Over 25 years of Border Patrol Adventures

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One night we made so many errors, but luckily we survived to tell about them!  

It all started in Hondo, Texas after we picked up a car thief...then the action and errors really began!  

I published this in a more direct, sanitized form for the Border Patrol, but this is the original work...

As an agent assigned to the interior Border Patrol Station of Pasco, Washington, a huge amount of my time was dedicated to the Sunnyside Police Department. A never ending flow of aliens illegally in the United States passed through the doors of their jail. I put holds on hundreds of people that had been arrested for everything from violent felonies to traffic violations. It soon became a game; once an alien was arrested for some insignificant traffic violations such as No Valid Operator's License, they would hurriedly try to post bail and be released before I could interview them and place a much more significant Immigration hold.
 

The true story that follows was predicated by one of those significant holds. I have changed the names of the defendants but everything else is correct. Exhaustive notes about the case and, about my hesitations allowed me to recreate this incident.
 

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I arrived as a new Border Patrol Agent in Uvalde, Texas.  I was as naive as anyone.  One thing I hadn't been exposed to very much was Death.  That would soon change as would-be immigrants faced life and death challenges on a daily basis...and  often lost.  Law Enforcement wasn't too far behind and soon I was exposed to several friends and colleagues who died...This is just a few of the memories that make me what I am today.

On Detail in Nogales, Arizona. I'm pretty sure I added a bit of humor to a very serious daily endeavor.  

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