TEXAS BORDER SHERIFFS SAY "ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS THE LEAST OF OUR CONCERNS"

It's terrorists carrying a dirty bomb over the border that they worry about.

I heard their spokesman on the Greg Knapp Experience (Dallas KLIF radio talk show) today, and he stated that they oppose a wall (Texas border sheriffs say that Texas landowners won't tolerate it); and that they question what the National Guard's purpose will be, and oppose their presence if they're not going to be performing law enforcement duties. He said they've repeatedly asked Congress for funds to hire more deputies to tackle the real problems of drug traffickers, gangs and terror suspects, but have gotten nada for their trouble.

Knapp wasn't pleased with his assertions that jailing ordinary illegal immigrants isn't working, and pointed out that 20% of the inmates of U.S. jails are illegal immigrants. But the sheriff insisted that's bogus, that most jailed illegals are pretty quickly returned to Mexico.

But what do the border sheriffs know compared to the excellently informed wingnuts? Especially when the sheriff speaks with a noticeable Spanish accent?

Tags: Texas border sheriffs, border security