Posted on 02/02/2006 1:50:05 PM PST by FerdieMurphy
Two years ago, Border Patrol agents began to voice what many believed were legitimate concerns about "armed incursions" into the United States from Mexico-based assailants. Now these invasions occur routinely putting federal agents' and law enforcement officers' lives in jeopardy.
They reported that heavily armed Mexican army units and federal police, called federales, had infiltrated US territory and fired upon them, in some cases because –- federal agents would later discover –- Mexican drug lords had put prices on the heads of American law-enforcement agents strung out along the border. Where was the outrage by our political leaders and the mainstream media over this blatant violation of our national sovereignty?
Many of our political leaders and most in the news media ignore these violent attacks on our national sovereignty while more and more Americans are saying, "This has got to stop!"
While tens of millions of Americans watched and listened to President George Bush's much anticipated State of the Union speech, many were disappointed at the lack of emphasis on the biggest threat to national security today: unmitigated illegal immigration and porous US borders.
President Bush continues to maintain a contradictory and perilous position regarding illegal immigration, claiming his plan does not amount to amnesty. Standard American language usage contravenes the President’s specious explanation in that his plan clearly overlooks the offense of illegal aliens who entered this country in violation of law and would not seek prosecution; a full amnesty within contextual and explicit meaning.
The current position of the Administration on illegal immigration is demonstrative of a flawed public and enforcement policy which undermines national security by encouraging future mass illegal immigration. Additionally, the intention of the President sends contradictory signals to agencies tasked with securing our borders as well as police commanders across the nation.
In a recent Washington Times article in which the President attempted to justify his position on illegal immigration, the President stated the current immigration situation is a “bureaucratic nightmare” and the Border Patrol is “overstressed” due to “people [illegal immigrants] streaming across [the border].”
Further evidence of the Administration’s contradictory position on illegal immigration are statements made by political appointees charged with protecting the public. In September of 2004, in an effort to build support for the Administration’s Amnesty proposal, Asa Hutchinson, former Homeland Security Undersecretary, publicly stated it is “not realistic” to arrest or deport illegal aliens already in the country.
More recently, budget problems within the Department of Homeland Security further called into question the priorities of the Administration as agents are forced to release illegal aliens and curtail operations due to ongoing financial constraints. These circumstances all contribute to a “bureaucratic nightmare” and “overstressed” Border Patrol.
The position of the Administration on illegal immigration has had a profound and negative effect not only on law enforcement operations, but also border patrol agent morale. The impact on agent morale was measured in a survey conducted by independent Hart Research Associates during the summer of 2004.
The survey found a majority of agents were demoralized and were not getting the full support needed to protect the country, clearly indicating a conflict between the view of professional field agents and the Administration in regard to national domestic security. The Administration’s current immigration plans will exacerbate, not alleviate, that problem.
For those tuning in to hear President Bush address the problems faced as a result of rampant illegal immigration and Mexican military incursions, the speech was a major disappointment.
Duplicative thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570214/posts
I see. So YOUR solution is to "do nothing", so you've rendered your own posts to meaningless venom.
What is your point?
George Bush took an oath of office to faithfully execute the laws of the land. He is the chief EXECUTIVE. It is his constitutional duty to enforce the laws and he has no right to pick and choose those laws he wants to enforce and to ignore those he doesn't personally like. This is what our self-governing system is all about. It is the people's will as expressed through our representatives in legislation that is supposed to decide these matters.
By his ongoing failure to enforce the democratically enacted laws against illegal immigration President Bush has shown his contempt both for democratic self-governance and the American people. His arrogant refusal to perform his constitutional duty should be met with the one remedy provided by the Constitution to protect the people against the usurpation of their legislative authority -- impeachment. It is now well past time for Congress to assert the rights of the American people to self-governemnt
Good luck with that impeachment - you do realize that "illegal immigration" is not even in the top ten most important issues for most Americans, right?
Yes, I agree. This could be the GOP's Waterloo, if they follow the President down this path. And at the moment, it appears they are doing exactly that.
No, it isn't. Many Conservatives recognize that this is a complicated issue. Porous borders, guest workers, and illegals are different issues. None of which can be corrected with slogans as so many "conservatives" want.
Build it NOW! Build it BIG!!
Beer Makes You Drunk - details at 11
Where is the Congress in all this??? Congress is the government body that writes the legislation and allocates the dollars, and they are the ones that have sat on their hands throughout this illegal invasion.
I see. So YOUR solution is to "do nothing"
That's obviously not what he said. Minimal reading comprehension is all that's required here.
Yes or no: Is making no change to the current policy better than making a bad change?
Please, provide a single example of anyone on this thread, or anyone on this forum for that matter, who's opined that slogans will correct the problem.
Well said.
Good, so maybe you can answer the challenge I posed at #33. I'd wager that we won't be hearing much "speakinout" on it from the one I posed it to. These types are usually all bark and no bite.
What do you think the solution is? Don't tell me that building a fence is it, or that rounding up all illegals is. Both of those are nothing more than slogans.
And I see those posted so many times that I can't believe that you really want me to quote all of them. I'll quote a bunch if that will satisfy you, but I suspect it won't.
So you've redefined the word "slogan" to cover up for your lie. Smooth.
Bush Jr. amnesty betrayal schemes = much larger number of such migrants in the USA, de facto merger with Mexico = very much worse.
When the choice is between nothing and greater harm, nothing is a valid option, and unfortunately until weasel immigration leftists like Ted Kennedy and George Bush are no longer calling the shots, that's as good a choice as we're going to get.
This isn't complicated.
Failed President Bump.
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