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Perry on Border Security
Office of Gov. of Texas ^ | Sept 2011 | Office of Gov. of Texas

Posted on 09/24/2011 7:43:22 AM PDT by Clairity

Governing Principle

There can be no homeland security without border security, and there can be no higher priority than protecting our citizens.

While our focus begins with preventing the worst of the violence currently raging in northern Mexico from spilling over into the United States, the violence is only part of the destruction that can result from a porous border. The free flow of drugs, weapons and people resulting from inadequate security can undercut economic development, education and trade. As such, they can hurt Texas families in every way imaginable, from loss of jobs to the loss of family members to addiction, imprisonment or death.

Border security is a federal responsibility but a Texas problem, and Texas has invested hundreds of millions of state dollars in efforts to support and supplement security forces already in place. Still, this is a problem that will only be solved with more federal accountability and involvement.

Highlights

-- Starting in 2005 with Operation Linebacker, the state has sought to provide funding, manpower and equipment to local law enforcement agencies operating along the Texas-Mexico border.

-- The state's latest operation, Border Star, builds on the successes of previous operations with unprecedented local, state and federal law enforcement coordination. With the assistance of the 80th and 81st Legislatures, the State of Texas has been able to appropriate more than $110 million each session to fund and amplify these efforts.

-- In response to a rising tide of gang violence in Texas communities, the Governor allocated $4 million in criminal justice grants to cities across the state to increase patrols of gang hotspots. In 2009, Gov. Perry worked to secure more than $10 million in state funding for enhanced anti-gang efforts during the 2010-11 biennium.

-- In September 2009, Gov. Perry announced the formation of highly-skilled Ranger Recon Teams — which include Texas Rangers, Texas National Guard Counterdrug forces, Highway Patrol and DPS Aviation assets — in order to address threats building in the unincorporated areas along the Texas-Mexico border.

-- Since early 2009, Gov. Perry has repeatedly called on Washington to authorize the deployment of 1,000 Title 32 National Guard soldiers to the Texas-Mexico border to support border security operations currently underway. (see letter to President Obama, letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and request to Defense Secretary Gates)

--Gov. Perry has also recommended an expeditious deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles to provide real-time surveillance and intelligence to law enforcement on the ground.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderfence; bordersecurity; illegalaliens; illegals; immigration; perry
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To: Clairity
So let’s try every expensive useless approach first, before doing something intelligent, such as guard the border with troops.

So a fence is "useless" and "will do nothing," but we haven't even tried it yet.

But troops along the border is the "intelligent" choice, yet we haven't tried that yet either.

41 posted on 09/24/2011 8:39:14 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: JNRoberts; Dengar01; EagleUSA; old curmudgeon; Condor51; stephenjohnbanker; South40; ...
JNRoberts posted: "I live in Texas. Perry’s an embarrassment......an arrogant jerk who thinks the rest of us are heartless if we don’t agree with giving tax dollars to Illegals.......rather than helping actual Americans."

By calling voters "heartless," Perry personally attacked, on national television, 81% of the American people. The inference was that only Perry was Truly Worthy (b/c he had sucked up to Mexico).

(Snort) How easy it is to have a "heart" when you are using other people's money (tax dollars that buy votes, campaign contributions and re/election).

Americans are sick and tired of vote-crazed pols extorting tax dollars to giveaway to select voting blocs that the pols desperately needs to get re/elected.

As one FReeper insightfully posted: "I just hate a politician with his heart in the right place."

42 posted on 09/24/2011 8:44:54 AM PDT by Liz (The rule of law must prevail. We canÂ’t govern ourselves by our personal point of view.)
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To: Clairity

The story of American jobs and labor is deeply intertwined with predatory Federal, state and local taxation and regulation....

South Koreans sleep soundly on their border with NORKS because of American Taxpayer dollars and the American GI.

