Posted on 06/12/2007 11:06:22 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Special to the Green Valley News
It is 10:22 p.m. on Thursday night. It is beautiful, still, starlit, yet we feel uneasy and guarded. My husband, Lloyd, and I are doing a search of our property. We have once again been alerted to the presence of trespassers.
Our neighbor has called to alert us because his children’s nanny is alone and frightened by the four illegal aliens who are lurking on his property.
I already know something is amiss, having been cued by the incessant barking and agitation exhibited by our three dogs. All too soon the alarm will be sounding 4:50 a.m. and time to start another workday, but we know from experience these interlopers cannot be ignored.
We are neither young nor strong as our adversaries tend to be, but we are determined to protect the property we have loved for 18 years.
You may have read Green Valley News editor James Bennett’s account of our last encounter with illegals who were so brazen as to enter our home while we were away at work.
Lloyd discovered them sitting in our living room as he set down the mail and glanced up in time to see them rise and approach him. He was by design armed and held them for the sheriff.
As a nation we have made it abundantly clear that there is no penalty for violating our sovereignty, so why not take it to the next level and violate our homes?
We moved to Elephant Head in 1989, seeking the solitude, peace, and privacy this area offered.
Nowadays, when I arrive home, I can’t carry in the groceries, or the mail, or stop to pet the burro. I carry my keys in one hand and my firearm in the other. I turn on lights and do a “sweep” of the house before I feel safe to do anything else.
I often wonder how many of you open-borders advocates would be up to that scenario every time you enter your home. Some of the invaders are fortified by food, water, maps, and the other support and succor you provide. You are aiding and abetting their felonious acts and share responsibility for them. I know your behavior is illegal and believe it is immoral.
If you feel so strongly about providing for those who have stomped all over our laws, why not publish your addresses in a directory of “sanctuary houses,” mark your doorstep, and invite them in. No need for a key - they came through my pet door.
And by the way I’m sure your neighbors will appreciate your guests in the community. Maybe a GVR membership would be a nice touch.
I know that some of you feel sympathy and compassion for those that trespass through our property, sometimes stopping to leave trash, mangle our irrigation, or terrify our pets.
It may seem that you are immune to this travesty and that your righteousness comes without pain. You ignore the exponential increase in violent deaths occurring in and around Green Valley. You do so at your own peril, and worse at the expense of this country’s very survival.
I hope that some of you will start paying attention to the damage done to our community, our culture, and our country before it is too late.
That time is dangerously near with the recent unveiling of the Amnesty Agreement formulated by Congress and the president. With the stroke of a pen at least 20,000,000 trespassers become “legal” - eligible for food stamps, education, health-care, in-state tuition, earned income tax credit, affirmative action coverage, WIC, SSI, legal defense, ad infinitum.
Presto! Members of notorious killer gangs become legal. Drug dealers and coyotes - legal. This bill of over 1,000 pages is being crafted in secret and without benefit of committee hearings. Both parties are rushing to shove it down our throats before details become public. We are being assured that the border will magically become secure, those who have stolen our SS numbers (a felony) will repent, and all the illegals” living in the shadows,” (what a joke) will pour forth pledging allegiance and paying large fines.
We owe it to our children and theirs to fight for the legacy of this country. Call, write, or e-mail your senators and congresswoman and tell them you are enraged about their flagrant disregard of the oath they all took to protect and defend this country and its citizens. Remind them for whom they work. As of this date, all those who “represent” us are aligned with this abomination. Tell them you want the wall built, the border secured, and the interests of American citizens made paramount.
The loss of my personal sanctuary may be of little importance to some, but yours is destined to be next.
Sherry Brown lives in Elephant Head with her husband, Lloyd, and their many animals. They have lived on the property for 18 years.
This makes my blood boil...and then some.
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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I Like Ike.
Take the Pledge: "I pledge to never, ever vote for anyone, for any office, who votes in favor of the Mexican Invasion Surrender Bill."
Based on the (evil and wrongful) Supreme Court precedent known as Wickard vs. Filburn, Congress could pass a law with the following provisions:
If such a law were passed, illegals could still come here and work. But the Mexicans (for example) would have to take their pay in Pesos--and would have to go back to Mexico to spend it, or even to deposit it in a bank (or do anything else with it.) And they'd have to wait as much as 18 months to get most of it back as a tax refund.
Problem solved.
BTTT
CALL! CALL! CALL! CALL! AND KEEP CALLING TILL THE LINES FRY!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!
Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them. This is a bipartisan issue not a Conservative or Liberal issue BUT AN AMERICAN issue.
4later
People can talk till they’re blue in the face, and no one listens. How about collecting all this trash these illegals leave all over the desert, and dump it in front of the Capital, with a Fox news invite. Visuals like that are better.
yes good idea. When people feel so sorry about these folks, they should see pics of the trail of trash and feces by the rio grande.
Give them a ticket and directions to the president's ranch. He seems to think that it's an experience that enriches America. Wouldn't want him to miss the enrichment.
She or they do a sweep of the house? Very dangerous, buy a trained dog to sweep and take it with when you leave. Don’t they enforce no trespassing laws in this town?
If that happened here in Florida, you could legally shoot them dead under new laws. If you have any fear for your life, you can blow them away. I would without thinking twice.
BTTT
Looking around the Green Valley News I noticed that ADOT numbers freeway exits by the Kilometer. What is going on? Preparing to be part of Mexico? Kilometer signs must make the illegals feel right at home.
If this is the Ariz. Green Valley, it is a small retirement town about 25 miles south of Tucson. About 30 miles north of Nogales on the Ariz./Mexican border.
This chunk of Interstate is a major alien/drug corridor. Yes it is marked in kilometers.(one of two in the US, I believe.)
Remember years ago when the feds determined the USofA needed to change to the metric system? This chunk of highway was to be the poster child for that. It use to piss me off every time I drove on it.
And remember,,,,,they have rights,,YOU DON’T!!!! Ask any politican!!!
Just a bunch of rich old white people looking to shoot somebody. Why do they deserve to have property anyway?/s
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