Pupfish Vs. Legal U.S. Citizen...WHAT?!!
 An endangered pronghorn antelope wears a collar as part of a recovery program in the Sonoran Desert. |
As we earlier reported (June 13 Human Events page 12), Environmental rules are hampering Border Patrol operations near the Mexican border, even as the agency doles out millions in taxpayer dollars meant to offset damage to endangered species.
Because of a pond inhabited by endangered pupfish, Border Patrol officers can use their vehicles to pursue illegal aliens only if the chase stays on the main road. If the pursuit veers into a 42-acre sector near the pond, officers must continue the chase on foot or horseback.
Because of a pond inhabited by endangered pupfish, Border Patrol officers can use their vehicles to pursue illegal aliens only if the chase stays on the main road. If the pursuit veers into a 42-acre sector near the pond, officers must continue the chase on foot or horseback.
Pupfish aren’t the only critters confounding the Border Patrol. There’s also the Chiricahua leopard frog, Mexican spotted owl, lesser long-nosed bat, Pima pineapple cactus and Sonoran Pronghorn antelope.
And then there’s a small cat called the ocelot that some critics say hasn’t even been seen in the area for 15 years. Border Patrol agents can’t drive vehicles into designated Wilderness areas, as well as certain areas of national parks and monuments.
Agreements between the Homeland Security and Interior Departments on how best to protect the ecosystem are frustrating lawmakers who say they also prevent agents from conducting routine patrols.
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FULL ARTICLE: www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=44433
What is more important? "Protecting" a small, wild cat that has NOT been seen in the area for 15 YEARS?!! OR protecting sovereign U.S. soil from criminal invasion? What's more important? "Protecting" a fish IN a pond? OR protecting the LIVES and property of LEGAL U.S. CITIZENS?!!
Should we allow the EPA/Enviro-wackos dictate HOW we secure our border and defend our citizens? How do YOU weigh in on this?
-Rev. Larry Wallenmeyer.
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