Let’s get a Border Patrolman’s opinion on political support:
From “Strange Times on the Border” by
John Slagle - USBP (Retired), 3-23-04
http://www.searclub.com/?page=news-article&id=417 (Edited because most of us already saw it.)
After September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center was destroyed with a massive loss of lives, and our nation’s borders were still wide open.
The President called for all citizens to be vigilant in a time of war for unusual suspicious activities and people. In Southern Arizona from Cochise County to the Tohoho O'odham Indian Reservation, multi-thousands of illegals crossed into the United States, narcotics shipments were intercepted and the U.S. Border Patrol was undermanned and over run. Prompted by the dangling carrot of political promises, border law enforcement tries to stem the tide, and politicians actively encourage illegal immigration. It's a no win situation with no end in sight.
The guest worker plan, which amounts to stealth Amnesty was proposed by Arizona Conservative leaders and announced by President Bush in December 2003. The Border Patrol and local law enforcement agencies were overwhelmed. Crimes against citizens increased.
Recently, the President in a concession to Mexico's political wishes has allowed all people with a valid Border Crossing Cards to enter the U.S. without being fingerprinted which leaves the door wide open for fraudulent entries, criminals to terrorists.
The Guest Worker program is not workable unless current laws on the books are strictly enforced with enough Border and interior Agents to do the job. The fiasco of 1986 was a miserable failure which cost taxpayers about 78 million dollars over the first ten years and failed to solve any illegal immigration problems. Chain migrations increased and illegals from around the world continued to enter unchallenged. Employer sanctions and fines was a good idea " if " Congress had allowed the I&NS to hire a small army of investigators with no other purpose than to insure Companies and Industries compiled with the law. The amount of fines for repeat offenders would have brought millions of dollars back into the treasury and curtailed the constant illegal invasion. Political promises of jobs for the world's population now only adds to an already uncontrollable situation as smugglers compete for human cargo.
Politicians over the past several decades have played a key role in the current Immigration mess. It just didn't happen over night. It's easier to create a new Agency or renew a failed past policy than solve the problem. There are currently 350,000 illegal aliens that have deportation orders that have absconded and are still in the United States while thousands continue to enter the U.S. daily in the South West.
Printed in its entirety and commented on here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1103917/posts "Politicians over the past several decades have played a key role in the current Immigration mess. It just didn't happen over night."
They are all to blame!