Border Patrol Agents Address Forks City Council

Two U.S. Border Patrol agents met with the Forks City Council on Monday. Field Operations Supervisor Rafael Cano said:

“We’re going to continue to enforce the laws as they’re written on the books. We’re going to do so because Congress said they wanted us to do so. We’ve been mandated by Congress to do so. We’re very interested in developing partnerships. We work very closely with multiple local, state, federal and tribal agencies.”

Station supervisor Jose Romero said:

“When we talk about partnerships, it’s not just about finding illegal immigrants. It’s not just about finding terrorists. But we also deal with narcotics. That’s part of our authority. It’s any type of contraband. Terrorism is a threat, and I understand it’s not something that we see here daily or weekly, monthly or yearly. With terrorism, it’s not a Johnny-come-lately. It’s not what happened recently. One act of terrorism is one too many.”