No wonder we have a problem with border jumpers and drug smugglers breaking American law and sneaking into the US -- it isn't the job of the Border Patrol to stop them.

At least not according to Carlos X. Carrillo, Border Patrol chief of Laredo, Texas.

A Border Patrol chief at one of the nation's most dangerous Southwest border crossings says the agency's mission doesn't include apprehending illegal aliens or seizing narcotics — perplexing front-line agents and angering a congressional critic of illegal immigration.

"I've said it before and I'll say it again," Carlos X. Carrillo, Border Patrol chief of Laredo, Texas, told guests at a town-hall meeting Thursday. "The Border Patrol's job is not to stop illegal immigrants. The Border Patrol's job is not to stop narcotics. ... The Border Patrol's mission is not to stop criminals.

"The Border Patrol's mission is to stop terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the country."

Law-enforcement agencies consider Laredo to be one of the Southwest's most dangerous border crossings. It is the sister city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, which is controlled by one of that country's most ruthless drug-smuggling rings.

Somebody needs to explain to Carrillo that the interdiction of drugs and immigration criminals is a big part of his agency's job.

Better yet, somebody in Washington needs to tell him that he needs to find a new job, because he no longer works for the US government.

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