Oscar
Charleston, SC
Male, 31
Spent a bit over four years (2006-2010) serving as a Border Patrol Agent in Tucson Sector, AZ: the busiest sector in the country. Worked numerous positions, and spent the last year and a half operating/instructing ground radar installations. Duties included: field patrols, transport, processing, control room duties, transportation check, checkpoint operations, static watch duties, etc.
Nope. Horrible. We had more issues, pursuits, assaults etc. from the Tohono O'odham people than we did from Mexican illegals. I'd say 75% of my encounters with TO's were negative. The vast majority of U.S. citizen smugglers we arrested were TO's. There is simply massive amounts of criminal activity on the reservation. Even some of the police and rangers were up to no good.
A drunk TO ran one of my ex-trainees off the road and killed him. We had numerous incidents where TO's would apprehend Mexican females and sexually assault/abuse them for weeks before someone found out.
There were a small number of TO's who would assist the BP, and this was normally out of spite for other TO's (one household or family would rat out another household/family). As a whole though, an extremely negative relationship.
Many of the TO's resented us because other than their own police/rangers and Sheriffs (who almost never went onto the reservation) we were the only law enforcement agency which was allowed to enter and operate on their land. They despised us for this. We ended up enforcing or assisting in a lot of non-immigration law enforcement duties because the TO's were always drunk and getting into trouble.
The BP rolled over and played nice (this is the kinder/gentler America after all) and refused to stand firm whenever an argument came up. It was quite disappointing. Everything was handled with kid-gloves, which was sickening to watch in many instances.
So, short answer: No. Not a good relationship.
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Yes and no. In order to claim asylum a person must go before an immigration judge and provide substantial proof/evidence that his/her life is in danger. Essentially you can't just say "well, we have cartels and they're dangerous so I don't want to go back.".
You'd have to present a solid case that you, specifically, would be targeted for harm (as in some countries where citizens who practice certain religions are specifically targeted for execution/genocide etc.). I have no experience in the immigration courts, but I can imagine this is pretty tough to prove for the average illegal immigrant.
Now if an illegal could somehow prove that he himself has been seriously threatened with imminent harm/death...maybe, just maybe you could try to get asylum here.
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This has been answered in a previous question above. Short answer: contact your consulate and have them contact the BP/law enforcement agency responsible.
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Very possible. Part of the background investigation process involves analysis of your financial situation. If you're too broke to pay some tickets, you are probably in pretty serious debt. This is frowned upon because a person who is in severe financial distress is more likely to accept bribes or other criminal payments.
Also, if you have warrants for "failure to appear" etc. this will be an issue. All of this will depend on the number of tickets, amount of money owed and your other financial situations.
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This only happened a handful of times - but yes. It was also very common to catch illegals with our baggage tags on their packs from the day before. It was pretty common while preparing a deportation file to find the previous file had been done by an agent from our station.
With so many illegals and about 500 agents per station, it was a bit rare to catch the same person yourself. I can recall 3-4 times this happened to me personally. A couple were from days earlier and yes we recognized each other. The others I had caught the year before and one mentioned it to me, the other I realized when I was processing them in the system.
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That would depend entirely on the type of medication, what it effects and if it's a regulated substance etc. If it would affect your ability to drive, operate under stress, or handle machinery then I'd guess no. This is something you'd have to discuss with the doctor who would do your physical (or email a BP recruiting agent about it prior to applying).
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I'm not sure. I know it is a hit against you, and it is a question which comes up in the interview process. It is enough to disqualify you for a large number of federal jobs though.
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