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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/...ers-draws/

Quote:The Obama administration is telling Customs and Border Protection agents in a busy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico crossing that they don’t have to arrest intoxicated drivers, sparking backlash from advocacy groups and others.

The Department of Homeland Security issued the advisory, which informs agents in the Tucson, Ariz., sector that they have three options if they encounter suspected drunk drivers -- detain them at the request of local law enforcement, detain them without the involvement of another agency or let them go.

In stark terms, the bulletin explains which options put the officers at greatest risk of being sued. The bulletin warns the first option poses the “greatest threat” to an agent of a lawsuit.

Instead, the advisory, obtained by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, highlights the third option – letting them “go on their way.” The advisory makes clear agents have no legal obligation to intervene in state crimes and that with the third option, “there is generally no liability that will attach to the agent or agency for failing to act in this situation.”

The bulletin, reviewed by FoxNews.com, goes so far as to say agents wouldn’t be liable if they allow the driver “to continue down the road and they kill someone.”

Quote:The leader of the union representing the majority of Tucson sector agents suggested they will continue to detain those suspected of drunken driving, despite the memo.

"I can assure you that the agents I represent and the people I work with just would not release someone who was severely intoxicated," Art Del Cueto, president of Local 2544, told a local CBS TV station.

He also said agents were devastated after a drunken driver struck and killed a coworker in 2010 near the Casa Grande part of the sector.

“We were hit hard by the death of one of our own,” he said. “How could we release them?"

Nothing the Obama administration does surprises me anymore. They are just evil.

"no legal liability" if someone is killed further down the road.

Government protects its own.

If I were in the Mexican or Canadian government, I'd announce that our border is closed to all American citizens until the policy is reversed.


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Man, I can't think of anything more d-bagish than wearing army trousers bloused into the boots, a utility vest, and an American flag as a t-shirt

If someone posted a video of someone being arrested for a DUI by a border patrol, the same people would be arguing that it's just an example of unconstitutional federal oversight.

(02-18-2015 10:01 PM)ODUChm Wrote: [ -> ]Man, I can't think of anything more d-bagish than wearing army trousers bloused into the boots, a utility vest, and an American flag as a t-shirt

That's what you got from this?

What, are you Joan Rivers?!?

What happens if a Gringo rolls on into mother mejico whilst plowing down the mezcal? Let 'em go?

Not really seeing that. This is a lawless administration, led by ideologues more concerned with righting whatever "wrongs" they have heard and read about in their college dorms and faculty donut gobbling meet and greets than what is right for America and Americans. They are opening a generational struggle and some wonder why the mindset of our youth sounds more like defeat than optimism.

It's near criminal what this cabal of rank amateurs does on a near daily basis. I fear we're reaching a boiling point...

(02-17-2015 10:31 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote: [ -> ]"no legal liability" if someone is killed further down the road.

Government protects its own.

Stopping Mexicans is the #1 priority.

You guys have no clue. If BPA had to arrest drunk drivers at the border, there wouldn't be time for anything else.