I note that rick was right, most of you foreigners were wrong.
I am not surprised at how the ignorant spoke out regarding something they know little to nothing about. We stopped going to the border region, my family and I, about five years ago. That part of Texas has simply become too dangerous, in no small part due to the illegal immigrants, many of whom are desperate people, the back and forth movements of drug runners and "kidnap for pay" bandits, and various combinations of the above. Back when I was in my 20's, a road trip to Laredo was a fun weekend. Not anymore.
Caveat and accomodation: most of us, me included, can only know part of the story since all we have available is the thin pizza pie slice of a news report, or a series of them. The few people who actually work in that environment tend to have a deeper understanding of what's behind a given event.
FWIW