Something you don't see everyday

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  1. Roadhound

    Roadhound Light Load Member

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    I was driving through Mississippi last week and heard over the radio there was a bear in the middle. When I got to where the supposed bear was, I passed by and said to myself, "Did that say Border Patrol on the side of that car?" Well, about a mile up the road, my question was answered, as there were 2 more Border Patrol cars on a on ramp. So my next question is, what the heck is Border Patrol doing in Mississippi?
     
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  3. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    I saw them in Florida and Alabama earlier this week.
     
  4. Roadhound

    Roadhound Light Load Member

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    No wonder they can't patrol the border, there in the middle of the country.
     
  5. Roadmedic

    Roadmedic Road Train Member

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    Now think about it a little.

    The illegals get by the border patrol in the southern states. They would then never have to worry again otherwise.
     
  6. Roadhound

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    Yeah, but I thought it was up to INS then. They have patrols too.
     
  7. newbiewannadoitright

    newbiewannadoitright "Right Wing Nut Job"

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    The same thing they are doing on I-12 and I-10 going through Louisiana and Mississippi. They've done it for years. They watch for these big 15 passenger vans going through the states, over-loaded with illegals. When I was in Law Enforcement, we used to stop them all of the time, and the Border Patrol would come assist us. There would be sometimes 20 people crammed into these passenger vans. Drivers would go to Texas, near the border and recruit workers to go to N. Carolina and Georgia to pick cabbage or go to be cheap laborers at construction sites. The Border Patrol still puts them on a bus and sends them back across the border. They have offices in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Gulfport and Jackson to name a few.

    These van drivers would stop at an exit and pull up at a convenience store to fuel up. It looked like a Mexican mob swarming a Quick-Stop. We would get at least 40 complaints of shoplifting, peeing in the parking lot, peeing in the corner inside the store, begging for money, dumping pounds of trash out into the parking lot, etc. Then they would pile back into the van. Lucky ones would sit in the seats, some sat on the floor, some layed on the floor under the bench seats, etc. Not to mention the "luggage". What a mess, when one got into a wreck.
     
  8. Roadhound

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    Yep, I was just outside of Jackson, so that explains it. Just thought it ws wierd though, I have run that route many, many times and that was the first time I have ever saw border patrol outside of the usual states.

    Sad thing is, they will ship them back to Mexico, but they will be back in a week. I haul loads for a construction company out of TN sometimes and he has a lot of immigrant labor, some legal, some not. One got caught at a bar one night by local police and was handed over to immigration to be deported. He was back at work 8 days later. Go figure.
     
  9. TruckingBum

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    I was driving through mississippi this week saw a bear in the middle then i saw a bear standing in the road pointing towards his car well i just had to stop an say hello:biggrin_2559:
    as a matter of fact i drove right up next to car so he wouldnt have to walk so far .
    Turns out he was a mdot officer.
    That feller gave me a free inspection that was nice of him .:biggrin_2559:
    Seriously one of the most friendly officers i have ever had the chance to meet wish they were all like that.
    Quik painless and helpfull
    Mayb theres hope for the rest of them.:biggrin_25524:
     
  10. driver4015

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    I run the west coast all the time,have never had a problem,I make sure my ducks are in a row , stay polite and go down the road. I get a kick out of these guys that are going to tell them this and that. I found out a long time ago that you'll run out of words before they run out of ink!!! It just ain't worth it!
     
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