Imagine being a family member of the agent killed knowing that he had to confront armed men with such a ridiculous non-lethal weapon. For goodness sakes, we let the city police use deadly force when threatened by vicious dogs who are presumably only armed with teeth and a nasty growl.

From the story:

On the night of the deadly encounter, agents were trying to apprehend at least five suspected illegal immigrants. One agent, using thermal binoculars, spotted two men carrying rifles. When the group came close, at least one agent identified himself as police and ordered the men to drop their weapons.

Here's how the rest of the events are described in the FBI document:

"When the suspected aliens did not drop their weapons, two Border Patrol agents deployed 'less than lethal' beanbags at the suspected aliens. At this time, at least one of the suspected aliens fired at the Border Patrol agents. Two Border Patrol agents returned fire, one with his long gun and one with his pistol.

"Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was shot with one bullet and died shortly after. One of the suspected illegal aliens, later identified as Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, was also shot."

So the agents knew they were armed, knew they had refused to put down their arms, and yet were still required to use nonlethal force?

Can the unholy troika of Obama, Holder, and Napolitano do anything more to weaken border-and by extension-national security?

This article provides more good reasons why the United States must construct a fence throughout the entire US-Mexican border.

Shame on Barack Obama for not taking the threat of illegal immigration seriously.