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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

How many illegal aliens can you fit in an RV?


How many people can you fit in a motorhome? Five, six? Maybe seven or eight? Would you believe 54? That how many illegal aliens from Mexico that U.S. Border Patrol Agents arrested last Sunday as they were being transported in a motorhome into the United States. The 1990 RV was gussied up like a corporate vehicle -- offering no clue from the outside to its human cargo. Patrol agents pulled the vehicle over near Sonoita, Ariz., because the driver appeared nervous as they approached.

The illegals in the RV were transported to the local Border Patrol station for processing and removal from the country. The motorhome, which had been mostly gutted to make room for hoardes of passengers, was impounded. Photos courtesy of the Border Patrol.

posted by Chuck Woodbury at 8/21/2007 11:16:00 PM

14 Comments:

  • Good Job Border Patrol!! We were stopped several times in Texas and New Mexico. They do a great job and have a hard job, many people think it is a drag to be stopped, but this story just proves it works!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:46 AM, August 25, 2007  

  • About 5 years ago while traveling in a 26 ft Class C older motorhome near Laredo, TX, we were stopped by border agent. I was surprised since we were NOT at a border crossing. He got permission to come aboard to look. He did not wake my teenage son (who has dark skin and black hair)so he could see his face. He did, however, look in the bathroom and in every closet. Weird, I thought.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:45 AM, August 25, 2007  

  • I believe you should have no objection to a reasonable search, especially if YOU have done nothing illegal, for illegal border crossers in areas where they are known to be, as authorities can not 'mind scan' to find those law-breakers

    By Blogger mogul264, at 9:59 AM, August 25, 2007  

  • I've only been stopped one time while towing a trailer. It was when I was on the way from Arizona after purchasing a used Airstream and treaveling through Memphis, TN. The Sheriff's Deputy did not ask to look inside even after I offered but he was curious why I had a TN. tag truck and an AZ. tag trailer. He looked at the bill of sale, my driver's license and my State Agency ID card then he was gone. Keep up the good work Border Patrol and all law enforcement entities!

    By Blogger Craig E, at 10:03 AM, August 25, 2007  

  • We were stopped before crossing Hoover Dam--presumably to check our 5th wh for terrorists..no problem!! glad the border agents caught this bunch!

    By Anonymous doglover in WA, at 8:49 PM, August 25, 2007  

  • The Border Patrol is a great group of people and need our support. Good job! A lot more of this type of thing needs to happen.

    By Blogger HappyKat, at 7:19 AM, August 26, 2007  

  • I think the BP should be at the border. I resent being questioned as to who I am, where I'm going, where I've come from, etc. when I have exhibited no suspicious behavior, especially by a Mexican in a uniform. I am 65 years old, white, female. Wake up people, we are losing our freedoms. Don't you care? Or are you asleep at the wheel?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:49 AM, August 26, 2007  

  • I think to border patrol has an impossible job to do and needs a lot more agents. However, in this case the bad guys were caught well within our borders. Perhaps, if the agents were on the border instead of cruising our interior, the illegals would have been caught there.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:15 PM, August 26, 2007  

  • I have no reason to refuse search and think all vehicles with any way of transporting Illegal should be. I have been stopped and wonder why. I now know . I now suport releaseing the two law enforcement officers in Texas. I think all people whom march for rights for illegal people and don't speak English)american should be checked also (english)

    By Blogger hotshot, at 4:05 AM, August 27, 2007  

  • I find it almost amazing, and certainly very sad, to see [presumed] Americans seemingly so willing to give up [what little is left of] our constitutional right to say, "No!" to warrantless search "requests" by people with badges.

    Those of you who "have no objection" to a "reasonable" search might consider: Do you feel the same if an officer comes to the door of your home? The door of your bedroom (or your daughter's bedroom)? The folders containing your most personal papers? (Gotta check! No telling what kind of contraband or evidence of POSSIBLE wrongdoing might be there.)

    Americans are supposed to be presumed innocent, and need to behave like it - rather than accepting the alternative, that we are innocent only after we can "reasonably" prove it.

    By Blogger Jim, at 4:09 PM, August 28, 2007  

  • If anyone want to search my motorhome they better bring a warrant. We have Rights and we should take those Rights seriously even if we have nothing to hide. Allowing a police officer to search your home is asking for trouble. Once inside he is bound by law to deal with anything he finds illegal or suspecious whether you were aware of it or not. The first rule of the road should always be that an Officer of the law is not thinking of your best interest when he's asking to search your vehicle.

    By Anonymous El Sifon, at 6:09 PM, August 28, 2007  

  • I am a Coast Guard Auxiliarist from Long Island, NY and was active during 9/11.

    I recently drove to Alaska and was stopped several times. Even with my ID and Passports, Canadian proof of Insurance.

    After they were done checking every bin, I shook their hands and thanked them for their service, keeping us safe.
    BA

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:41 PM, August 30, 2007  

  • I am amazed that so many Americans are so willing to allow authorities to search their private property without a warrant. Many of us are too willing to defer to any authority with a badge or a uniform falsely assuming police, border patrol, etc. are there to protect our rights. This has been proven incorrect over and over. Police are there to enforce the law. Whether or no we "have anything to hide" is not the point. It is not up to us to "prove" anything to anyone with a badge. It is up to them to prove we have done something illegal. Oh, they will threaten us with detention, or to empound the vehicle, etc. Be prepared for this and then ask "Are my rights worth the hassle?" If your answer is "no", you are a sheep!
    I support law enforcement but I support my rights first!

    By Blogger VoyagerJ, at 6:10 AM, September 19, 2007  

  • I REALLY can't believe all the people who are on their bandwagon shouting WE HAVE RIGHTS!! Why are these people so afraid of having a Border Patrol or other officers of the law asking them where they are going or where they have come from? WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO HIDE? If ANYONE with the authority asks ME (a 64 yr. old white AMERICAN female) a question about where I'm going or where I've been, I WILL GLADLY TELL THEM!! I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE!! I AM NOT PARANOID!! Get a GRIP people.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:38 PM, September 21, 2007  

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