Why can’t Texans, New Mexicans, Arizonans and Californians?....BECAUSE

Illegal immigration is THE KEY to the perpetuation of the status quo in DC......

Predatory tax and regulatory policies-actions that basically serve to perpetuate and grow governments-leave what business is left in the country seeking disposable labor.

Illegal Labor is the Feds out for preserving the status quo regarding Taxes and Regulation. Interestingly, that is WHY the Feds encourage in-state tuition etc for illegals under-the-table -their presence providing disposable labor allows Federal, State and local regulatory and tax excess in the status quo to continue

Immigration is the ultimate litmus test as to the candidates in question commitment to meaningful regulatory and tax reform. If they are wishy-washy on the subject...they have no real intent to disturb the DC status quo...no matter how big their cowboy hat and six-gun.

Real”leadership” is that which will place Flyover Country’s interest ahead of the Feds....haven’t yet seen anything meaningful anywhere from anybody to indicate that might happen. We have just one more election cycle to make that happen via rule of law. Otherwise its the end of the run for America.


43 posted on 09/24/2011 8:45:33 AM PDT by mo
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To: Outlaw Woman

Didn’t you ever say something without thinking that you wish you hadn’t?

Perry has been beaten up unmercifully, he is not an experienced debater and said something he shouldn’t have and probably regrets by now.

Let he/she who is perfect throw the first stone.

What we all need to do is put Perry on a scale vs Obama.

That is the bottom line.


44 posted on 09/24/2011 8:50:06 AM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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To: Iron Munro

Border security is a FEDERAL responsibility. To my knowledge Rick Perry is not president... yet.

He did more than most governors to secure the border, despite Federal inaction.


45 posted on 09/24/2011 8:51:53 AM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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To: Clairity

No reason to be sharp with me.

It is my understanding, and correct me if I’m wrong, that the candidates have the questions presented to them in advance. If that is the case, there is no reason not to be prepared or come off with assinine remarks/answers.

Perry damn well better hone up on his skills. His lashing out and making it a ‘we don’t have a heart’ issue is inexcusable. I’m willing to keep an open mind. But if I’m going to support someone, I expect that support back (as in supporting conservatives).


46 posted on 09/24/2011 8:56:24 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Attention: Marxists, Liberals & RINOS: We The People are coming for YOU)
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To: Clairity
Perry understand the border problem first hand.

BS#1: If Perry truly understood the border problem, he would not be rolling out the red carpet to illegal aliens. Rewarding illegals with the Dream Act only serves to incentivize and encourage more illegal immigration.

He wants to secure the border so that it actually WORKS, not put up a long unsupervised fence which will do nothing to actually stop illegal immigration.

BS#2 Fences do work--California's border fence works so well that it pushed a great deal of human traffic east into Arizona. While not a solution unto itself, the fence does impede and discourage illegal immigration, and is a FUNDAMENTAL part of any successful border security effort. Either you (and Perry) are a moron and don't comprehend that, or you are a liar and an open borders advocate.
47 posted on 09/24/2011 8:56:36 AM PDT by rottndog (Be Prepared for what's coming AFTER America....)
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To: Clairity
Slick Rick has turned down the measure which would stop illegal immigration better than anything else: eVerify. He doesn't like it because it works, and therefore the crony capitalist agribusiness types who fund his campaign are against it.

Even if there were no other evidence that he is an unrepentant Demonrat phony, Perry deserves to be disqualified on his immigration policies alone. He is nothing but a hack career politician who has sold out to La Raza and the Muslim lobby (CAIR).

48 posted on 09/24/2011 8:57:14 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: org.whodat

I will say this Rick Perry and the citizens of Texas have spent 400 million of their own tax dollars to secure the US border. Rick Perry has directed 400 million more dollars to secure the US/Mexico border than all the other candidates combined. Thanks for you appreciation of all our efforts and money.


49 posted on 09/24/2011 8:57:56 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: Outlaw Woman

“No reason to be sharp with me.”

