Armed Mexicans Were Smuggled In to Guard Border Wall, Whistle-Blowers Say

[Visbek]

Armed Mexicans Were Smuggled In to Guard Border Wall, Whistle-Blowers Say (Published 2020)

In a complaint unsealed on Friday, whistle-blowers working on President Trump’s wall said that contractors were illegally bringing in Mexican guards to protect construction sites.

www.nytimes.com

From the New York Times:

Two whistle-blowers have accused contractors building President Trump’s border wall of smuggling armed Mexican security teams into the United States to guard construction sites, even building an illegal dirt road to speed the operation, according to court documents unsealed by a federal judge on Friday.

The two employees, who were both contracted to provide security at the sites, accused the company, Sullivan Land Services Co., or S.L.S. — as well as a subcontractor, Ultimate Concrete of El Paso — of hiring workers who were not vetted by the United States government, overcharging for construction costs and making false statements about those actions.

The whistle-blowers said Ultimate Concrete went so far as to build a dirt road to expedite illegal border crossings to sites in San Diego, using construction vehicles to block security cameras.
(Emphasis added)
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If true, this is beyond hilarious in its irony and/or hypocrisy. I wonder how many other companies building "The Wall" wound up hiring undocumented immigrants during construction?

 

[Metric Mouse]

They took our JERBS!

 

[Trippy Trekker]

A journey back in time on Trump-Speak on the Great Trump Wall:


Ah, the moment when an exasperated Trump Supporter finds out Mexicans know how to use Ladders:

 

[Luce]

 

[Evilroddy]

Ah, mercenaries! It's the New American Way. This is not only amusingly ironic but is also an example of a growing problem in America - using unaccountable mercenaries rather than legitimate and accountable law enforcement officers or bonded security personnel to guard controversial infrastructure projects and to go after protesters in ways that no legitimate agent of law enforcement could. So it is both amusing and ominous for what it represents.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.

 

[HenryChinaski]

Armed Mexicans Were Smuggled In to Guard Border Wall, Whistle-Blowers Say (Published 2020)

In a complaint unsealed on Friday, whistle-blowers working on President Trump’s wall said that contractors were illegally bringing in Mexican guards to protect construction sites.

www.nytimes.com

From the New York Times:

Two whistle-blowers have accused contractors building President Trump’s border wall of smuggling armed Mexican security teams into the United States to guard construction sites, even building an illegal dirt road to speed the operation, according to court documents unsealed by a federal judge on Friday.

The two employees, who were both contracted to provide security at the sites, accused the company, Sullivan Land Services Co., or S.L.S. — as well as a subcontractor, Ultimate Concrete of El Paso — of hiring workers who were not vetted by the United States government, overcharging for construction costs and making false statements about those actions.

The whistle-blowers said Ultimate Concrete went so far as to build a dirt road to expedite illegal border crossings to sites in San Diego, using construction vehicles to block security cameras.
(Emphasis added)
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If true, this is beyond hilarious in its irony and/or hypocrisy. I wonder how many other companies building "The Wall" wound up hiring undocumented immigrants during construction?

Does this mean Mexico is paying for the wall?