Is it true that the uniforms that the Border Patrol agents wear every day are MADE IN MEXICO?
111924
Some are,  some are made in the US, and some may be made elsewhere.  The governement contracts with suppliers for needed supplys and usually different regions use different uniform suppliers who may out sourse the contract to different places for fullfillment
387095
I believe it, mexican police are known for making the rules up as they go.
1028597
I'm not concerned about immigrants, but there have been several cases of paid off Mexican army units with machine gun mounted trucks escorting shipments fully into US territory & even exchanging fire with local law enforcement - mex govt says stolen uniforms. Corrupt mexican national & local police have long done similar. Then there's the smugglers themselves. \n\nAnyway, from what I understand the troops will not be patrolling the border. They'll be engineer units building access roads & survellince posts, and intel operating air & ground based detection equipment from the military inventory. The Border Patrol will still be the ones doing all the apprehending. \n\nThat said, the national guard DOES have law enforcement authority while under the Gov's command (just like after hurricanes), and it is the PRIMARY mission of the national guard to defend the boarders & internal security of the United States. Backing up federal troops overseas comes second, followed by disaster response.
269834
NOMEX. It's what vehicle combat suits are made of in the military.
770517
To the Border police, of course!
1030406
authentic jersies are the real deal, numbers and everything sewn in all the way to the patches on the sleeves. exactly what the players wear. replica either do not have numbers or name or if they do they only have only color for their numbers. many teams have multiple such as the cardinals are red and navy blue. hope that helps
1109008
Yes, the mexican "legal" system has alot of flaws in it still.\n\nYou can offer a "tip" at the border to get accross faster,  and a "tip" to very nice police officers for varoius help.\nA good "tip" for a officer around the border would be about 20 dollars, but only about 5 or 10 if you are much further into the country.\n\nI lived there south of Mexico City for a couple of years, and our business owner ( from the US) would "tip" on a regular basis, the city mayor, the chief of thier police, and a couple of city people.\nIt made everything work very well.\n\nI found that I could get everything that way except a phone in my apartment, ( never did get one)  but since I tiped ( really tiped) anyone that came and told me I had a call on the pay phone by my house,  I almost always had someone standing there listing for the phone to ring.  ( sorta my own answering service)
182434
Wikipedia has a picture of the flag. It is a black flag with a red star centered on the banner: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation\n\nFrom the Declaration from the Lacandón jungle by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation:\n\n"We use black and red in our uniform as our symbol of our working people on strike."\n\nI am sure the colors of black and red in the flag symbolize the same.
46060
Here are several images.  I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for:\n\nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=%22class+a+uniform%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv1-iy&x=wrt\n\nHope this helps...
435017
yes, they do, but not when they are on the job....... which is the only time we usually see them. from what i understand, in order to protect their image,(which was created to garner respect), anyone who has seen them not in uniform has not lived to tell about it.
1163790
i don't want to have us look like a police state, and we already have a border patrol, so i say beef up the border patrol , or transfer forces from another Branch somehow.  point is, we need our border patrol to do it, but they need the resources.  also, thanks to any border patrol agents reading, and i would love to see some input from you.
803177
In my city they take up an entire city block. There are so many that the police established a sub-station just for them. The officers must speak spanish and they patrol only that area. Many are required to walk a beat to try to foster good community relations. The neighborhood school is now entirely populated by the offspring of those illegal immigrants. I can tell you that the rest of the city does not get their own substation with officers assigned to walk a beat to foster community relations. Just another example of the hidden costs of illegal immigration.\n\nFor all you pro-illegals out there that want to welcome the illegals with open arms, just try to walk through that neighborhood sometime. See how welcome you are. My guess is that IF you walk away you would have a whole different perspective.
681968
they're all in north america?  i think mexico is north america and not central america....hmmmm, may have to look that up.
721721
First, there have been documented border incursions, they are not a myth. Second, the border is not well marked in many areas so mistakes can happen. Third, the most likely reason for these incursion is illegal activity, mostly smuggling (drugs, guns, people). The Army and Cops in Mexico are crooks. Many are on the payrolls of the drug gangs. So why not provide some "protection" and make a buck?
1110330
If you go to Mexico they can tell you
236174
No such thing as Arizona Border Patrol.  You can apply for a job with United States Customs Department.  They are responsible for our borders.
1165339
The ones you see hopping over fences are not usually in the desert areas, they are near San Diego, etc.  and you see the pathetic things they call 'fences' meant to stop them.  \n\nWe need real border security.  And they need to use their strength to fix their own country.