show will include protesters shouting phrases like 'a Mexican is not a choice' or 'a 7.62mm round stops a beating heart', from behind a chain link fence.

Midnight Target can be in charge of keeping the chanters in rhythm.

[crockett]

I've been noticing alot of commercials on T.V lately from the U.S border patrol looking for people to join up and work as a border guard.  A friend of mine is moving out by the border to start working as a border guard next month, he said the interview wasn't that intense, and that they are really in need of hiring more border guards.  My friend has 2 DUI's on his record, and doesn't even have his drivers license back yet and they still went ahead and hired him, so that should tell you how badly they need more guards.

I'm curious, How much are they paying?

[Jappa52]

I'm curious, How much are they paying?

I was curious as well.  This is what I found. Doesn't seem like much when you spend your days patroling B.F.E. with a bounty on your head...

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=U.S._Border_Patrol/Salary

[trax1]

I'm curious, How much are they paying?

I'll see him Thursday I'll ask him and let you know.  I do know one thing, they are paying for him to attend college while he works for the border patrol.

I was curious as well.  This is what I found. Doesn't seem like much when you spend your days patroling B.F.E. with a bounty on your head...

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=U.S._Border_Patrol/Salary

Seems like a nice amount to me, between 40-50k

[ODBAL]

I'll see him Thursday I'll ask him and let you know.  I do know one thing, they are paying for him to attend college while he works for the border patrol.
Seems like a nice amount to me, between 40-50k

Find out, I would be interested in knowing.  I would rather do that than what I am doing now, and the pay is about the same.

[AKIron]

Vote for Obama, he'll uh, give them a good talking to.

[Getback]

Along the now defunct "Iron Curtain" there was a shoot first ask questions later mentality.

Sounds like a good idea to me.  If someone is "breaking into" a country, sounds like they are up to no good to me.




ROX

It was a bit different at the iron curtain. Both the east and west berlin guards faced the same direction. It seems the communist were more concerned about people escaping.  


Another tidbit. I live in Indiana. Now for you folks that don't know where that is it is way north and way east of the Mexican border. This morning when I drove to work there were nothing but Hispanics waiting for the bus. Tell me we don't have a problem.

[ODBAL]

Vote for Obama, he'll uh, give them a good talking to.

Unlike Bush who has been so stern on them...

[AKIron]

Unlike Bush who has been so stern on them...

I certainly won't be voting for Bush. Unfortunately McCain won't be much better in this regard.

[Jappa52]

Another tidbit. I live in Indiana. Now for you folks that don't know where that is it is way north and way east of the Mexican border. This morning when I drove to work there were nothing but Hispanics waiting for the bus. Tell me we don't have a problem.

It’s way beyond a problem in my book.  Not to break out the koolaid and tinfoil hats but I just don’t know how long this country will be able to sustain the seemingly endless river of illegal aliens.  I really don’t know why the politicians refuse to deal with this situation rather than make it go away with amnesty. 
This is how we are rewarding people who are trying to protect our borders though-
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/national/19ranch.html
The times made these guys out to look like fanatical kkk, neo-nazi militia types.  I can’t say one way or the other but from the several articles I read these guys held them for an hour, questioned them, gave them cookies then let them go.

[crockett]

I was curious as well.  This is what I found. Doesn't seem like much when you spend your days patroling B.F.E. with a bounty on your head...

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=U.S._Border_Patrol/Salary

Still not bad because considering it's a govt you they will have full benefits and likely retirement package. I bet that would bump the real yearly pay closer to 60k if it had benefits. That's also pretty close to what police officers make, so it's competitive pay for the type of work.

Seems odd they appear to be having such a hard time filling the jobs considering so many people complain about illegals taking their jobs away.

[Xargos]

Hispanics are not the problem.  It's the ones who are here illegally and/or refuse to learn English and/or want to overthrow our government that makes me mad.

[Jappa52]

Seems odd they appear to be having such a hard time filling the jobs considering so many people complain about illegals taking their jobs away.

Not really odd when recruits understand that you have to spend your days driving hundreds of miles looking at desert fence and knowing that one hand is tied behind your back when dealing with potentially dangerous individuals.  There’s nothing glamorous about the job, illegals and their coyotes hate you with a passion and so do the Americans who think your taking away someone’s right to make a better life.  Being stationed on the border means you are hours away from everything… cell phone service, radio stations, hospitals… most everything we take for granted.  You get in a tight spot or are seriously injured you know that it’s going to be hours before you get help.

Your right, 40k salaries + benefits where these individuals will be stationed will go a long way but it doesn’t do much for recruitment.