I am sorry, I had no such intention, did not realize you will perceive it as such.

See — here is an example, totally unintentionally coming across as “sharp”, when the thought never crossed my mind.

I think Perry didn’t realize how it will come across either.

I certainly agree that Perry needs to work on his skills and off-the-cuff remarks. That requires that he practice and think about every possible jab he could get and a response.


50 posted on 09/24/2011 9:00:57 AM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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To: hellbender

Everify turns employers into enforcers. It is not the job of the employers to enforce the laws. Do you want to turn the US into a police state, “papers please”, to catch the illegals, instead of doing the sensible thing of sealing the border, stopping the flow.


51 posted on 09/24/2011 9:03:17 AM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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To: JNRoberts; thouworm
Perry's been described by some Texans as a kind of a Punxsutawney Phil. When it's time for election he's out there, saying and doing all the right things. After he's elected, he kind of disappears into his stump until it's time to wake up again.

When he does that disappearing act, big-hearted Rick gets down to the real business of governance----enriching himself.

Senor Ricardo released his "holdings" the other day, but he sure left OUT a LOT----like for instance, that one of his multi-million dollar "political committees" paid for family trips all over the world. And what about his wife's "holdings?" She also worked for Texas government----for a non-profit that received "grants" from her husband, the Governor's, office. Just a coincidence, I'm sure (/snix).

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So how many political/personal slush funds does Senor Ricky have? This is what we know to date----could be many many more.

<><> “Texans for Rick Perry” committee is a $102 million slush fund he uses at will. Some PAC mega-donors paid in $100,000 each in order to influence Perry's official actions. Gov Perry paid for posh family trips to the Bahamas, Amsterdam, Madrid out of campaign contributions from his “Texans for Rick Perry” committee.

<><> Perry's "Make Us Great Again PAC" raised millions to flood Iowa, and other early voting states, with ads promoting their boy.

<><> At the time he was saying he WAS NOT running for president last year, Ricky's Super-Pac raised $55 million for a presidential race---in $2500 max per person/ $5000 max per corporate PAC contributions. Perry organizers would not say what the Perry presidential groups has raised to date.

<><> Perry bragged at the Tea Party debate that he raised $33 million for reelection that year and that he was "offended" at the inference that he could be "bought" with Gardisil mfg Merck's $5000 campaign donation. Merck funneled $5,000 to Perry as down payment for the Gardisil EO, but eventually gave Perry $400,000, a move that sparked outrage across Texas and, now, the nation.

<><> The $295 million Texas Enterprise Fund doles out millions of tax dollars to Perry supporters who then kick-backed to his campaign coffers. TESF also gave $20 million to Countrywide Mtge---the crooks at the heart of the US financial meltdown---- Ricky said the $20 million was to (cough) "create jobs."

<><> Perry raised funds for the Republican Governors' Association, and, in turn, Perry's 2006 campaign received two $500,000 checks from the RGA that he did not disclose as election law requires.

<><> His wife Anita Perry's $60,000-a-year salary at the Austin "nonprofit" "Texas Association Against Sexual Assault" comes indirectly from Gov. Perry's political donors, state contractors and companies that do business with the state or have issues before the Legislature. Of 37 major donors during Anita Perry's tenure as fundraiser, ONLY three have NO ties to the governor or state business. Anita Perry is paid from the "nonprofit" money pool that includes political contributions. TAAS also receives grants from state agencies AND the governor's office. Donating to the TAASA seems to be another way Perry dreamed up for those with an interest in state government to influence Perry. State grants to the "non-profit" could be easily laundered especially w/ Mrs P at the helm.

<><> One report called “The Governor’s Gusher,” documents 100 wealthy donors who “have sought corporate welfare, relaxed regulatory rules or other government favors” in exchange for their political largess in Texas gubernatorial races. A disturbing number of these profiteers made a fortune off government handouts or by bending or breaking regulatory rules.

