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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 764272" data-attributes="member: 12570">It&#039;s not nearly the same issue.&nbsp; The only &quot;violence&quot; we get on our border is impatience on the part of some drivers for having to wait to clear customs, especially on a Canadian holiday, where the wait can sometimes be an hour or more.&nbsp; &nbsp;It is ironic that our locals who work for the Border Patrol are normally sent to the US/Mexico border right out of the academy and then must wait for their turn to be assigned closer to home.&nbsp; It is the same with our locals who become prison guards--they are sent to prisons closer to NYC first before making their way back to prisons closer to home.&nbsp;bbsam has it right--it is the time for the Feds to make a strong financial commitment to solve the illegal immigration problem by putting the resources and personnel in place.&nbsp; Putting boots on the ground tends to turn things around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 764272, member: 12570"] It's not nearly the same issue. The only "violence" we get on our border is impatience on the part of some drivers for having to wait to clear customs, especially on a Canadian holiday, where the wait can sometimes be an hour or more. It is ironic that our locals who work for the Border Patrol are normally sent to the US/Mexico border right out of the academy and then must wait for their turn to be assigned closer to home. It is the same with our locals who become prison guards--they are sent to prisons closer to NYC first before making their way back to prisons closer to home. bbsam has it right--it is the time for the Feds to make a strong financial commitment to solve the illegal immigration problem by putting the resources and personnel in place. Putting boots on the ground tends to turn things around. [/QUOTE]

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