Border Patrol Raid (Houston, San Antonio, Alamo: homes, neighborhood, construction)

[Latinocowboy]

Yesterday morning, the U.S. Border Patrol raided our subdivision. There were a lot of tools, ladders, and vehicles abandoned. Some contractor vehicles were inpounded. I heard that a lot of workers ran into the woods to avoid capture.

I found this quite interesting and have never heard of this. I won't assume that the CBP also hit some of the surrounding communites here in Alamo Ranch, but I wonder.

In terms of construction crews, it was a ghost town yesterday and is pretty quiet today.

Has anyone ever heard of this happening on consruction sites here in San Antonio?

[loves2read]

has happened up here in DFW area...

looks like home prices will really take off if they run off the subs' crews....

[lockheed1]

Yes, I remember this happening a couple times in Wynwood of Westcreek and The Vistas of Westcrrek. I know that "skilled labour" is spread thin in San Antonio, you can tell simply by seeing the non-quality homes that have been going up past few years. I also think this is NOT a good practice for the BP, how many illegals are the really gonna catch this way? They all scatter away when they raid and i am afraid that some if not most will look for look to make money in other ways. hopefully not illegal ways.

[glenns]

Yes. I don't know how often this happens now, but I worked as a superintendent for a production builder in SA back in the 90's. This was a fairly common occurrence then.

[dendox]

It happens quite regularly. If fact - it almost always goes down just like you described. They show up in mass and the illegals flee. Most hide get the heck out of dodge for a few days or get captured.

I have seen the construction sites sit idle for a couple of days at most after this type of thing.

[AirForceDoc]

If they do this, it seems like checking IDs at the illegal immigration rallies would be an even better location to catch people who crossed the border illegally.

[towns03]

we have an equipment yard in Houston that is broken into about once a month. I've lost close to ten thousand dollars in tools and i know exactly where they are coming from. There is a crappy neighborhood of shacks, FULL of illegals with no legitimate profession (i'm not counting drug dealing, prostitution, and crime) just a few hundred yards from us. I wish the INS would do something about these people (because the police won't) and leave the ones with jobs alone! There are plenty of worthless illegals that should go first!!!

[dendox]

I think that would be profiling and make the national news. This would lead to an outpouring of criticism which would be awful from a PR perspective.

Do I wish it would happen - sure do.

But, I just don't see it happening anytime soon.

[towns03]

well, i've seen one of the cars the thieves used at a shack in the neighborhood, but like i said, the police won't return any of my calls and the beat cops say it's not their call-

[AustinTraveler]

Let's remember that this is a question specifically about San Antonio. If you want to discuss illegal immigration in general, please move on to the Immigration forum.