What Happened at the Murrieta Border Patrol Appreciation Day

By Douglas V. Gibbs

On Thursday, the citizens of Murrieta, most of which participated in Illegal Immigration Protests that used civil disobedience to turn around bus loads full of illegal, diseased illegal aliens hosted a lunch in appreciation for the work, and more accurately, the thankless job, that our Border Patrol Agents perform.  We fed an outgoing shift, and incoming shift, and applauded whenever new Border Patrol personnel got in line to make a plate.  The response was phenomenal, and we were told a number of times how much it meant to the personnel that the citizens of Murrieta wanted to show so much love for them.

We were not allowed to take pictures, interview the personnel, or ask them political questions.  We were fine with that.  The purpose of the event was simply to say, "thank you."

Near the end, Diana Serafin and myself were invited into the facility to make a presentation.  Diana presented two framed "Thank you" gifts, one being a basic framed thank you put together by another local advocate.  The other was a framed American Flag and copy of the Constitution, with a metal plate saying "thank you, from We the People of Murrieta."  My gift was a box of pocket Constitutions, accompanied with a few words about how appreciative we are that the Border Patrol has defended the rule of law, and protected the Constitution.

It was simply a way for us to say, "Thank you."

When one considers an accident in front of Temecula Valley High School back in 1992, where a chase by the Border Patrol of a van full of illegals resulted in the death of children and a parent in front of the school, and the blame many residents pointed at the Border Patrol, for those personnel that remembers those days, this appreciation day event had a special meaning for them. . . one of them telling me so, with a tear in his eye.

That makes what we do all the more important.  Our message must be clear.  We support the Border Patrol, and thank them for their service.  It is the illegal immigration flood, and the federal government's refusal to secure the border and protect the American Population from the threats that accompany illegal immigration (like contagious disease and the potential national security threat) that we are against.  It is the refusal of the federal government to follow the rule of law while trying to force their will on our communities regarding this issue that has us up in arms.

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