Border congressmen strategize on how to stop border wall

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Border congressmen and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are looking into ways of de-funding the Department of Homeland Security so it cannot continue constructing a border wall. Opponents of the border wall in Congress are not sure if they can succeed with this strategy but they have not given up hope of putting sufficient congressional hurdles in place so that the project is delayed until after the November presidential election. Border congressmen say that because Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived more than 30 laws and regulations in order to speed up construction of the border wall, the project should be put on hold until the next administration takes office in January.

“We are doing everything we can to stop any fencing going up,” U.S. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, told the Guardian at an appreciation dinner for Congressman Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, at the South Padre Island Convention and Visitors Bureau...

Last Thursday, (University of Texas-Brownsville President Juliet) Garcia announced that attorneys for UTB/TSC and the University of Texas System’s Board of Regents had filed a motion to compel DHS to comply with the provisions of a federal court order that requires the agency to consult with UTB/TSC over tactical infrastructure on the university’s campus....A hearing on the motion before federal Judge Andrew Hanen is scheduled for Monday, June 30. Ortiz said he hopes Hanen rules that DHS has not been transparent and that it has not provided enough information to UTB/TSC about the border fence plan for the campus.

“We are fighting to not continue the funding but they (DHS) are saying they are going to spend all the money before this administration ends. Our strategy looks good so far but there’s a lot of work still to do,” Ortiz said.

“Things will be a lot, lot, better under the next administration. We have key commitments from those who believe the wall is not the answer...."

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, confirmed that opponents of the border wall are strategizing on how to stop the project from moving forward.

“We are looking at different strategies to prevent the border wall being built,” Reyes told the Guardian...“It’s a very costly program and we know that money can be used for better infrastructure along the border.”

Reyes, who served in the Border Patrol for 26 years before entering Congress, said he supported the use of more Border Patrol agents and new technology over a border fence. “We are all interested in border security. The best strategy we have found is more Border Patrol agents supported with technology rather than this idiotic fence,” he said.

Reyes acknowledged that part of the anti-border wall strategy in Congress is finding a way to delay construction until after the November presidential election.

“We do not have the votes to do what we would like to do right now, which is de-fund the project,” Reyes said. "So, we are hoping that by continuing to object and by having the many border communities who are participating in all these lawsuits, we are going to be able to see this project slowed down sufficiently so that after the November election we will be able to use the (border fence) money in a better way. We are anticipating that the new administration will see things differently.”

There are plenty of reports of gang violence south of the border. According to this Daily Telegraph Article:

Since January, more than 1,300 people have been killed in execution-style hits or gunned down in fire fights, which often rage for hours in broad daylight and turn residential neighbourhoods into war zones. If the trend continues, 2008 will top last year's toll of 2,500 deaths in drug-related killings.

You don't hear so much about Americans at the Border. Too bad.

Americans are regularly abused. According to this article entitled US Warns Tourists of 'Small-Unit Combat' at Mexico Border -- Murder and kidnapping of Americans has become routine all along the US Mexican border. According to the State Department sometimes heavily armed attackers wear the uniforms of the Mexican police or military.

If there is silence about events at the border. The silence about killings north of the border is deafening. And yet....

More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says Think about it. A man or woman killed in Iraq or Iran in the line of duty is a hero. But what is an American killed at home by an illegal alien because the government has failed in its sworn duty to guard the borders. This is a pact between the sovereign and the person has paid taxes and loyalty. The answer is to that question is pretty awful. And it bodes ill for the republic.

But is it true?

When you start digging into the numbers the only ones that can be sourced with the feds are the number of American murdered in 2005: 16692
I have seen federal numbers for illegals held in jail ranging from 19.3% to 27% of the federal prison population.

Here's a sampling of USA cities wanted for murder. What you'll see is that in big USA cities like LA or NYC most of the murderers are Hispanic. Unknown are the % of illegals. In smaller cities the FBI will post the nationalities of the murderers. About 25% of the most wanted are illegals wanted for murder. This number agrees with the percentage of illegals incarcerated in federal prisons. +-25%
Pictures of top 10 most wanted in LA. Up until recent stories about crime in LA posted by the LA Times--the pictures included the nationality of the murderers. They were all foreign nationals and mostly Mexican.

Wanted for Murder in New York City.

Chicago wanted for Murder

Philadelphia wanted for murder

San Francisco wanted for Murder

New Orleans wanted for Murder

Pictures of suspects wanted for murder in Washington DC

FBI USA 10 most wanted. (two of 10 are Mexican nationals) Around 40% of the FBI's wanted for murder are Mexican Nationals

There are currently no exact numbers on the number of Americans killed by illegals. Part of the reason is that the government deliberately obscures the number. I talked on the phone with the head of statistics for the US Bureau of Prisons. He said his office wasn't allowed to publish the number of illegal alien murderers. Rather they were forced to put legal and non legal residents in the same category. He said further that most of illegals in the federal prisons were in for drug related charges. Most of the illegals in jail for murder were in the state prisons. I talked to ICE. They put out detailed numbers on illegal child molestors. However, they put out nothing on illegal murderers.

Part of the reason for the silence on the matter is that there is evidence to suggest that most Americans--but by no means all -- being killed by illegals are black--as is the suggestion in this LA Times Article. Also this article from the LA Times. And here. This makes intuitive sense. We see stories regularly of drug gang killings in Mexico but we don't see those same stories in the USA. The reason we don't see those stories is not because its not happening. Rather we don't see the stories about illegals killing blacks because that kind of story is terribly politically incorrect. The populations being displaced in downtown sanctuary cities especially are American blacks. That means that their criminal elements would be pushed aside by Mexican gangs as well. That's also the story that the wanted for murder posters in all the major cities seems to suggest.

Why isn't there an outcry in the black community? Beats me.

Nevertheless, the pattern of non reporting is starting to break. Discovery Channel has a series called Gangland that mentions ethnic cleasing of blacks by Mexican gangs

Reported Foreign Nationals on Death Row in the U.S.

To look at other USA cities go here http://stlouis.fbi.gov/ and replace stlouis with the city you want.

All that said the true number of criminal aliens is far higher than is revealed by criminal aliens in prisons. Most are simply waived through the courts.DHS Secretary Chertoff, has been quoted as warning that two million people in this country illegally have committed serious crimes. If you check the links you'll notice that its McCain who cites Chertoff. See also here and here Here is more info from Judicial Watch.

However the number of illegals on death row is far lower. Sadly, so many small towns and villages across America have sent their warriors off to war half way across the world only to see communities fill up with illegal aliens.

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