By Guy Page
Swanton U.S. Border Patrol agent Zachary Apotheker – subject of a cease and desist order to talk to the media – most definitely is not staying silent about federal immigration policy.
As reported last week in VDC, Apotheker’s September 11 cease-and-desist order prompted investigative journalist James O’Keefe to visit two Vermont residents’ homes Saturday, September 21. Both men are Apotheker’s Border Patrol superiors in the Swanton Sector. O’Keefe wanted to know why they had issued the order.
The order directs Apotheker to not talk to the media or make social media podcasts. It’s unclear whether he’s adhered to the letter of this command, but his outspoken X tweets, including some reposted by O’Keefe, have had millions of views.
Today, Apotheker bemoaned the U.S. government spending $1 billion to care for illegal immigrants while not responding effectively to U.S. citizen victims of Hurricane Helene – including members of his own family.
“Imagine being a Border Patrol Agent, dedicated to serving the nation. But as Hurricane Helene strikes, your family back in NC/TN is left stranded,” Apotheker said on X Thursday morning. “Meanwhile DHS/FEMA claims insufficient funds for natural disaster relief, post a hefty $1 billion spend on illegal migrant aid.”
Apotheker – who describes himself as a patriot and a Christian, and who wrote John 3:16 over his signature on the receipt of the C&D – is speaking bluntly and with frustration.
“It’s almost as if you let people in and give them money, they’ll come in droves,” Apotheker said in an October 2 O’Keefe, the investigative journalist who was detained and given a trespass notice by state police September 21 at the Jericho home of Swanton Sector Chief Agent Robert Garcia.
The following is a lengthy excerpt from Apotheker’s tweet.
“How did they all get here? How many did we let stay? How many have we returned? How many are getting public assistance? What forms of public assistance? How much public assistance are they receiving? Why the sudden spike? It’s almost as if…if you let people in and give them money they’ll come in droves?! How many were criminals in their former country? How many committed crimes in another country other than their origin country? How many of those countries share their criminal history with @DHSgov?
How many had previously committed crimes in THIS country left and are now coming back? How many had illegally entered the U.S previous to this encounter on the southern border and left only to return?How many had asylum claims in Canada or Chile or Argentina or another country other than their country of origin? How many were receiving public assistance from another country other than their origin country and the funds ran out? How many were STILL receiving public assistance from a country other than their origin country or from the U.S.? How many went on to commit violent crime in the U.S? How many drove and illegal incurred into the U.S. only to be released? How many had previously entered the U.S as a “family unit” only to leave and return without “their children” they illegally entered with the first time? How many had legitimate documentation? How many went on to have children in the U.S that the taxpayer paid for and are now full blown citizens? (anchor babies) How many “gotaways”
Questions the public DESERVES immediate answers to…..
Apotheker then cited U.S. criminal code about bringing in and harboring illegal aliens.
If I have you’re attention still reading this. I WILL NOT be intimidated. I WILL NOT bend, break, or fold. Any adhominem thrown my way will NEVER replace what’s been done to this country and the yes men who let it happen.
I will ALWAYS be proud to say to ANYONE who asks I AM ZACH APOTHEKER. I will never be perfect but I am a God ✝️ fearing red blooded American Patriot 🇺🇸 who loves his country more than I’ll EVER love any position,title, or paycheck.
It used to HonorFirst. But now it seems to PaycheckFirst. And that is purely shameful.
My thoughts and prayers tonight go to those amazing Americans who are affected by Hurricane Helene. They deserved better. They’re the ones who deserve every dollar this country has to offer until they are back on their feet.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you my brothers and sisters. We love you and are praying hard for best possible outcomes for you. Our hearts break for you. And know w God ANYTHING is possible.