Border Patrol Checking Evac Papers

[kadee79]

UN BELIEVABLE!!!!

As Hurricane Harvey nears the Texas coast, thousands of people are evacuating along the state’s major highways to escape 125 mile per hour winds and “catastrophic flooding” that the US government predicts will accompany the storm.


In an unusual move, Border Patrol checkpoints, which check individuals’ documents to make sure they are legal residents of the US, will stay open as the storm approaches, the Customs and Border Protection agency said Friday in an emailed statement:

U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints in the path of Hurricane Harvey in Texas will close as state highways close. These closures will occur in a manner that ensures the safety of the traveling public and our agents. Border Patrol checkpoints that are outside of the path of the hurricane will remain operational. CBP will remain vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.

And from the end of the article....

Several of these evacuation routes go right through Border Patrol checkpoints, including one on Route 44 in Corpus Christi and another on Route 35 heading up to San Antonio:

Civil rights activists said the new policy was cruel. It also could result in avoidable fatalities, if some families with illegal immigrant members choose not to evacuate the storm zone.

“This is a disgusting move from the Border Patrol that breaks with past practices,” American Civil Liberties Union director of immigration policy and campaigns Lorella Praeli said. “The Border Patrol should never keep checkpoints open during any natural disasters in the United States. Everyone, no matter the color of their skin or background, is worth saving.”

www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-trump-administration-will-check-people%e2%80%99s-papers-as-they-evacuate-from-hurricane-harvey/ar-AAqHMAx?li=BBnb7Kz

[chiver78]

I saw that earlier. what bullshit. these are people fleeing for their lives, among everyone that's doing so. you're going to impede evacuation to check statuses? hopefully nobody dies because of that policy. 

[kadee79]

And what about those that don't evac due to this & die? Truly stupid!

[chiver78]

that would be notches in the win column for the asshole in chief. 

[Rob Base 2.0]

In a joint statement posted online Friday, officials from both the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies said they would be promoting “life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area” and “the maintenance of public order,” among other things.

In a joint statement posted online Friday, officials from both the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies said they would be promoting “life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area” and “the maintenance of public order,” among other things.

ICE and CBP officials will ultimately “seek to provide for the safety and security of those in our custody and to protect them from bodily harm.”

“As such, ICE detainees from the Port Isabel Detention Center are being temporarily transferred to various other detention facilities outside the projected path and destruction of the hurricane,” the statement concluded. “In the event of transfers, the detainee’s attorney of record is notified, the Online Detainer Locator is updated, and the transfer is temporary in nature.”

www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/08/25/aclu-wants-border-patrol-to-stop-enforcement-during-hurricane-harvey/amp/

[kadee79]

Aug 26, 2017 6:47:46 GMT -5 Rob Base 2.0 said:

In a joint statement posted online Friday, officials from both the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies said they would be promoting “life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area” and “the maintenance of public order,” among other things.

In a joint statement posted online Friday, officials from both the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies said they would be promoting “life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area” and “the maintenance of public order,” among other things.

ICE and CBP officials will ultimately “seek to provide for the safety and security of those in our custody and to protect them from bodily harm.”

“As such, ICE detainees from the Port Isabel Detention Center are being temporarily transferred to various other detention facilities outside the projected path and destruction of the hurricane,” the statement concluded. “In the event of transfers, the detainee’s attorney of record is notified, the Online Detainer Locator is updated, and the transfer is temporary in nature.”

www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/08/25/aclu-wants-border-patrol-to-stop-enforcement-during-hurricane-harvey/amp/

From your link....

Border Patrol officials first announced the move on Thursday afternoon in a statement to the Texas Tribune.

“Border Patrol checkpoints will not be closed unless there is a danger to the safety of the traveling public and our agents,” the agency said. “Border Patrol resources, including personnel and transportation, will be deployed on an as needed basis to augment the efforts and capabilities of local-response authorities. The Border Patrol is a law enforcement agency and we will not abandon our law enforcement duties.”


