Posted on 07/15/2014 6:16:29 PM PDT by SkyPilot
Speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Albuquerque in 2001, George W. Bush declared that, as Mexico was a friend and neighbor, “It’s so important for us to tear down our barriers and walls that might separate Mexico from the United States.”
Bush succeeded. And during his tenure, millions from Mexico exploited his magnanimity to violate our laws, trample upon our sovereignty, walk into our country and remain here.
In 2007, supported by John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Teddy Kennedy and Barack Obama, Bush backed amnesty for the 12 million people who had entered America illegally.
The nation thundered no. And Congress sustained the nation.
The latest mass border crossing by scores of thousands of tots, teenagers and toughs from Central America has killed amnesty in 2014, and probably for the duration of the Obama presidency.
Will protests of illegals by U.S. cities make a difference? Sound off in the WND Poll.
Indeed, with the massive media coverage of the crisis on the border, immigration, legal and illegal, and what it portends for our future, could become the decisive issue of 2014 and 2016.
But it needs to be put in a larger context. For this issue is about more than whether the Chamber of Commerce gets amnesty for its members who have been exploiting cheap illegal labor.
The real issue: Will America remain one nation, or are we are on the road to Balkanization and the breakup of America into ethnic enclaves? For, as Ronald Reagan said, a nation that cannot control its borders isn’t really a nation anymore.
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America is not our home. This world is not our home. Our home is in Heaven and our Lord and Savior is coming for His Bride. Maranatha.
Ronald W. Reagan in 1979 was the first to propose the North American Union, but maybe he didn’t understand what he was advocating at that time.
The person calling would not have any real knowledge of politics: just a paid low-income worker. Don’t get angry with the caller.
It's in an old song: "too blind to see". I can't think of the title of the song.
Not if Jebbie is the next nominee
They are definitely in their own world. They will come down to earth and land hard.
It will be Ted Cruz or Rand Paul vs Andrew Cuomo or E. Warren. IMO
No more Bushes or Clintons.
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