<><> The $200 million Texas Emergency Technology Fund was created at Perry's behest in 2005 to act as a kind of public-sector venture capital firm, largely to provide funding for tech start-ups in Texas. Since then, the fund has committed nearly $200 million tax dollars to fund 133 companies. Mr. Perry told a group of CEOs in May that the fund's "strategic investments are what's helping us keep groundbreaking innovations in the state." A select few including Perry enjoy ultimate decision-making power over the fund's investments. Dallas Morning News found that some $16 million from the tech fund went to firms in which major Perry contributors were either investors or officers, and $27 million from the fund went to companies founded or advised by six advisory board members. The tangle of interests surrounding the fund has raised eyebrows throughout the state, especially among conservatives who think the fund is a misplaced use of taxpayer dollars to start with.

<><> Perry also has a pot of "inaugural committee" monies (bet that comes in handy).

<><> A recent bill pushed through the Texas Legislature benefited Waste Control Specialists, a company owned by #2 donor to Perry, Harold Simmons. Just days after the bill was signed into law, Simmons wrote a $100,000 check to "Americans for Rick Perry, " another of Perry's presidential PACs.

<><> Another donor paid Perry nearly $8 million in campaign contributions and sought and received his own regulatory agency called "The Texas Residential Construction Commission" in 2003.

<><> The Perry-Cintra-Giuliani connection. Perry used eminent domain to grab land from Texans to give to foreign country. Perry sold off Texas infrastructure to the highest bidder----to Cintra a Spanish company that employed his former staffer Dan Shelley. Shelley worked as a ‘consultant’ for Cintra (in 2004), became Perry’s liaison to the legislature during the time that Cintra was awarded the development rights to the $7 billion dollar Trans Texas Corridor (in 2005), then went back to work as a lobbyist for Cintra (in 2006).

<><> A 50-year concession was granted the TTF by the Texas Transportation Commission (ordered by Perry?).

<><> Dallas law firm---Bracewell & Giuliani LLP---- advised Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a Spanish transportation company, in its successful bid to develop Texas State Highway 121 into a toll road through Collin and Denton counties. The award to Cintra, approved by the Texas Transportation Commission, is the first privatization of a Texas toll road.

<><> Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is acting as project counsel to Cintra with respect to the 50-year concession granted by the Texas Department of Transportation. Cintra will pay a $2.1 billion upfront and annual lease payments totaling $700 million. "Cintra was awarded this project because of its proven expertise and competitive proposal," said Thomas O. Moore, partner with Bracewell & Giuliani. "This is the largest transportation deal of 2007. This is one of only five deals in the country."

<><> Bighearted Perry apparently has a heartfelt hand in furthering the UN’s Agenda 21 policies; Agenda 21's stated goals are to abolish private property and restrict mobility.

<><> And so on and so forth, ad infinitum, ad nauseaum.

52 posted on 09/24/2011 9:05:25 AM PDT by Liz (The rule of law must prevail. We canÂ’t govern ourselves by our personal point of view.)
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To: pgkdan

Sir I think you have the ticket on your tag line.
Cain has class and would be nothing but an asset to a Perry presidency.


53 posted on 09/24/2011 9:08:23 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: Clairity

I got yer disincentive right here. You’ll have scant attempts to cross a complete, electrified, razor wire fence with smoking chunks of Mexicans dangling from the them who had previously failed.

That’s what THEY do on THEIR southern border.


54 posted on 09/24/2011 9:08:52 AM PDT by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: Dengar01

Because they don’t get a free ride. They pay what any resident pays who has been in Texas for 3 years,’graduated from a Texas high school with qualifying grades and working toward their citizenship.


55 posted on 09/24/2011 9:11:53 AM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: hellbender
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks at 2001 Border Summit---Wed, August 22, 2001

EXCERPT Thank you Senator Lucio. President Nevarez, Univ of Texas-Pan American is to be commended for its vision and leadership in hosting this unprecedented border summit.

