Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

haele

(15,207 posts)
37. Probably former military, poverty draft. CBP hired in 2014 and 2018?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:01 PM
Feb 1

Jobs for combat only vets, especially if they only did 3 and out, or 4 and out, who basically just graduated HS and had minimal skills other than being bi-lingual are the type DHS was hiring for ICE and CBP Enforcement.
Same attitude with local sheriff's departments all over the SW.
They didn't need people with smarts or integrity, they just needed people who could look tough, speak Spanish, and follow orders.

And the Hispanic guys end up trained to view immigrants the same as the White Nationalist bubbas - the current asylum seekers and border crossers are criminal invaders doing it the wrong way.
Not like hard working Mama and Papa, Abuelita and Abuelo, or the Tios and Tias did back before the last major mass Amnesty programs during the Reagan and Bush 41 era...because, of course after Gingrich and Faux News started popularizing the GOP agenda, any Democrats proposing mass Amnesty means they're going to let cartel and gang members in.

Recommendations

5 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Hope they die in state prison malaise Feb 1 #1
state prison ? dweller Feb 1 #28
State charges, not federal. Swede Feb 1 #73
Finally. May there be justice for Pretti. ...n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 1 #2
plus 1 BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 1 #24
May they reap what they have sowed a thousandfold. fierywoman Feb 1 #3
What? I was expecting their names to be Lon Butcher and Earl Dingess. Duncan Grant Feb 1 #4
I was thinking the same thing. PittBlue Feb 1 #5
I saw a screenshot of the one guy's eyes... Ritabert Feb 1 #12
It is profitable. Marcuse Feb 1 #42
I guess DEI doesn't apply to Ice vapor2 Feb 1 #59
Latino? Aviation Pro Feb 1 #6
Sounds like it from the surnames for starters. Also the recent one, DUI "covered in vomit" - so UTUSN Feb 1 #16
White supremacy is a little more complicated than that WhiskeyGrinder Feb 1 #20
The proud boys guy was cuban, they don't think they're latin. dem4decades Feb 1 #76
The right wing will be less likely to defend them JI7 Feb 1 #7
I wonder what their immigration status is. This whole thing is so stupid and people are getting killed. Srkdqltr Feb 1 #8
You do realize there are Latinos in this country iemanja Feb 1 #45
Yes i am aware they were here first, particularly in the south and west. There was always people here before. Srkdqltr Feb 1 #49
Then why would you make that comment about immigration status? iemanja Feb 1 #56
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 1 #77
Illegal aliens can't join the military. It requires an SSN surfered Feb 1 #79
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 1 #81
This surfered Feb 1 #82
Thank you. It is stupid for any of us to equate names with character. erronis Feb 1 #53
Don't agree with the poor write trash talk iemanja Feb 1 #57
Agree. I got carried away by trying to find an anti analogy. erronis Feb 1 #61
All good. iemanja Feb 1 #65
True susanr516 Feb 1 #63
Sounds serious Torchlight Monday #88
Oinc oinc, putas. LudwigPastorius Feb 1 #9
Fucking Murdering Shit for brains Cha Feb 1 #10
The irony Jilly_in_VA Feb 1 #11
I suspect they headed down I-35 and are somewhere in Texas Ritabert Feb 1 #13
They should be in custody MustLoveBeagles Feb 1 #15
"The DEI hires made a bad decision" dalton99a Feb 1 #14
Twenty years of experience between them. Training isn't the issue. Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 1 #17
20 years a experience where? On the southern border? GusBob Feb 1 #71
20 years of fulfilling the mission of CBP. This is what it looks like, no matter where they serve. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 1 #72
The problem with poorly trained or well trained Nazis isn't the level of training--it's that they are Nazis. tblue37 Feb 1 #80
Have they been charged with anything yet? Has Jonathan Ross? n/t flvegan Feb 1 #18
Nope. dalton99a Feb 1 #19
no and they won't be charged with anything as lnog as Bondi heads the DOJ Takket Feb 1 #21
After seeing their names I think there is a chance they could be charged JI7 Feb 1 #23
I have to on the side that says BULLSHIT. I'm betting there are MORE shooters than this. ALSO bluestarone Feb 1 #22
I can tell by the one shooter's eyes if they publish a picture without the balaclava Ritabert Feb 1 #31
Well, let us know what you think if you see it. bluestarone Feb 1 #34
Somebody posted the other guy's picture today... Ritabert Monday #86
TY for that. I'm not sure who fingered these two, BUT bluestarone Monday #87
The one guy's ex-wife said he was a gun nut and had 25 guns. Ritabert Monday #89
Maybe ICE is hiring goons from the Mexican druggers. I mean really, leftyladyfrommo Feb 1 #25
And you conclude that because they are Hispanic iemanja Feb 1 #52
This right here........ Takket Feb 1 #26
Consider the level of cognitive dissonance needed.... Ritabert Feb 1 #27
Preserving and enforcing white supremacy LuvLoogie Feb 1 #78
True. Ritabert Monday #85
Quislings? johnp3907 Feb 1 #29
They just don't contemplate that they could be picked up too Ritabert Feb 1 #30
Probably former military, poverty draft. CBP hired in 2014 and 2018? haele Feb 1 #37
That's not what the link stated MichMan Feb 1 #44
My fault for not reading the article. haele Feb 1 #64
Statement from ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa: (from the ProPublica article) IcyPeas Feb 1 #32
EX-wife. n/t Ms. Toad Feb 1 #41
Correct... fixed. IcyPeas Feb 1 #54
"identified in government records"? surrealAmerican Feb 1 #33
So Stephen MIller, whose immigrant grandparents fled pogroms against Jews in Russia, Scrivener7 Feb 1 #35
Self hate Cirsium Feb 1 #38
I just finished watching the documentary on HBO "Let us Prey." It goes some way to explaining that horror. Scrivener7 Feb 1 #39
Identification with the Aggressor Cirsium Feb 1 #46
That's a powerful excerpt and can easily be used by "state" forces to subjugate. 1984. 2026. erronis Feb 1 #66
Look around. The lesson is, B.See Feb 1 #40
Stephen Miller isn't doing this to gain acceptance. Scrivener7 Feb 1 #55
I'm not so much concerned B.See Feb 1 #58
Of course Cirsium Feb 1 #36
SAY THEIR NAMES..... Escape Feb 1 #43
The least safest place for them will be in prison JoseBalow Feb 1 #62
Okey Dokey Escape Feb 1 #67
I'll wait for the result of Minnesota's investigation, thanks struggle4progress Feb 1 #47
As sinkingfeeling mentioned on another thread, I wonder if this is for real paleotn Feb 1 #48
CBP Killing Fields Of Southern Border 2na fisherman Feb 1 #50
They aren't used to "social justice, hipster, progressive urban" protesters. LeftInTX Feb 1 #74
Indict, prosecute, convict and imprison these murderers Mysterian Feb 1 #51
With those names, shouldn't Trump be jumping to conclusions that this can be blamed on DEI? Norrrm Feb 1 #60
If so, perhaps it's to help them blend in. usonian Feb 1 #68
Holy Batshit! Give Peace A Chance Feb 1 #69
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 1 #83
That's what Trump thinks surfered Feb 1 #84
Kapos! mucifer Feb 1 #70
White American thugs don't have a corner on being killers and torturers. Ping Tung Feb 1 #75
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Alex Pretti's murderers a...»Reply #37