Tancredo Asks for Laredo Border Patrol Chief Removal
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Tancredo Asks for Laredo Border Patrol Chief Removal
( WASHINGTON, D.C. ) – Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) today called for the removal of Laredo Border Patrol Sector Chief Carlos X. Carrillo following public revelation of Carrillo’s August 15th remarks to a Laredo Town Hall forum.
As reported in the Laredo Morning Times and confirmed by a transcript released by the Laredo Border Patrol public affairs office, Laredo Border Patrol Chief Carlos X. Carrillo told Laredo citizens:
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The Border Patrol’s job is not to stop illegal immigrants. The Border Patrol’s job is not to stop narcotics…or contraband or narcotics…..the Border Patrol’s mission is not to stop criminals. The Border Patrol’s mission is to stop terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the country."
“Carrillo’s letter to the editor of the Laredo newspaper did not deny or repudiate these statements. If Mr. Carrillo’s remarks represent a new mission statement not yet published by the Department of Homeland Security, then Secretary Chertoff needs to come up to Capitol Hill and explain this new mission, because it seems suicidal to me,â€