My friends from Mexico, including Governor Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba of Tamaulipas, and Governor Fernando Canales Clariond of Nuevo Leon, it is an honor to be in your presence. I want to extend my gratitude to our Mexican neighbors for hosting me this July as I sought to learn one of the world’s great languages, Spanish.

Today we begin a new dialogue about our shared future, a future of promising potential if we work together to solve the challenges we both face. It is fitting that we convene this summit where the great, meandering river known as the Rio Grande – or the Rio Bravo – forms the long border between Texas and Mexico.

In years past, that famed body of water has been seen by many as a dividing point, If you were to walk along its banks and look to the other side, based on the stereotypes of the past, you would think you were seeing things a million miles away, instead of a stone’s throw away.

But I am here today to say that while we have honest differences, there is more that unites us than divides us. The Rio Grande does not separate two nations, it joins two peoples. Mexico and the United States have a shared history, and a common future. And it is along this border where we will either fail or succeed in addressing the education, health care and transportation needs of our two peoples.

Critical to our future is meeting our border infrastructure needs. We must get traffic moving along the border so that businesses along the border and thousands of miles away can deliver products on time, and continue to grow. Companies from Spokane, Washington to Concord, New Hampshire depend on Texas highways and Texas bridges to move their products south.

Seventy percent of all US-Mexico truck traffic goes to, or through, the Lone Star state. Fifteen of our twenty-seven border crossings with Mexico are located in Texas. Fifty-four percent of all U.S.-Mexico trade crosses just between Brownsville and Laredo. This year the Texas legislature appropriated approximately $1 billion more in transportation funding. But more can be done.

With Texas serving as the Gateway to Mexico, it is time that we receive congressional funding that reflects the instrumental role our state plays as a port of entry. With a Texan (GWB) in the White House, I believe there is no greater opportunity to end the funding discrimination that crippled Texas infrastructure under the previous administration. Good infrastructure is essential to the free flow of commerce.

It is a matter of economic fact that free trade lifts the tide for all the boats in the harbor. US trade with Mexico has increased by 500% since 1994. Exports and imports between Texas and Mexico now exceed $100 billion dollars annually. Thousands of jobs have been created for Texas and Mexican workers, confirming the indisputable fact that trade with Mexico is big business for Texas.

The fruits of NAFTA have just begun to ripen. At the same time, we must not allow the roots of the tree to become poisoned. The NAFTA agreement not only signaled a new era of economic possibility, but a new era of bi-national cooperation.

That is why it is wrong, and inherently detrimental to our relationship with Mexico for the US Congress to pursue a protectionist policy that forbids Mexican trucks from US roadways. It is bad public policy, and it violates the terms of the NAFTA agreement we agreed to. Mexican trucks that meet our safety standards should be given the same access to US roads as our Canadian neighbors to the north.

There are other challenges that require a unified approach, especially in the area of health care. A lack of preventative medicine means conditions that could have been eliminated through childhood immunizations show up in disturbing numbers later in life. Limited availability of medical specialists means conditions like heart disease and diabetes go untreated at alarming rates.

In Texas, we recently placed a strong emphasis on preventative care when we expanded access to Medicaid for more low-income children by making the Medicaid enrollment process simpler. We allocated an additional $4 billion to the Medicaid program, and more than $900 million to the Children’s Health Insurance Program. I urged legislators to pass a telemedicine pilot program that will enable, through technology, a sick border resident of limited financial means to receive care from a specialist hundreds of miles away. But the effort to combat disease and illness requires greater cooperative efforts between our two nations.

It is a simple truth that disease knows no boundaries. An outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis, for example, endangers citizens of both our nations. We have much to gain if we work together to expand preventative care, and treat maladies unique to this region.

Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That’s why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.