The agency later walked back its decision, saying they would close certain checkpoints that lie in the path of the storm as state highways close.

“These closures will occur in a manner that ensures the safety of the traveling public and our agents,” a spokesperson told The Post. “Border Patrol checkpoints that are outside of the path of the hurricane will remain operational. CBP will remain vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.”

So they still didn't close them until the Hwy. closed!  So I'm wondering how many people they put in jeopardy, both the ones without papers & those who didn't leave due to this?

[thyme4change]

I have been through many checkpoints in my life, none in Texas. The ones I have been through are always a bottleneck, slowing down traffic. I have never been bothered by them, but is seems like that in this scenario, keeping traffic moving and getting people out of there would be paramount to catching a few illegals. Causing unnecessary traffic jams seems like that would put perfectly lovely white citizens in danger.

[Tiny]

Oh, I bet cars with white people were waved thru - while the vehicles with brown people were routed off to the side for the ID check.
OR, maybe they stopped EVERYONE and whoever was brown and didn't speak perfect Texas accented English got routed off to the side.

I'm not so proud to be an American these days.

(Especially when the President HID behind the awfulness of a hurricane to announce some of his dirty work.  )

[Rob Base 2.0]

Officials at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection released a joint statement on Friday indicating that “laws will not be suspended” in light of the storm,

but they will ease up on non-criminal immigration operations at evacuation sites or shelters in the impacted areas.

www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/4916167/hurricane-harvey-immigration-detainees/%3fsource=dam

[Rob Base 2.0]

apparently the OP is fake news

thefederalist.com/2017/08/28/fake-news-border-patrol-checkpoints-hurricane-harvey-americans-hate-media/

[NastyWoman]

Aug 26, 2017 7:57:59 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Aug 26, 2017 6:47:46 GMT -5 Rob Base 2.0 said:

In a joint statement posted online Friday, officials from both the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies said they would be promoting “life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area” and “the maintenance of public order,” among other things.

In a joint statement posted online Friday, officials from both the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies said they would be promoting “life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area” and “the maintenance of public order,” among other things.

ICE and CBP officials will ultimately “seek to provide for the safety and security of those in our custody and to protect them from bodily harm.”

“As such, ICE detainees from the Port Isabel Detention Center are being temporarily transferred to various other detention facilities outside the projected path and destruction of the hurricane,” the statement concluded. “In the event of transfers, the detainee’s attorney of record is notified, the Online Detainer Locator is updated, and the transfer is temporary in nature.”

www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/08/25/aclu-wants-border-patrol-to-stop-enforcement-during-hurricane-harvey/amp/

From your link....

Border Patrol officials first announced the move on Thursday afternoon in a statement to the Texas Tribune.

“Border Patrol checkpoints will not be closed unless there is a danger to the safety of the traveling public and our agents,” the agency said. “Border Patrol resources, including personnel and transportation, will be deployed on an as needed basis to augment the efforts and capabilities of local-response authorities. The Border Patrol is a law enforcement agency and we will not abandon our law enforcement duties.”


The agency later walked back its decision, saying they would close certain checkpoints that lie in the path of the storm as state highways close.

“These closures will occur in a manner that ensures the safety of the traveling public and our agents,” a spokesperson told The Post. “Border Patrol checkpoints that are outside of the path of the hurricane will remain operational. CBP will remain vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.”

So they still didn't close them until the Hwy. closed!  So I'm wondering how many people they put in jeopardy, both the ones without papers & those who didn't leave due to this?

You forgot those who couldn't leave due to delays caused by this action? Or does anyone truly believe that a checkpoint has an "illegals only" lane? Or one designated "legals only" that works?

[Value Buy]

Still waiting for the op to come back and admit it was fake news and never happened.

[Virgil Showlion]

Aug 28, 2017 14:10:29 GMT -5 Rob Base 2.0 said:

apparently the OP is fake news

thefederalist.com/2017/08/28/fake-news-border-patrol-checkpoints-hurricane-harvey-americans-hate-media/

Technically, it's real news that relies on fake information from the ACLU.