Messages sent to Sen. Flake and Border Patrol via Homeland Security 2013

CONTACT:   ARIZONA SENATOR JEFF FLAKE - MARCH 25, 2013

(In wiring this chapter, the author contacted Arizona Senator Jeff Flake with a list of questions asking for a response and told that responses would be published): 

Contact:  Julie Katsel at Senator Jeff Flake's office Washington, D.C.

March 25 2013

Hello Julie,

I got your email from Sue Krentz, Douglas Arizona rancher.  I am including some of the Western ranchers in my upcoming book.   I have four published books on Florida Pioneer “cow hunters” (see web page www.nancydalephd.com for my credentials and book info).

 

(I contacted Mr. Flake by phone when he was attending hearings in Douglas, Arizona.  I left a message with an aide requesting information regarding the status quo of the border and solutions.  I did not receive a call back from his office with a response.)

 

THE REQUEST:

I am looking to have an official statement(s) from Representatives/Senators of the Douglas area in regard to current 2013 data on how U.S. citizens are protected who live along the border, what laws, technologies are in place in 2013?  The statements will be published in my book.  I am looking for status quo laws; a prediction about future legislation is just that, “predictions” not fact.  I would appreciate an official comment at your earliest convenience.

 

EMAIL RESPONSE:

March 26, 2013 -

Hello Ms. Dale,

We are not interested in commenting. Thank you.

Best

Genevieve Rozansky (Press Secretary)

Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

 

CONTACT:  BORDER PATROL WASHINGTON D.C.

 March 23, 2013

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE SENT TO JOHN HARMON, OPERATIONS OFFICER, BORDER PATROL

 

QUESTIONS FOR BORDER PATROL – EL PASO SECTION                    

 

PLEASE PROVIDE OFFICIAL RESPONSES TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION

TO:  John Harmon, Operations Officer   (Washington D.C)

PH:  202 344-1700

 EMAIL:  john.harmon@dhs.gov

FROM:

Nancy Dale, Ph.D.   (863 214-8351)

Email:  nancydaleph@gmail.com

Web Page: nancydalephd.com

BORDER PATROL RESPONSES ADDED AT END OF QUESTION (Sent by John Harmon, April 2, 2013)

1.      What is the 2013 data of deployment of technology to protect U.S. citizens living near the border of Douglas, Arizona and the U.S./Mexican border? 

RESPONSE:  Please clarify this question.

 

Please provide proof of effectiveness in stopping illegal traffic (i.e. aliens/drugs/slave trade) from Mexico into the United States.

RESPONSE:  Border Patrol stats can be found here http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/usbp_statics/

 

2.      Where and do you still have the Aerostat balloons tethered.  Please provide documented information of funding (how much is it costing and how long will this project continue to be funded).

Please provide evidence of effective of balloon surveillance (i.e. number of illegal drug/aliens/slave trades have been deterred)

RESPONSE:  CBP Statement:

“The Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) program is funded by the Department of Defense through the end of fiscal year 2013.  Discussions are continuing between the Department of Homeland Security and DoD about how best to address the impacts of funding requirements beyond FT 2013.”

 

3.       Are you utilizing any other hi-tech devices as available through Harris Corporation or other companies to stop the illegal aliens from entering the U.S.?  Please delineate.

RESPONSE:  This questions should be referred to the Harris Corporation

 

4.      What does the BP consider the main problem in protecting the U.S. border?

RESPONSE:  The question appears to require a legislative response instead of a law enforcement response.

 

5.       What is the agency responsible for controlling or checking on immigrants who do come into the U.S. illegally re disease control/Chagas/Hepatitis B & C.?

RESPONSE:  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

 

6.      How many arrests of illegal aliens have been processed through the BP?

RESPONSE:  Border Patrol stats can be found here.  http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/usbp_statistics

 

7.      Are illegal aliens returned to Mexico or how are the processed once “arrested”?

RESPONSE:  The outcome of an arrest is based on numerous circumstances.  These can involve criminal records, the nature of the arrest (is the arrest due to an illegal entry or criminal activity) and the illegal alien’s citizenship.  There are just a few items taken into account before processing a subject for return to their native country.

 Thank you for your interest in the United States Border Patrol.

John Harmon