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Okay. Then what about the bill that Katherine Harris has sponsored? And another sponsored by Senator Lugar? Then there's yet another, sponsored by the Swimmer. You don't think there's something inherently odd that our elected officials are working to strategize and fund enforcement of Mexico's border, as well as the perimeter borders of the entity called "North America", which, in fact, is composed of three sovereign countries, namely, Canada, the U.S., and Mexico? Yet these very individuals and elected American officials neglect to enforce the perimeter of the sovereign country, the United States of America, the country they have a sworn duty to Constitutionally protect?

H.R.2672 North American Cooperative Security Act (Introduced in House by Katherine Harris)

SEC. 5. IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF MEXICO'S SOUTHERN BORDER.

The Senate version has the same language, accessible here:

S.853 North American Cooperative Security Act (Introduced in Senate by Senator Lugar)
A bill to direct the Secretary of State to establish a program to bolster the mutual security and safety of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 4/20/2005) Cosponsors (6); Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

SEC. 5. IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF MEXICO'S SOUTHERN BORDER.

And this law, sponsored by the Swimmer:

S.1618

Enhanced Border Security Act of 2001 (Introduced in Senator Kennedy)

became Public Law 107-173 on 5/14/2002

SEC. 4. PERIMETER NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) STUDY OF PERIMETER NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM- The Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, shall jointly conduct a study of the costs, procedures, and implementation alternatives of a Perimeter National Security Program, which shall involve a review of, at least the following:
(1) NORTH AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY COOPERATIVE- The feasibility of establishing a cooperative task force of the appropriate representatives of Canada, Mexico, and the United States to establish, implement, and monitor an intercountry system to evaluate and determine the admission of foreign nationals based on national security concerns, including the monitoring of the entry and exit of foreign nationals from such countries.

Protecting North American security makes each country safer. Having Canada, for example, be part of our NMD system benefits us both.

It's not an either/or situation. We need to protect our own borders at the border and we need to jointly protect North America.

I don't know why that's controversial. Let's work on both.

Thank you for your posts(see mine).

I hope we are wrong; but I fear we are not.

I agree -- as you quipped -- "There is a problem, Houston"