Sergeant Tahmooressi has been imprisoned by the Mexican
authorities for well over 2 and a half months. He was imprisoned for
missing an exit on the American and Mexican border in which he claimed his guns
were in the vehicle when stopped by the police down in Mexico (thus following
the law). The Mexican authorities then for some unknown reason imprisoned
the Marine and has since been in fear of his life from the gang elements that
run Mexico's jails. We have no idea when the Sergeant will be released.
Hopefully by the time of this issues publican however this issue will be
resolved. Yet, no matter what, have to show a firmer hand with respect to
border crossers, and I'm not talking about illegal migrants. Allow me to
explain.
The other border crossers: Apparently numerous people accidentally
cross the U.S. Mexican border each day. When caught by the members of the
U.S. border patrol, they are simply escorted back over the boarder after about
three hours’ worth of paperwork (source: discussion on "Real News" on
the Blaze Network which airs at 6 pm each week day). Sometimes these
individuals who have crossed have drug paraphernalia and even guns of their
own. These illegal crossings range from basic civilians to even Mexican
military personnel. Sometimes the line between drug dealer and Mexican
police/military is ultra-thin. So here is my proposal based on what
happened to Sergeant Tahmooressi.
Proposal: When a person crosses the United
States and Mexican border illegally and are then caught, any and all drug
paraphernalia should be confiscated immediately. Any weapons that are
non-Mexican police/Military with the exception of personnel who are caught with
some form of illegal drugs will also be confiscated. Then and only then
will we send them back over the border. This is to send a message to
those corrupt officials in Mexico who, I would guess, want to hurt us, or follow
the orders of the cartels. On top of this I think it is stupid that we
don't confiscate the drugs and weapons that they accidentally cross over with
in the first place. I mean, why are we not trying to hurt the cartels
financially by taking more from them and taking the guns that result in deaths
on both sides of the U.S. Mexican border.
We can also profit a little off of this.
Those drugs being confiscated can be tested for their purity and
usability in either legal marijuana or for conversion to medicinal/medical
purposes. Once tested, they can be sold off to the highest bidder to
either drug companies, universities doing drug research, or basic distributes
that sell medical/recreational marijuana. This money can then be used to
fund the border police in further operations or other purposes they deem
permissible via congress or through the State governments to secure the U.S.
Mexican border. The guns on the other hand can also be checked out, this
time to see if they were used in a crime. If used in a crime, they can be
used to bring up charges on cartel members in Mexico or here in the United
States to put them in jail. If not used in a crime (or cannot be proven
to be used in a crime) the gun can be stripped of its parts and sold as scrap
or be sold as a whole to gun enthusiasts or licensed gun dealers for resale.
Again, the border patrol gains more money to fund operations in this scenario.
Conclusion: So what do you all think of my idea
as a reaction to what happened to Sergeant Tahmooressi? Is this a good idea?
Will it really aid in or striking back at the cartels? I really do
not know, but what I do know is this, it is dumb to just let these illegal
crosser's go back with drugs and guns untouched.
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