butterbean
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject: At Border, Rise Seen in Corrupt Workers |
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Those who enforce the laws at our borders are more and more frequently breaking it, and a large percentage of this corruption is local.
More than forty percent of all Department of Homeland Security workers now under suspicion of corruption around the country – 72 out of 172 – are in San Diego and Imperial counties, a top investigator said.
That's in addition to the government workers who have pleaded guilty or been sentenced in San Diego federal court in cases of corruption, drug running and immigrant smuggling over the past year: five Border Patrol agents, three border inspectors and two members of the Navy.
The 72 officials under investigation locally are part of a distressing national trend, said Jack Hook, special agent in charge of the Homeland Security inspector general's San Diego office.
“We don't want corrupt law enforcement officers at the border or anywhere else,” Hook said.
Corrupt workers allow smugglers to bring in illegal immigrants and drugs but also pose a national security risk, said James Wong, who heads local internal affairs investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20061022-9999-1m22corrupt.html
 40% of Homeland Security workers are under suspicion of corruption! That is pathetic. IS ANYONE FEELING SECURE? |
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