Rocks Thrown at Border Patrol Chopper

Rocks Thrown at Border Patrol Chopper
Aug 25 3:31 PM US/Eastern

YUMA, Ariz.

Illegal immigrants threw rocks at a Border Patrol helicopter,
forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing when one of the rocks
damaged the rotor, the agency said.

Neither the pilot nor the Border Patrol observer was injured.

The A-Star helicopter was two miles west of the U.S. Port of
Entry in Andrade, Calif., on Tuesday when a group of immigrants
began throwing rocks at the aircraft.

One baseball-sized rock gashed the rotor, forcing the pilot to
land nearby, said Michael Gramley, spokesman for the Border
Patrol sector based in Yuma, Ariz.

Gramley said he did not know how high the helicopter was
hovering when it was struck, but he said it was being repaired
and is expected back in service soon.

After the incident, 17 people were apprehended for illegally
crossing the border, and two of them were being investigated for
smuggling. Ten immigrants evaded capture.

The investigation into the rock-throwing was continuing.
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Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back?


KM

Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back?

No, that would be barbaric.

However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually
controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other
do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict
immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me.

We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the hard
way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with obtaining
green cards for their family members, and with becoming American citizens.
It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are rightfully proud of their
efforts and status.

They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER
known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist -- they
simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what they see
as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following this
poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border patrol
helicopters with machine guns.

But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay to
fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense -- but
building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Exactly my thought:

Just shoot back...

Jay B

Interesting,
The USMC has some very nicely equipped Whiskey Cobras they could send up
with the border patrol, and OH they are stationed right there at MCAS YUMA!

I know where you are coming from Jay, my 1st wife was of hispanic
descent, father Nuevo Laredo, mexico and Mom from Bogota Columbia....and
they did not like the wide open borders either. Though my father in law had
a very good paying job he said the illegals kept the pay down for Mexicans
that were here legally.
They are really good folks and I think very highly of them. Great family
that loved a reason for a fiesta!!!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
newsxvPe.282087$_o.58618@attbi_s71...
Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back?

No, that would be barbaric.

However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually
controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other
do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict
immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me.

We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the hard
way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with obtaining
green cards for their family members, and with becoming American citizens.
It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are rightfully proud of their
efforts and status.

They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER
known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist --
they simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what
they see as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following
this poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border patrol
helicopters with machine guns.

But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay
to fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense --
but building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
newsxvPe.282087$_o.58618@attbi_s71...
Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back?

No, that would be barbaric.

However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually
controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other
do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict
immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me.

We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the hard
way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with obtaining
green cards for their family members, and with becoming American citizens.
It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are rightfully proud of their
efforts and status.

They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER
known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist --
they
simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what they
see
as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following this
poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border patrol
helicopters with machine guns.

But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay
to
fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense -- but
building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal?

Very simple.....votes. Upset the Latino community and its all over.

--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
Interesting,
The USMC has some very nicely equipped Whiskey Cobras they could send up
with the border patrol, and OH they are stationed right there at MCAS
YUMA!

I know where you are coming from Jay, my 1st wife was of hispanic
descent, father Nuevo Laredo, mexico and Mom from Bogota Columbia....and
they did not like the wide open borders either. Though my father in law
had a very good paying job he said the illegals kept the pay down for
Mexicans that were here legally.

I never thought about that but he was right.
I think the reason they let them in is they are funding our social security
system with phony ID's. They pay in but will never collect.

They are really good folks and I think very highly of them. Great
family that loved a reason for a fiesta!!!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
newsxvPe.282087$_o.58618@attbi_s71...
Perhaps we should arm the copter with machine guns and fire back?

No, that would be barbaric.

However, I am continually amazed at the vociferous opposition to actually
controlling our borders. For some reason the ACLU and a host of other
do-gooder organizations find it anathema for America to actually restrict
immigration to legal immigrants only -- a fact that baffles me.

We are friends with a family from Columbia. They came to America the
hard way -- legally -- and have struggled over the last decade with
obtaining green cards for their family members, and with becoming
American citizens. It has been a tough row to hoe, and they are
rightfully proud of their efforts and status.

They are also the most vocally anti-Mexican group of people I have EVER
known. Their attitude toward illegal immigrants borders on Fascist --
they simply despise them for cheating and taking the easy way -- at what
they see as their expense -- and I am sure they would advocate following
this poster's (I hope) tongue-in-cheek suggestion to arm the border
patrol helicopters with machine guns.

But what is so wrong with stopping illegal immigration? Why is it okay
to fly helicopters up and down the Rio Grande 24/7 -- at huge expense --
but building a fence is seen as some sort of "Berlin Wall"-type of deal?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

All they have to do is go down to our local Home Depot and they could pick
up 200 of them on any day of the week. Now if they pull a truck over with
10-15 it makes the news. I just dont get it.
I do think there is going to be some sort of crack down. There is a lot of
talk on the radio these days.

Aluckyguess wrote:

I think the reason they let them in is they are funding our social security
system with phony ID's. They pay in but will never collect.

The illegals around here don't pay into the Social Security system. They don't
have those types of jobs.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Perhaps we should arm the border patrol with rocks so they can return
"fire".
I was a the the Boeing Museum of flight a couple of weeks ago and saw
the first air to air weapons. Bricks cut in half. I think we should
return to these. True skill is required to hit your opponent.
Michelle

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Rocks Thrown at Border Patrol Chopper
Aug 25 3:31 PM US/Eastern

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Aluckyguess wrote:

I think the reason they let them in is they are funding our social
security
system with phony ID's. They pay in but will never collect.

The illegals around here don't pay into the Social Security system. They
don't
have those types of jobs.

There's also a bunch of people living near the US-Mexico border that collect
SS checks that never paid a dime into the system. They have a PO box in the
town on the US side of the border and check it once a month.

About ten years ago, I worked with a fellow who had immigrated from the old
USSR just a few months earlier. After a couple months he brought his mother
over and within a month she was drawing SS benefits since she was over 63 or
whatever. Yup...just weeks after hitting the US for the first time.

There's a neat trick practiced about coming to the US when 8 1/2 months
pregnant, then having your delivery here. Kid automatically becomes a US
citizen and Mom is entitled to all sorts of goodies.