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So sad what happened to agent Nicholas Ivie early this morning near Naco. RIP and hopefully his friends and family will find justice and peace. I sincerely appreciate all law enforcement officials who put their lives on the line every day. On the thread mentioning this tragedy, the 'close our borders' debate was started. Casey made some comments regarding my question of 'how?', and I was sincerely interested in understanding more of it. Election time is here and I feel like this should be a big topic. However, I haven't heard much about it yet. Maybe tomorrow's debate will offer some questions about it, especially with what happened today. The response to my question of 'What more can we do?' from Casey was basically around money, technology, and the ability to execute on the job of being an agent without fear of breaking some kind of rule/code, etc... Seriously though, what does that mean? I'm thinking it means we need to have the best technology money can buy, and be willng to deploy it to the border. I'm also thinking that maybe there should be some reform in the policy/proceedures that our agents must follow. What reform is necessary though? Specifically, how are the agents hands tied? Is that the answer, or is it a big ol' fence? I'm hoping this thread can stay positive in nature. I'm honestly and sincerely interested in what some of the answers may be..... Thoughts? Comments? S. PS: Casey, Scott, and ALL other BP agents and all others in law enforcment. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK!