My sincere condolences to the Family of Robert Krentz. On Saturday March 27th Chochise county rancher Robert Krentz and his dog was fatally shot on his land in Southeastern Arizona near Douglas. Big news for a town with a crime rate far below the national average per capita. This is sad news and brings fear to our hearts and much publicity worthy of such a prominent person in the ranching community.
It is being said in much news and blogs that this was illegal immigrant(s). It is my understanding that the murder suspect was tracked back to Mexico. The evidence supports that it was someone from Mexico headed back to Mexico, but I do not see how it was an immigrant. The definition of an immigrant is a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there. An illegal immigrant would be the same, though uninvited. That being said, it does not follow that an immigrant would be tracked back to his own country. It would seem to me this is a case concerning a bandit, or a drug trafficker. This was a terrible crime.
Our news reporters and some politicians are reporting this event as a need to call for Federal Troops and more Homeland Security because this is evidence of illegal immigration problems. See this article on Fox news. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/31/reward-offered-arrest-arizona-ranchers-killing/.
What the first step the news article does is talk about immigrants right next to the idea of a lone thief or drug smuggling bandit. Repeat it enough times and the reader stops seeing the difference between the two. The second step is to remind its readers that Governer Jan Brewer uses crime near the border as a case for the border issue; petitioning the federal government for support with military enforcement. Altering the rest of the country’s perception of what an illegal immigrant is makes it easier to gain support for a political agenda.
On a local community and business level we feel the pressure on our economy, our civic development as well as the close relationship we have with our neighbors in Mexico. Yes there are illegal immigrants who cross the border and most look for work and a better life. There are also criminals, or those who might be referred to as bandits or drug smugglers. These people are dangerous but I do not see floods of them coming across our border. They are not the immigrants who are being caught in the desert in groups often with family members and backpacks with new clothes that their mothers packed for them to help them in their new life.
Ranching in Southern Arizona has been related to Mexico for hundreds of years. At one time Mexican people often worked ranches on either side of the border. Ranchers are some of the least prejudiced peoples here. Yes they want to protect themselves and yes there is crime, but do not call this case this case is not an onslaught of illegal immigrants.
There are 17,000 people in the city of Douglas and about that many in the unincorporated area of Cochise County. We have families and friends who live in Mexico. We go to the grocery store and attend community functions. I personally love going to the grocery store and always seeing someone I know. This gives me a sense of safety and comfort here. Other business owners who have their offices near mine are worried as I am, that the country sees our community as a purely dangerous, or more pointedly, we are not considered at all. My country, the one I live in is here also. We do not enjoy having our name debased and trashed and having our constitutional rights taken away because we live ‘on the border’. And our crime rate is not disproportionate to our country. http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Douglas&state=AZ that is a link to Douglas Crime, Here is one for another Los Angeles http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Los+Angeles&state=CA How does yours rate? Do you have check points scattered throughout your highways.
And it is not the border patrol agents’ fault. Conduct around the border is admintrated by homeland security leaders. My sincere condolences to the Family of Robert Krentz. On Saturday March 27th Chochise county rancher Robert Krentz and his dog was fatally shot on his land in Southeastern Arizona near Douglas. Big news for a town with a crime rate far below the national average per capita. This is sad news and brings fear to our hearts and much publicity worthy of such a prominent person in the ranching community.
It is being said in much news and blogs that this was illegal immigrant(s). It is my understanding that the murder suspect was tracked back to Mexico. The evidence supports that it was someone from Mexico headed back to Mexico, but I do not see how it was an immigrant. The definition of an immigrant is a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there. An illegal immigrant would be the same, though uninvited. That being said, it does not follow that an immigrant would be tracked back to his own country. It would seem to me this is a case concerning a bandit, or a drug trafficker. This was a terrible crime.
Our news reporters and some politicians are reporting this event as a need to call for Federal Troops and more Homeland Security because this is evidence of illegal immigration problems. See this article on Fox news today. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/31/reward-offered-arrest-arizona-ranchers-killing/.
What the first step the news article does is talk about immigrants right next to the idea of a lone thief or drug smuggling bandit. Repeat it enough times and the reader stops seeing the difference between the two. The second step is to remind its readers that Governer Jan Brewer uses crime near the border as a case for the border issue; petitioning the federal government for support with military enforcement. Altering the rest of the country’s perception of what an illegal immigrant is, makes it easier to gain support for a political agenda.
