Trigg
07-16-2014, 09:28 AM
Yet another reason why this country can not afford to continue to ignore the problems on the border.
Each body found in Brooks County costs the county about $2,500 in medical examiner and funeral expenses. This does not include the time of county employees to document the death. The 42 deaths this year have cost the county, the poorest county in Texas, over $100,000. These are funds the county does not have and forced the county to cut salaries of deputies to about $25,000 per year and strip away their health benefits. The county is down to one paid patrol deputy per shift. The volunteer deputies try to fill the gap.
Eliminate the jobs, mandate, by penalty of jail, the use of e-verify. If there is no way to care for their families or feed them, these people will stop coming.
Each body found in Brooks County costs the county about $2,500 in medical examiner and funeral expenses. This does not include the time of county employees to document the death. The 42 deaths this year have cost the county, the poorest county in Texas, over $100,000. These are funds the county does not have and forced the county to cut salaries of deputies to about $25,000 per year and strip away their health benefits. The county is down to one paid patrol deputy per shift. The volunteer deputies try to fill the gap.
Eliminate the jobs, mandate, by penalty of jail, the use of e-verify. If there is no way to care for their families or feed them, these people will stop coming.