Wednesday, November 12, 2014

VDARE: POLITICO’S Garrett Graff Smears The Border Patrol–In An Attack On ALL Immigration Enforcement - "Graff’s overall goal is the same as that of the Left generally—ending immigration law enforcement altogether."


POLITICO’S Garrett Graff Smears The Border Patrol–In An Attack On ALL Immigration Enforcement

Guarding The Border: POLITICO Thinks He’s The Bad Guy

As immigration anarchy continues along our Southern border, American journalists are accelerating their attack on those attempting to prevent this savagery from overwhelming what remains of our country. The latest salvo comes from Garrett Graff [email him], in a POLITICO article designed to prevent Border Patrol agents from defending themselves from increasingly frequent attacks. In the upside down world of the Main Stream Media, it’s the illegal immigrants who are under attack and the Border Patrol agents who need to be stopped.
Graff bestows the title of “The Green Monster” [Politico Magazine,November/December 2014] upon his piece of agitprop, which he claims is how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials refer to their immigration enforcement agency. (But this is the first time this writer, with 20 years’ experience in relevant government service, has heard this term.) And if the title wasn't enough of a sign, Graff calls the Border Patrol “America’s most out-of-control law enforcement agency.”
Of course, the real story is not about “control,” but media misdirection. Graff’s bait-and-switch is that he paints a picture of a corrupt agency terrifying peaceful migrants with its eagerness to use force. However, he ignores the reality that it is Hispanic misconductalong what I’ve called the “Brown Run Border” that has brought Third World standards to a once-proud agency. And Graff’s overall goal is the same as that of the Left generally—ending immigration law enforcement altogether. ...