Posted on 02/02/2006 9:31:22 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Two years ago, Border Patrol agents began to voice what many believed were legitimate concerns about "armed incursions" into the United States from Mexico-based assailants. Now these invasions occur routinely putting federal agents' and law enforcement officers' lives in jeopardy.
They reported that heavily armed Mexican army units and federal police, called federales, had infiltrated US territory and fired upon them, in some cases because – federal agents would later discover – Mexican drug lords had put prices on the heads of American law-enforcement agents strung out along the border. Where was the outrage by our political leaders and the mainstream media over this blatant violation of our national sovereignty?
Many of our political leaders and most in the news media ignore these violent attacks on our national sovereignty while more and more Americans are saying, "This has got to stop!"
While tens of millions of Americans watched and listened to President George Bush's much anticipated State of the Union speech, many were disappointed at the lack of emphasis on the biggest threat to national security today: unmitigated illegal immigration and porous US borders.
President Bush continues to maintain a contradictory and perilous position regarding illegal immigration, claiming his plan does not amount to amnesty. Standard American language usage contravenes the President’s specious explanation in that his plan clearly overlooks the offense of illegal aliens who entered this country in violation of law and would not seek prosecution; a full amnesty within contextual and explicit meaning.
The current position of the Administration on illegal immigration is demonstrative of a flawed public and enforcement policy which undermines national security by encouraging future mass illegal immigration. Additionally, the intention of the President sends contradictory signals to agencies tasked with securing our borders as well as police commanders across the nation.
In a recent The Washington Times article in which the President attempted to justify his position on illegal immigration, the President stated the current immigration situation is a “bureaucratic nightmare” and the Border Patrol is “overstressed” due to “people [illegal immigrants] streaming across [the border].”
Further evidence of the Administration’s contradictory position on illegal immigration are statements made by political appointees charged with protecting the public. In September of 2004, in an effort to build support for the Administration’s Amnesty proposal, Asa Hutchinson, former Homeland Security Undersecretary, publicly stated it is “not realistic” to arrest or deport illegal aliens already in the country.
More recently, budget problems within the Department of Homeland Security further called into question the priorities of the Administration as agents are forced to release illegal aliens and curtail operations due to ongoing financial constraints. These circumstances all contribute to a “bureaucratic nightmare” and “overstressed” Border Patrol.
The position of the Administration on illegal immigration has had a profound and negative effect not only on law enforcement operations, but also border patrol agent morale. The impact on agent morale was measured in a survey conducted by independent Hart Research Associates during the summer of 2004.
The survey found a majority of agents were demoralized and were not getting the full support needed to protect the country, clearly indicating a conflict between the view of professional field agents and the Administration in regard to national domestic security. The Administration’s current immigration plans will exacerbate, not alleviate, that problem.
For those tuning in to hear President Bush address the problems faced as a result of rampant illegal immigration and Mexican military incursions, the speech was a major disappointment.
Sources: Santa Ana, CA Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Attorney's Office, California Highway Patrol, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, National Association of Chiefs of Police, American Federation of Police
Yes! Guest Worker Program = Amnesty. Duh!!!
Close the freakin' borders already. ENFORCE the immigration LAWS already. Jeesh.
(pulls the pin, drops the pineapple on the floor of the arena and skeedaddles.. waits to see who jumps on it first.)
Be nice , folks.
I know how these kind of threads can tend to get a bit intense.
Thanks.
Ain't that the truth
ping
OUCH!
Although it pained me to say it...can you guess what I told them?
I don't know if there is anyway to compile the statistics but if you were to do an analysis of the discussion here at Free Republic about his SOTU speech my guess is that you would find that about 80% of it focused on his immigration policies and about 80% of the posters in those threads were negative about what he had to say. We are his base and most of us are bashing him for his immigration policy(deservedly in my opinion) rather than supporting him for the 95% of his SOTU speech that was pretty good.
By now, he should know he is going to get that reaction. He is his own worst enemy. By shafting us on that one issue he gets an angry base that is not inclined to support him on anything.
What can anyone say? President Bush has earned an A+ in the War on Terror, but an F- in immigration.
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
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Bush and Bush Sr. are globalist through and through. Do you remember the Bush Sr. speech to Congress immediately following the victory in Iraq during the Gulf War? Do you remember the mantra - the victors represented the New World Order. This victory is heralding the age of the New World Order. It was &%cking blasphemous.
GW is purposely NOT DOING ANYTHING about the illegal immigration problem. He's got his marching orders and he's not going to do anything to truely deter illegal immigration and interrupt the course of the New World Order.
All you TRUE AMERICANS had better learn to shutup and comply with the New World Order, or else.....
So did I. We must be on the same phone list. I told them I realize it takes money to develop a globalist, one-world, open-border utopia filled with ruling elites and poverty-stricken wage slaves to service them.
I also told them I was already doing my part, paying for "free" health care for illegals -- excuse me, undocumented guest workers doing the jobs Amercans don't want to do -- in California with my tax dollars.
I gave at the office.
I didn't see the Tuesday night address, but I understand that it could have been given by the late Nelson A. Rockefeller as far as the content. Is that correct?
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