As a compassionate state, we know that for our children to succeed, they must not only be healthy, but educated. The future leaders of our two nations are learning their fractions and their ABC’s in classrooms all along this border. Immigrants from around the world are being taught in Texas classrooms, and our history is rich with examples of new citizens who have made great contributions. We must say to every Texas child learning in a Texas classroom, “we don’t care where you come from, but where you are going, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get there.” And that vision must include the children of undocumented workers.

That’s why Texas took the national lead in allowing such deserving young minds to attend a Texas college at a resident rate. Those young minds are a part of a new generation of leaders, the doors of higher education must be open to them. The message is simple: educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.

We also know that poverty is not unique to either side of the border. Some of Texas’ poorest citizens live in colonias all along the border. They often lack basic infrastructure many of us take for granted. Just today, the North American Development Bank announced it will provide $6.3 million in funding to hook up colonia residents in six border cities to water and wastewater lines.

More than 18,000 residents will benefit from these water or waste-water hookups. And this November, by approving Proposition 2, Texas voters can ensure that their neighbors in colonias have quality roads so that school buses, emergency vehicles and postal trucks can reach residents, and residents can get to a job or a school reliably.

President Fox’s vision for an open border is a vision I embrace, as long as we demonstrate the will to address the obstacles to it. An open border means poverty has given way to opportunity, and Mexico’s citizens do not feel compelled to cross the border to find that opportunity. It means we have addressed pollution concerns, made substantial progress in stopping the spread of disease, and rid our crossings of illicit drug smuggling activity. Clearly we have a long way to go in addressing those issues.

At the same time we must continue to deepen our economic ties, expanding opportunities for Mexican and U.S. companies to do business on both sides of the border. The outlook is promising, even if the road to prosperity is a long one.

We share a bond as neighbors, and we find our culture north of the Rio Grande to be increasingly defined by the strong traits of people of Hispanic descent. Texas has long enjoyed a unique identity, an identity forged by an independent spirit, and the convergence of many different peoples. We must welcome change in the 21st Century as we have in every century before it.

Today, as we look to the south, we see a rising sun. It is perched above a people whose best days are in front of them. Let us endeavor to make the most of this new day through a new dialogue. Let us work together to combat disease, expand trade and provide educational opportunities. If we do, there are no limits to what we can accomplish for the betterment of all of our citizens. Thank you, and God bless you.

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/

56 posted on 09/24/2011 9:12:38 AM PDT by Liz (The rule of law must prevail. We canÂ’t govern ourselves by our personal point of view.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

a multi-pronged approach ping

>>>cut off the welfare freebies, deport, erect a barrier, and deploy more manpower.


57 posted on 09/24/2011 9:17:15 AM PDT by Hop A Long Cassidy
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To: Liz

“An open border means poverty has given way to opportunity, and Mexico’s citizens do not feel compelled to cross the border to find that opportunity. It means we have addressed pollution concerns, made substantial progress in stopping the spread of disease, and rid our crossings of illicit drug smuggling activity. Clearly we have a long way to go in addressing those issues. “

Translation: we can have an “open border” IF and WHEN Mexicans will stop crossing it illegally — just like we have an “open border” with Canada and we don’t have to worry about Canadians coming to the US in droves.


58 posted on 09/24/2011 9:17:30 AM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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To: EagleUSA

Not that I was ever a fan of his, but I find it hard to believe now that any Conservative would still be a fan after his Compassionate-Conservative “you have no heart” crap the other night. What a loser. And we are losers if we continue to support this career politician.

Speaking of career politicians who recently made it to the top, such as the Bushes, Clinton and now “Father of Fast and Furious” Obama, does anyone anymore really trust that someone like Perry has not had his illegal immigrant and border policies directly influenced by drug money and related corruption? Argue it all day long if you like, but no other explanation even comes close to making sense.


59 posted on 09/24/2011 9:23:21 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: mo

Great post. Thanks.


60 posted on 09/24/2011 9:27:24 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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