On a local community and business level we feel the pressure on our economy, our civic development as well as the close relationship we have with our neighbors in Mexico. Yes there are illegal immigrants who cross the border and most look for work and a better life. There are also criminals, or those who might be referred to as bandits, or drug smugglers. These people are dangerous but I do not see floods of them coming across our border. They are not the immigrants who are being caught in the desert in groups often with family members and backpacks with new clothes that their mothers packed for them to help them in their new life.
Ranching in Southern Arizona has been related to Mexico for hundreds of years. At one time Mexican people often worked ranches on either side of the border. Ranchers are some of the least prejudiced peoples here. Yes they want to protect themselves and yes there is crime, but do not call this case this case is not an onslaught of illegal immigrants.
There are 17,000 people in the city of Douglas and about that many in the unincorporated area of Cochise County. We have families and friends who live in Mexico. We go to the grocery store and attend community functions. I personally love going to the grocery store and always seeing someone I know. This gives me a sense of safety and comfort here. Other business owners who have their offices near mine are worried as I am, that the country sees our community as a purely dangerous, or more pointedly, we are not considered at all. My country, the one I live in is here also. We do not enjoy having our name debased and trashed and having our constitutional rights taken away because we live ‘on the border.’ And our crime rate is not disproportionate to our country. http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Douglas&state=AZ that is a link to Douglas Crime, Here is one for another Los Angeles http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Los+Angeles&state=CA How does yours rate? Do you have check points scattered throughout your highways.
And it is not the border patrol agents’ fault. Conduct around the border is administrated by Homeland Security leaders, who follow the wave of political movements. The border issue with Mexico is a rising post-healthcare-reform debate. Again, it is terrible to see the death of a man in our community used to infect political opinion and transmit misinformation to the rest of the country.
There exists here on the border a community of people that have lived near and who’s families have been intertwined for generations. Those of us living on the border with Mexico call this place home. We are a community, not a war zone. Every community has crime, some more than others. Ours has become an area where the politicians have taken advantage of crime and used it for their federal political platform. Is anyone asking the national guard to take up stance in South Central, LA?
I am not opposed to having border enforcement. I do not know how to “be” border enforcement but it seems sensible to me that if we want to stop dangerous people from coming across the border we should have the patrols actually on the border, not 50 miles north. Maybe I should not even mention a solution for a job I do not know how to do. I would like to know why there are security checkpoints with a dozen border patrol vehicles and as many agents mulling about, no where near the actual border and then ask the federal government to send military aid also to the area? At this point maybe alternative suggestions just might be OK.
In conclusion I’d like to again express my condolences to the Krentz family. I will also continue to enjoy the community that I live in and continue to share it with others. I in turn would like you who have never been here and have only heard of us because we live on your border to realize that we are a living breathing community. Please treat us as such.
Peace -PJF The border issue with Mexico is a rising post-healthcare-reform debate. Again, it is terrible to see the death of a man in our community used to infect political opinion and transmit misinformation to the rest of the country.
There exists here on the border a community of people that have lived near and who’s families have been intertwined for generations. Those of us living on the border with Mexico call this place home. We are a community, not a war zone. Every community has crime, some more than others. Ours has become an area that the politicians have taken advantage of the crime and used it for their federal political platform. Is anyone asking the national guard to take up stance in South Central LA?
I am not opposed to having border enforcement. I do not know how to “be” border enforcement but it seems sensible to me that if we want to stop dangerous people from coming across the border we should have the patrols actually on the border, not 50 miles north. Maybe I should not even mention a solution for a job I do not know how to do. I would like to know why there are security checkpoints with a dozen border patrol vehicles and as many agents mulling about, no where near the actual border and then ask the federal government to send military aid also to the area? At this point maybe alternative suggestions just might be OK.
In conclusion I’d like to again express my condolences to the Krentz family. I will also continue to enjoy the community that I live in and continue to share it with others. I in turn would like you who have never been here and have only heard of us because we live on your border to realize that we are a living breathing community. Please treat us as such.
