Published by Foehammer 3 years, 10 months ago
in News, U.S. National Security and Immigration.
The President has finally decided to send troops to the border, but I’m hesitant to get all giddy quite yet. I wouldn’t be suprised if this wasn’t just a move to appease worries temporarily and then push the current bills through the Congress while the attention of the American people is diverted.
And, of course, el Presidente Fox can only whine. Never a worry about what’s best for the United States or Mexican and American relations. Oh, no. He’s worried that his drug exports might slow down or be impeded altogether for a few days.
If you live in Texas, hell even if you don’t live in Texas, I want you to get on the phone to your Senators and Representatives right now and grill them. From columnist Phyllis Schlafly comes the following very eye-opening article:
If you don’t have access to Texas newspapers or the internet, you may not have heard the sensational news about the enormous cache of weapons just seized in Laredo, Texas. U.S. authorities grabbed two completed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), materials for making 33 more, military-style grenades, 26 grenade triggers, large quantities of AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles, 1,280 rounds of ammunition, silencers, machine gun assembly kits, 300 primers, bullet-proof vests, police scanners, sniper scopes, narcotics, and cash.
For the longest time now, most of us who are realists have understood that the borders of the United States are inadequately protected. So, this report is not a surprise, but it is infuriating none-the-less.
From the Telegraph with thanks to Jihad Watch:
President Bush has launched a drive to halt illegal immigration across America’s porous southern border, amid growing fears that terrorists may be using Mexico as a base camp before heading to Arizona, Texas and California.
End the long overdue sweeps for aliens in the United States? Let’s hope not: the only people this should make nervous are criminals. Our borders need securing and the petty fears of a few people should not constitute a reason to endanger millions of American lives and to further burden our already war taxed economy.
FOX News has the following story:
LOS ANGELES - For years, border patrol agents in Southern California have done just that - patrol the U.S. border with Mexico and highway checkpoints, arresting illegal immigrants only near the border.
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