Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Avoid Big Bend N.P.

Starting this summer you'll want to avoid Big Bend National Park. This park, southeast of El Paso (a good distance, too) will be home to the first unmanned U.S./Mexico border crossing.

How will it work? A person wishing to enter the U.S. will step into a little room, scan his papers, take part in a video communication with a U.S. Border Patrol agent about 100 miles away, and enter the U.S. And along with his contraband, as described by Tom Tancredo, who represented Colorado for ten years in the U.S. House of Representatives, was a candidate for U.S. President in 2008 and a candidate for Governor of Colorado in 2010.

The following paragraph is from his Team America PAC:

"This new crossing will be in Big Bend National Park and kiosks would replace customs officers. Crossers will go into a kiosk, scan their documents, and have a nice conversation with a customs officer no less than 100 miles away. The officer won't see what the crosser looks like (read dark Middle Eastern features), what's under his coat (a few fast & furious U.S. semi-automatics), or what is in the back seat of his car (seven tons of cocaine). But when the crosser leaves the kiosk he will be in the U.S. legally!"

 Take plenty of firepower if go camping at Big Bend National Park.

Can you believe this nonsense???

1 comment:

Katherine said...

I think that perhaps you are over reacting here.

According to the news article I just read (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/13/us-border-texas-crossing-idUSTRE7BC0GW20111213)

this border crossing was unmanned and used informally for people to travel back and forth freely for decades. it all changed after Sept. 11.

It sounds like a pretty remote area; somehow I don't think all the bad guys are suddenly going to show up.