Hey, quick question: Why was a Mexican drone in U.S. airspace to begin with?

A Mexican drone crashed in El Paso’s Lower Valley, sparking a federal investigation and raising questions about why the aircraft was in U.S. airspace.

“We are collecting data about the crash. We don’t have the aircraft because it was returned to its owner,” said Keith Holloway, spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates aircraft crashes in the United States and in other countries that request its help.

Though the U.S. is known to use drones to patrol the border, this is thought to be the first time a Mexican drone has been reported operating at the border.

Except it wasn’t on the border. It was in American airspace.

The drone crashed Tuesday on Craddock Avenue, near the intersection with Yarbrough Drive.

Holloway said the aircraft that crossed into U.S. airspace is a mini orbiter unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Aeronautics Defense System.

But hey, maybe this sucker was just examining rock formations. Right?

According to the developer’s website, the aircraft is designed for use in military and Homeland Security missions. It can be used for reconnaissance missions, low-intensity conflicts and urban warfare.

Ah, so it’s used for military and security missions. Which would seem to again raise the question: What was this thing doing in American airspace? According to the report, it may have been a third to a half-mile onto American soil.

Well, maybe examining the aircraft could give us a better idea. Or at least it would had the United States government not decided to immediately return the drone to the Mexican government — without questions or investigation.

So our securing our border is met with charges of militarization and racism. Any attempt to expel Mexico’s citizens living illegally in the United States is supposedly racist as well. And don’t dare place the military on the border to defend the country from the violence down south.

But at the same time Mexico is going to place its military on the border, fly military drones into American airspace, assist illegal aliens trying to get into the United States, and then demand the United States give amnesty to said illegals.

And the United States says, “Thank You,” and asks for more. Bunch of suckers.