Thursday, July 22, 2010

Top News Buried on Page 15

Late as it is and as early as I must rise, I must share today's lead story with you. Actually, it was page 15 (Deseret News) and well in the middle of the article that I found it.

The U.S. Border Patrol isn't allowed on its own land.

But, not to worry, Rep. Rob Bishop is introducing legislation to change all that.

Evidently, the federal land often comes with such restrictions that even the U.S. Border Patrol cannot fully access or fully police the lands.

That the federal government is keeping the federal government from doing a little police work might sound like a funny thing, but depending on how much of the criminal (and I don't mean foreigners coming across without paperwork -- I mean drugs coming across) activity at the border is sliding through these holes in our border, doing something to shut down these holes is a great thing.

Seems like someone would have thought of this before. Congratulations to Rep. Bishop for introducing the legislation. With all the talk of securing our borders, it seems what he is doing should be receiving much, much bigger play.

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