I'm just not sure if the term "sheep" or "fence posts" is the best way to describe the stupidity of some of the American population but both would probably work in regards to a U.S. humanitarian group named Humane Borders who admits that they gave emergency GPS beacons to a Mexican group to hand out to "coyotes" who run illegal aliens across the U.S. border.
Here's the bleeding heart mentality....you see, if the smugglers (coyotes) get in trouble out in the desert in the middle of the night, they can use the GPS beacon to summon help! You know, it's kind of like giving a bank robber who is going to blow up the safe in a bank a couple of protective face shields and body armor...or let's see....giving a rapist who goes out at midnight an infrared scope so he doesn't step in a hole while he stalks his prey in a park.
For the love of pete. Just when you think you've heard it all.
From the story at Reuters:
A humanitarian group said on Tuesday it has given emergency GPS location devices to Mexican human smugglers in a controversial bid to save immigrants' lives as they break into increasingly remote desert stretches of the U.S. border this summer.
Rev. Robin Hoover, founder of Tucson-based Humane Borders, said he gave five cell-phone sized location beacons to a church group in Mexico's northern Sonora state earlier this month to distribute to human smugglers, known as "coyotes."
The aim is for the coyotes to use the devices to summon rescue if they get into trouble as they guide migrants on the dangerous trek through remote desert terrain, where summer temperatures can top 115 F, he said.
"Migrants are getting into greater danger as they go further out across the border to avoid detection, and they need help," Hoover told Reuters in a telephone interview.
I wonder what is next for this group....hey, I have an idea...why don't they give a bunch of the same GPS beacons to the Somali muslim pirates so while they are out on the seas trying to capture a freighter, they can sound the emergency alarm if the seas get too rough!
I got a better idea here....why don't the members of Humane Borders just set up a damn rest area out in the middle of the Arizona desert....complete with snow cones and water and porta potties...they could roll out some red carpet and even have a few La-Z-boys out there so the illegals can put their feet up. You know, come to think of it...if Humane Borders handed out some AK-47's to the coyotes it might be helpful if they run into real coyotes.
Okay, I've completely run out of sarcasm to waste on these fools.
U.S. group gives Mexico smugglers GPS emergency beacons
(Reuters) - A humanitarian group said on Tuesday it has given emergency GPS location devices to Mexican human smugglers in a controversial bid to save immigrants' lives as they break into increasingly remote desert stretches of the U.S. border this summer.
Rev. Robin Hoover, founder of Tucson-based Humane Borders, said he gave five cell-phone sized location beacons to a church group in Mexico's northern Sonora state earlier this month to distribute to human smugglers, known as "coyotes."
The aim is for the coyotes to use the devices to summon rescue if they get into trouble as they guide migrants on the dangerous trek through remote desert terrain, where summer temperatures can top 115 F, he said.
"Migrants are getting into greater danger as they go further out across the border to avoid detection, and they need help," Hoover told Reuters in a telephone interview.
"They ... are dying at a higher rate, so we've got to do something different," he said.
Previous initiatives by the group include setting up water stations in the desert and giving out posters warning potentials migrants of the dangers of trekking north through the bleak wilderness, where deaths from exposure are common.
Last year 249 border crossers perished in Arizona, according to a database compiled by the Arizona Daily Star newspaper, drawing on figures tallied by medical examiners in counties flanking the border.
The deaths have risen over the past decade as security has tightened along the border and coincide with a decline in the overall number of arrests made by the U.S. Border Patrol, suggesting that the journey has become more hazardous.
But a spokeswoman for the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson sector warned that the devices would put immigrants at greater risk by giving them a "false sense of security right out in the desert."
"We are concerned that people can get themselves in a very precarious situation if they are relying on this device," said agent Colleen Agle. "Unfortunately there's no guarantee that it's going to work."
Agle added that smugglers are "very unscrupulous" and care about the "dollar in their pocket," not the safety of those they guide.
Hoover said the device, a McMurdo Fast Find Personal Location Beacon Model 210, has a five-year battery life. When activated it uses GPS technology to determine its location and sends an emergency signal to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite.
When a distress signal is received, local search and rescue personnel are notified.
Hoover said it was not clear if the devices had yet been given to coyotes guiding groups over the border.
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