American Patrol Report -- February 5
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| Did Grassfire base this spot on Operation BEEF? Regardless, they did a good job. |
The Two-Mile Miracle
On the morning of May 17, 2007, this page posted the results of American Border Patrol's Operation B.E.E.F. (Border Enforcement Evaluation First).
ABP reported that the Department of Homeland Security had built only two miles of double-layered fencing since the signing of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 the previous October. The Act required the construction of at least 700 miles of double layered fencing.
Later that same day, Rep. Ed Royce (R-Ca) appeared on the Lou Dobbs Show. He said, "Look how serious our federal government is about this, we passed a bill for 850 miles of new fencing and we have two miles, two miles completed."
ABP was and is the only organization in existence that surveys the border and reports on fence progress. Royce had to have relied on Operation B.E.E.F. to make the statement that only two miles of fencing had been completed. There is no question of this.
In the first of a new three part series called "Blackout: The Border Cover-Up", ABP has released a video that shows how Operation B.E.E.F. influenced the debate over illegal immigration. Part I, called "The Two-Mile Miracle," (click here for YouTube video - select 'watch in high quality') shows how activists and politicians used the results of Operation B.E.E.F. to: 1) alert voters to the failure of the government to build the border fence; and 2) defeat the amnesty bill of 2007.
Part II, "A Virtual Failure" will be released next Monday, Feb. 9. |
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