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.
You pegged it. I spend almost all my time in the immigration threads for that reason.
I remember seeing a GREAT bumper sticker right after that - "The New World Order has a Third Reich Odor". I used it as a tag line until BushII turned a blind eye towards the illegals.
So correct. His allegiance is to world & as I have stated GW has out slicked The Scleikmeister, Bubba & the pubbies keep falling for it. If you think that some of us true conservatives are going to continue along with the pseudo conservative act I see a surprise. Coincidentally, yesterday I see a columnist saying so. It's here - http://www.conservativehq.com/chq_survey_1302006_stats.php
Thanks for the link!
GE
I told her to take me off the list to save them some money.
I never thought I'd ever say this.
sw
Anyone with realistic sense has already figured it out.
We're SCREWN.
ROTFLOL!
My beloved Senator(R-NC) sent me a note asking for a donation IF I thought illegal aliens were a prollem. I sent her two of the GWB "undocumented" Peso's as seen here on FR. Looks like money's gonna be a tad tight this year with the RNC...;-)
Actually, though E. Dole has performed much better than I ever expected. Isn't her voting record pretty much a continuation of her illustrious predecessor?
I hate being lumped into this category - "conservative" - when I don't agree with the assumption.
Just because I don't agree with how the President does some things doesn't mean I think he's doing a BAD job. I'm sick of being told I don't approve of him or his policies.
So .. just for the record .......
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 thing that bugs me is his thinking we're stupid and can't add 2+2.
Shut down the border; register ALL illegals; NO promises.
Ditto.
BUMP to that!
We need to support the President.
George Bush is right. There are jobs Americans Won't Do.
The most conspicuous such job is the job of enforcing our immigration laws.
So. We all need to get behind President Bush, and help him find someone who will do the job he won't do.
Vicente Fox, anyone?
Close the borders or strike the word illegal from the english language.
Who's shocked by this? Anyone? Anyone?
A lot of those pesos are floating around the RNC, I would expect. Just think of all the prepaid postage that gets chewed up processing those letters.
It must be enough to pay for the OB/GYN care to deliver an anchor baby in one of our "free" county hospitals.
Did you see this? Talk about being your own worst enemy.
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