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Related: About this forumBorder Patrol is opening up an office in Spokane to be staffed by around 30 agents
Last week, the Inlander reported that the city's plans to open up a one-stop social services shop to address homelessness in the city's Intermodal Center had run into a major snag: The center also houses the Greyhound depot, which has, for many years, been a target for Border Patrol sweeps.
Worried that the Border Patrol activity would discourage vulnerable individuals from accessing the social services facility, City Council President Ben Stuckart, vowed to oppose the funding of the facility until his concerns about the Border Patrol sweeps could be addressed.
But when several City Council aides and city staffers met with Border Patrol on Friday to hear more about their operations, they learned that Border Patrol not only doesn't plan to decrease its emphasis on Spokane planned to actually expand its operations.
Today, a press release made that official: Border Patrol was reopening its station at 10710 N. Newport Hwy., just east of Whitworth University, where the Spokane Sector Border Patrol Headquarters are currently located.
Read more: https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2018/05/08/border-patrol-is-opening-up-an-office-in-spokane-to-be-staffed-by-around-30-agents
PaulX2
(2,032 posts)The end game.
RainCaster
(10,923 posts)They are reaping their karma, not apples.
PaulX2
(2,032 posts)That voted 4 to 1 for Trump.
Idiotville.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I suspect the Border Patrol isn't really planning on patrolling any Border but will spend their time and efforts on harassing certain ethnic groups and separating children from their families. Shame on them!!!