If You Can't Beat-em…Join-em

This should not really come as a shocker to anyone who should read this, but border patrol agents that are on the take. Yes, US border patrol agents are receiving bribes to help smuggle people and drugs through the border. According to Reuters, Drug smugglers are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to border patrol agents to help them. This is way more than what a border patrol agent makes in a year. Lets face it, after the two border patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, were sent to do hard time in prison (lets face it those two are still lucky to be alive), what kind of message do they think was sent to the rest of the agents. If you do your job and stop illegal immigrants, then there is good chance you will have the rest of your life ruined! But stop and wait a minute, you can "pretend" to be a border agent, look the other way, stay out of jail, and make millions in the process. Thanks to President Bush a dangerous precedence has been established. To be honest, fifteen thousand dollars is WAY BETTER THAN FIFTEEN YEARS! I am not saying that I would do it…but …you know…times being what they are…and if doing my job could land me in prison… you do the math! Until our government stops pandering to every special interest in this country, you will see an increase in corruption. Just a decade ago the FBI Border Corruption Task Force, only had a few dozen cases a year, now they are busier than ever. You know They say character does not matter in a leader (they claimed that with former impeached but not removed president Clinton) but if President Bush would have sided with those who were doing their job rather than trying to please Mexico City; then we would not have as much corruption as we do today. Congress could do with growing a pair also; and with catering to the so called "latino" vote, they are afraid of not getting re-elected. Maybe that is what we need. Unfortunately the wants of a few do out weigh the needs of an entire nation. As an end note, this corruption does not stop at the border patrol, it goes up the chain and even includes an L.A. Attorney for ICE; and transport contractors that return illegals to the border. This all flies in the face of Mexican President Felipe Calderon's campaign against drug lords, who, are fighting him for control of northern Mexico.

Bottom line, there is a lot more to illegal immigration than just picking vegetables for  cheaper market prices.