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What is up with this? Has anyone heard about this already? I haven't heard it reported by any of the MSM or others for that matter.

(Judicial Watch) - The Obama administration has ordered federal agents responsible for protecting one of the nation’s busiest and most crime-infested regions near Mexico to stop apprehending drunk drivers, according to an internal government memo that also concedes an officer that elects to detain them is “acting within the course and scope of his employment.”

Obtained by Judicial Watch this week, the notice is titled “Enforcement Options With Alcohol-Impaired Drivers” and directs the 4,000-plus U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson, Arizona sector to “release” individuals under the influence and “allow them to go on their way.” The document acknowledges that this feels counter-intuitive for Border Patrol agents, but eases concerns by answering a hypothetical question for the officers who have sworn to uphold the law: “If you allow this driver to continue down the road and they k**l someone, aren’t you liable?” The answer is no, according to the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo. “There is no legal requirement for a Border Patrol agent to intervene in a state crime, including DUI,” the order says, adding that “therefore there is generally no liability that will attach to the agent or agency for failing to act in this situation.”

The directive offers another scenario—detaining the impaired individual at the request of state or local law enforcement officers (LEO). “There is no duty to detain the alcohol-impaired individual,” the memo says, “but if you do this option can raise potential liability for the agent and the agency.” The document goes on to say that Border Patrol policy is to cooperate with local and state law enforcement officers who alert of suspected violations under state law. That means the agent would be considered to have been acting within the course and scope of his employment while detaining a drunk driver at the request of local law enforcement officers under Arizona law, the document confirms.



The last scenario offered in the recently issued decree has a Border Patrol agent detaining a drunk driver in Arizona without a request from a state or local law enforcement officer. “This option poses the greatest liability for both the agent and the agency,” according to the order. After revealing that private citizens in Arizona can make felony and misdemeanor arrests, it nevertheless prompts Border Patrol agents to stay away from drunk drivers. “Be advised, this option poses the greatest threat to an agent for a civil lawsuit,” the memo warns.

This preposterous order has not been well received by agents, according to Judicial Watch’s sources inside the agency. The Border Patrol Tucson Sector covers 262 miles along the Mexican border and is one of the country’s busiest in both i*****l i*******t apprehensions and marijuana seizures, according to the agency website. During fiscal year 2014 the Tucson Sector Border Patrol recorded 87,915 apprehensions that included members of notorious international gangs and felons convicted of serious crimes such homicide, rape and child molestation. Agents also seized 971,180 pounds of marijuana as well as large quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines.

As a whole, the Border Patrol is the critical frontline Homeland Security agency charged with preventing terrorists and weapons—including those of mass destruction—from entering the United States. Its primary mission is to protect the nation by reducing the likelihood that dangerous people and capabilities slip into the country through our many ports of entry. It’s beyond belief that the Obama administration has asked the federal officers tasked with this important duty to turn the other way when they encounter a drunk driver.


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jimahrens Loc: California

If I am correct Drunk driving is a state Jurisdiction. Not a fed issue should be turned over to state law enforcement. What States have no rights now.

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

I wonder if the Border Agents are prohibited from reporting a suspected DUI to the local or State authorities without detaining them?

jimahrens Loc: California

That is good question

Radiance3

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Some of the problems that could happen by not arresting drunk drivers are these:
1. It will encourage i*****l a***ns to get drunk in order to pass the border without being arrested.
2. It will encourage and motivate defense lawyers to sue the border patrol agents when they happen to arrest drunk drivers purposely or even by mistake. This will provide great opportunity for lawyers, another mean of livelihood as they continue to have a quid-pro-quo relationship with the democrat administration.
3. It will promote chaotic events at the border, making the law enforcement officers irrelevant and hesitant to perform their lawful duties protecting the soverigen rights of our country.

Tradition Loc: Staten Island, N.Y.

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Radiance - Great Post!!

When considering how effective border security would decrease the cost to our country, economically and defensively, it seemed to be absolutely ludicrous to have let this situation deteriorate so drastically.

But then......allowing i*****l a***ns, and BTW, prospective democrats, such ease of access into our country offered them an irrestible welcome mat - especially when amnesty and/or a "path to citizenship" was part of the "fundamentally t***sformative" partisan plan.

The other threat to our country via the border was the infiltration of terrorists. Of course, that would mean more radical Muslims given ingress to sleeper cells and potential American targets. Gee, more Muslims in America - now who would want that?

And so, what open borders presented was a dual advantage to one idealogy that has no remorse about exploiting the generosity of American citizens, and another that has no desire to assimiliate, but every intention of subjugating and/or destroying our culture to dominate it with their own. That revolution would be defined as a "caliph**e."

As to the release of drunken alien drivers - unforunately that is nothing new:

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/12/feds-released-hundreds-immigrant-murderers-drunken/?page=all

Of course, it has now become the norm to be tolerant, considerate of, and empathetic to, the sensitivities of all BUT THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA. Obama, in his most "sympathetic" voice, beseeched the government that we concentrate on the middle class and their struggles!! (HE CARES SO MUCH ABOUT US!!!)

OBAMA'S WORDS: "People have been forced to turn to credit cards and home equity loans to keep up, just like our government has borrowed from China and other creditors to help pay its bills. Our long-term future requires that we do what's necessary to SCALE DOWN OUR DEFICITS, GROW WAGES, ENCOURAGE PERSONAL SAVINGS AGAIN. Together, we can renew an economy that REWARDS WORK and rebuilds the middle class."

WHAT A CROCK!!! The above Economic Address was made by Obama on OCTOBER 13, 2008!! Scale down our debts? THE DEBT IS AT 18 TRILLION AND CLIMBING!!! Grow Wages??? OBAMACARE HAS SUCCEEDED IN REDUCING A VAST NUMBER OF FULL TIME JOBS TO PART TIME!!! Encourage personal savings again?? WITH PART TIME JOBS!!! YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU CAN PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE!!! Reward work? WITH ENTITLEMENTS UP THE WHAZOO?! Who's kidding who?

OBAMA AGAIN: 2015 - State Of The Union - “That’s what middle class economics is – the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their FAIR SHARE, and everyone plays by the SAME SET OF RULES.” “We don’t just want everyone to SHARE in America’s success – we want everyone to CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS.”

And There It Is!!! Mr Fair Share wants everyone to CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS ("Our" being the operative word)!! The poor can't! And how much more can Obama suck out of the rich? He has saddled an ever DECREASING number of taxpayers with an INCREASINGLY LARGER percentage of the tax burden. The top 50 percent of income earners paid 97% of all taxes in 2011!! How much more can he take from them - 98%, 99%, 100%? - before he realizes that he is chasing them to other countries and, in so doing, reducing the EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES in the U.S..

So where will Obama find his entitlement money? Why, from the middle class, of course!! The cash cows of the Barack Budget. You know why? Because he thinks we're all stupid!! Obamacare was passed because both he and his MIT Obamacare architect believed it!! He keeps telling us he cares about us and we keep paying those taxes that were never supposed to happen (not a single dime's worth) and Obamacare, which was supposed to hand us $2500.00 in cost reductions. (Get yours yet?)

Well, we're NOT STUPID - We have been deceived. It is YOUR shame to bear, Barry, NOT OURS!!