Posted
6/11/2004 07:04:00 PM
by Douglas
Irony. Be sure and check out definition 2a. U.S. Border Patrol uniforms made in
MexicoSome agents for the U.S. Border Patrol are irate at what they see in their new uniforms: a "Made in Mexico" label.
"I just received a half-dozen new shirts, pants -- and the labels all say they are made in Mexico," said Rich Pierce, a Tampa-based agent and executive vice president of the 16,000-member National Border Patrol Council, the agents' union. "Why can't we have uniforms made in the U.S.? ... The other agents I've talked to all think this is some bad joke."
Having agent uniforms made in Mexico is just the wrong thing to do, he said. "It's the wrong message."
Uh yeah, and I think the message is clear: Cheep labor is OK, but only if it's in
this country.