I helped compose this article with my mother who lives in Southeastern Arizona. She is passionate about her home and community there. I hope you’ll consider her opinion and know that she hopes for nothing but respect towards the Krentz family’s loss. But it is important for readers across the nation to see what effect media publicity has on the area. -Keegan Orange
My sincere condolences to the Family of Robert Krentz. On Saturday March 27th Chochise county rancher Robert Krentz and his dog were fatally shot on his land in Southeastern Arizona near Douglas. Big news for a town with a crime rate far below the national average per capita. This is sad news and brings fear to our hearts and much publicity worthy of such a prominent person in the ranching community.
It is being said in many news articles and blogs that this was illegal immigrant(s). It is my understanding that the murder suspect was tracked back to Mexico. The evidence supports that it was someone from Mexico headed back to Mexico, but I do not see how it was an immigrant. The definition of an immigrant is a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there. An illegal immigrant would be the same, though uninvited. That being said it does not follow that an immigrant would be tracked back to his own country. It would seem to me this is a case concerning a bandit, or a drug trafficker. This was a terrible crime.
Our news reporters and some politicians are reporting this event as a need to call for Federal Troops and more Homeland Security because this is evidence of illegal immigration problems. See this article on Fox news. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/31/reward-offered-arrest-arizona-ranchers-killing/.
What the first step the Fox news article does is talk about immigrants right next to the idea of a lone thief or drug smuggling bandit. Repeat it enough times and the reader stops seeing the difference between the two. The second step is to remind its readers that Governor Jan Brewer uses crime near the border as a case for the border issue; petitioning the federal government for support with military enforcement. Altering the rest of the country’s perception of what an illegal immigrant is makes it easier to gain support for a political agenda.
On a local community and business level we feel the pressure on our economy, our civic development as well as the close relationship we have with our neighbors in Mexico. Yes there are illegal immigrants who cross the border and most look for work and a better life. There are also criminals, or those who might be referred to as bandits or drug smugglers. These people are dangerous but I do not see floods of them coming across our border. They are not the immigrants who are being caught in the desert in groups often with family members and backpacks with new clothes that their mothers packed for them to help them in their new life.
Ranching in Southern Arizona has been related to Mexico for hundreds of years. At one time Mexican people often worked ranches on either side of the border. Ranchers are some of the least prejudiced peoples here. Yes they want to protect themselves and yes there is crime, but do not call this case an onslaught of illegal immigrants.
There are 17,000 people in the city of Douglas and about that many in the unincorporated area of Cochise County. We have families and friends who live in Mexico. We go to the grocery store and attend community functions. I personally love going to the grocery store and always seeing someone I know. This gives me a sense of safety and comfort here. Other business owners who have their offices near mine are worried as I am, that the country sees our community as a purely dangerous, or more pointedly, we are not considered at all. My country, the one I live in is here also. We do not enjoy having our name debased and trashed and having our constitutional rights taken away because we live ‘on the border’. And our crime rate is not disproportionate to our country. http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Douglas&state=AZ that is a link to Douglas Crime, Here is one for another Los Angeles http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Los+Angeles&state=CA How does yours rate? Do you have check points scattered throughout your highways?
It is not the border patrol agents’ fault. Conduct around the border is administrated by Homeland Security leaders, who follow the wave of political movements. The border issue with Mexico is a rising post-healthcare-reform debate. Again, it is terrible to see the death of a man in our community used to infect political opinion and transmit misinformation to the rest of the country.
There exists here on the border a community of people that have lived near and who’s families have been intertwined for generations. Those of us living on the border with Mexico call this place home. We are a community, not a war zone. Every community has crime, some more than others. Ours has become an area where the politicians have taken advantage of crime and used it for their federal political platform. Is anyone asking the national guard to take up stance in South Central, LA?
I am not opposed to having border enforcement. I do not know how to “be” border enforcement but it seems sensible to me that if we want to stop dangerous people from coming across the border we should have the patrols actually on the border, not 50 miles north. Maybe I should not even mention a solution for a job I do not know how to do. I would like to know why there are security checkpoints with a dozen border patrol vehicles and as many agents mulling about, no where near the actual border and then ask the federal government to send military aid also to the area? At this point maybe alternative suggestions just might be OK.
In conclusion I’d like to again express my condolences to the Krentz family. I will also continue to enjoy the community that I live in and continue to share it with others. I in turn would like you who have never been here and have only heard of us because we live on your border to realize that we are a living breathing community. Please treat us as such.
Peace
-PJF
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