In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Texas Hold 'Em...And They're Not Talking Cards
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Jun 22 2008, 09:15 AM
Carlos Carrillo, foreground, chief U.S Border Patrol Agent, Laredo
sector, speaks during a news conference Thursday, June 19, 2008,
in Austin, Texas. Gov. Rick Perry, left, joined with U.S. Border Patrol
sector chiefs and the Texas Department of Public Safety to announce
a joint federal-state law enforcement effort that cracks down on
commercial vehicle operators who knowing smuggle across the
state's border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
Texas governor warns smugglers will lose livelihoods...
"Commercial truckers who knowingly smuggle people, illegal weapons or drugs into the United States face losing their livelihoods, Texas Gov. Rick Perry warned Thursday as he announced a federal and state initiative to revoke the commercial licenses of drivers convicted of felony smuggling. Perry said the initiative, dubbed "Texas Hold 'Em" and involving the state Department of Public Safety and the U.S. Border Patrol, will use existing laws to go after truckers who increasingly are being recruited by Mexican and other crime cartels to smuggle goods and people."
AP Photo
The drug smuggling problem is a major one and truck drivers are constantly being caught with drugs in the cabs of their trucks. In the past they were turned over to ICE and prosecuted. With this program, they will now be able to lose their licenses for life.
One of the major issues with drug smuggling from Mexico is that the problem stems from the United States. Until the demand for the drugs deceases here, the smuggling won’t decrease. A trucker risking going to prison for life is huge and is going to cut down on that type of drug smuggling. But it still doesn't get rid of the dealers back in the U.S.
Truck drivers may lose their licenses for up to one year for smuggling immigrants, for the first offense, and for life for a repeat offense.
The more obstacles we put in place for these enablers, the better.
Read the article from the Austin American-Statesman ç here
