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Article: Bush urged to block Mexican military; Agents cite rash of incursions.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 28, 2008
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Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The U.S. Border Patrol's largest union local has asked President Bush to put an end to the scores of Mexican military incursions into the United States that have put Border Patrol agents at risk of being injured or killed.
It is disgraceful that Border Patrol agents are put in harm's way and our government doesn't do everything reasonably within its power to protect us from marauding Mexican soldiers and others, said Edward Bud Tuffly II, head of Local 2544 of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) in Tucson.
Without a forceful response to these illegal incursions, an agent will eventually be ...