Posted on 09/25/2005 11:36:22 AM PDT by occutegirl
ARIVACA, Ariz. – Empty water jugs and scraps of clothing are as common as saguaro and mesquite in this part of the Sonoran Desert, 12 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
There are places along the Mexico border in Arizona where the desert floor is hidden by discarded backpacks, shoes and other refuse left behind by people crossing the border.
These are the signs of illegal immigration, found in heaps at camps, along well-worn paths that run through the dry desert creek beds and ever closer to Tucson, 50 miles northeast.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Where does the Sierra Club stand on the effects of illegal immigration?
Where are the tree-huggers when you need them?
We have only ourselves, our soft spines, our jellied knees, to blame for this situation. We have only ourselves to blame for not respecting the concept of "legal" or the concept of "illegal." We ourselves have looked the other way while all sense of order has been lost and our country is no longer a country, but rather a depository, a great meeting place for all who have decided that lawless greed (in the name of "need") takes priority over order and decency. We ourselves have not made this unacceptable.
So when are the Earth-Watch types going to get out there and pick up all the trash strewn about the landscape?
They would not stand for this kind of littering in a schoolyard. What makes it more acceptable on the fragile landscape of the Sonora Desert?
Hugging illegals, where else?
Since when is a little bit of blatant hypocrisy going to get in the way of the wacko left?
Let's put the blame where it is DUE!
The illegal Mexicans are just taking advantage of Washington, and Washington is just taking advantage of us...the complacent, lazy, ignorant U.S. citizen.
Until the citizenry stands up and says NO MORE, will Washington EVER do its job for the people, instead of for the BIG BUSINESS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS that are driving illegal immigration...
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/12689942.htm
"Sierra Club under fire in immigration debate"
Bingo!
Thanks to our political class we are rapidly descending into Third World Status!
Where do they stand? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Gee how long has this been said and no one cared to listen?
They leave behind tons of trash and I bet just as much poop and pee. I have said it before and I'll say it again. People can be poor but they don't have to be stupid.
What the hell is Vincente Fox doing to put in sewage systems, water systems and wells for these people? Is there any kind of jobs in Mexico???
They leave behind tons of trash and I bet just as much poop and pee. I have said it before and I'll say it again. People can be poor but they don't have to be stupid.
What the hell is Vincente Fox doing to put in sewage systems, water systems and wells for these people? Is there any kind of jobs in Mexico???
It appears to get worse in the cities. In heavily populated communities with Mexicans there are parks and streets polluted with fast foods trash and liquor bottles.
It's sad after many years of hearing the slogans about not polluting and keeping our environment clean. To only see the results of people who don't care about their community.
I realize it's probably a small number that give the larger community a black eye.
No, not really. There's a lot of littering going on in Mexico.
Diversity Is Strength. It's Also…Litter
Here in Mexico, people toss out litter with reckless abandon. You can see it everywhere—on vacant lots, roadsides, even in irrigation channels. SEMARNAT (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), the Mexican equivalent of the EPA, reported in 2001 that only 53% of the trash in Mexico winds up in officially-designated landfills and dump sites. The remaining 47% is tossed outside "in valleys, roads, vacant lots, bodies of water and 'clandestine dumpsites'".
President Bush is the head of the executive branch. Therefore he alone is responsible for enforcing the existing immigration laws AND defending the integrity of every state's borders from invasion.
This is plainly an invasion.
Mr. President, you swore a public oath to uphold the law. We have seen how quickly you can mobilize to protect entire multi-state sections of the US border when they are threatened by massive hurricanes.
Let's see you enforce the immigration laws and secure the American border in the southwestern states. Should be a piece of cake compared with a hurricane. No excuse is going to work here.
Hey Bushbots, how can you justify the President's conspicuous failure to enforce the immigration law, all for the sake of the latino vote that he no longer needs, and was never going to get in the first place? Or, all for the sake of the approval of the Press, which he is never, ever, going to get? Or for the praise of the crybaby minorities, which he and the GOP are also never going to get. Let's get real here.
If the Congress, as a body, wants to modify existing immigration laws, well, then, let someone introduce a bill allowing more Mexicans (or whatevers) to immigrate. Pass a bill to let them all immigrate, if that is what the American people want. Really, if that is the will of the American people and their elected legislators, then, so be it.
But in the meantime, Mr. President, show a little integrity and enforce the existing law. Stop the Clintonoid fawning, approval seeking, and posturing. We've seen quite enough of it. Do your job, the one you swore you would do, and quit pandering to people who can't and won't do you any good anyway.
Flame suit on, zot sunglasses on.
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