On January 5. 1991. agent James Ford jumped from a moving vehicle on the highway into an unmanned vehicle that was moving down the highway after the driver had bailed out. He jumped. John Wayne style. from one moving vehicle to another and brought that vehicle to a stop. again a hero in the Border Patrol whose heroism did not make page 1. did not make the evening news. but nonetheless reflected the very best public service. On March 17. 1992. agent Mickey McQuire responded to a call and saved lives of people who were drowning in the Tijuana Slew. which is immediately north of the Mexican Border. Again. a Border Patrol hero who did not make page 1. but nonetheless showed great heroism in his acts. So the Border Patrol right now. Mr. Speaker. Is undermanned. underequipped. It is a small cadre of people who face an overwhelming army of illegal aliens. and a very effective paramilitary unit of drug smugglers. and yet they are doing a superb job on the southern border. and never in our recent history with respect to a domestic agency have so many Americans owed so much to so few men and women.
Identified stereotypes
Describing undocumented immigrants as an 'overwhelming army'.