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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) continued his tour of the U.S.-Mexico border, posting a new round of tweets on Wednesday that further display the need for enhanced border security.
The "worst thing" he reported seeing was 60 unaccompanied elementary age children leaving school and crossing the border to go home to Mexico. A supervisor reportedly told Chaffetz that this happens daily.
Worst thing I've seen. 60 elementary age kids leave this school in Naco, AZ twitter.com/jasoninthehous…
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) April 3, 2013
Then, unaccompanied, they cross the border to "home" in Mexico. No papers checked. Supervisor said it happens daily twitter.com/jasoninthehous…
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) April 3, 2013
Those kids aren't tall enough to ride most things at Disneyland let alone cross an international border without an adult
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) April 3, 2013
Chaffetz also reported two big drug busts made by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The agency reportedly seized 500 pounds of marijuana and 15 pounds of meth in a bogus spare tire.
"Lots of good CBP men and women doing tough important work," Chaffetz wrote.
CBP found 500 lbs of pot this morning at DeConcini Port. Found by dog twitter.com/jasoninthehous…
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) April 4, 2013
And CBP found 15 pounds of meth in a bogus spare tire. Found today twitter.com/jasoninthehous…
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) April 4, 2013
Lots of good CBP men and women doing tough important work.
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse)April 4, 2013
Just as a bonus, you know, to make you feel extra confident about U.S. border security, Chaffetz also tweeted a photo of part of a border fence that appeared to be either incomplete or torn down.
Big fence on border becomes very little fence twitter.com/jasoninthehous…
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) April 3, 2013
On Tuesday, Chaffetz discovered a portion of the border that did not have any kind of a fence, and instead featured a walking path and guard rails.
(H/T: Twitchy)
