Speech #1090129438

I have got to dig up the statistics so I will be able to release those and publish those. Mr. Speaker. but the information I received. that they had interdicted more illegal drugs in a 12month period of time with 22 of their Shadow Wolves than all 2.000 Border Patrol agents did in that entire sector for the same period of time. That is an extraordinary example of effectiveness and efficiency. Mr. Speaker and it is the kind of thing that we here in this Congress need to endorse and support and encourage and fund and authorize and protect and encourage and enhance. do all of things that we can do to identify the best among us. to encourage them. to grow that culture off beyond the bounds of the reservation. take that same culture of efficiency and enforcement on to the other reservations. whether Native American tribes that control land on our national boundaries with our neighbors. and the level of success that has been there has not been rewarded. It has not been encouraged. It has not been enhanced by the Border Patrol who seems to want to be seeking to undermine their efforts and absorb them into the broader Border Patrol. in which case. if they did that. the Shadow Wolves would lose their identity. These people have an extraordinary amount of character and courage and conviction and pride in what they do. but like anyone. if they do not see a reward for that. if they do not see some kind of encouragement. if they do not understand that here in Congress we are supporting them. eventually they will be assimilated into the Border Patrol and their level of efficiency will be assimilated into the broader overall level of efficiency in the Border Patrol. Now. I do not mean to imply that the Border Patrol is not efficient or that they may not have the kind of personnel that I would like to see. In fact. they have some very extraordinarily. brave. noble. hardworking officers. and many of them. The structure has become big and it has become difficult to be efficient.