Posted on 02/21/2006 10:36:45 PM PST by shining_city
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 21, 2006 -- Despite being the former governor of a border state in the throes of an immigration crisis, President George W. Bush has been reluctant to address the issue of illegal immigration, preferring instead to maintain warm ties with Mexican President Vicente Fox. That may change later this year, though, in the wake of a forthcoming book that promises to make security along America's borders the most hotly debated subject going into this fall's elections -- and one that Republicans ignore at their own peril.
Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the Minuteman Project, and Jerome Corsi, Harvard Ph.D. and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry,” have teamed up to write a shocking account of the endless flow of drugs, terrorists, and economic refugees at America's borders -- and to expose the Mexican government's open complicity in this full-fledged crisis. The to-be-titled book will be published by World Ahead Publishing and available in bookstores nationwide this July.
The Minuteman Project is a volunteer-based organization that gained national prominence last year for organizing a citizen watch along the nation's southwestern border to report suspicious activity to authorities. While denounced by politicians in the nation's capital -- including President Bush -- over-worked Border Patrol agents privately praised the Minuteman Project volunteers for their efforts.
“Illegal immigration is bankrupting states along the border, but this is about more than economics -- we're placing our national security at risk,” says Gilchrist, who along with other Minuteman Project volunteers has come under fire while on patrol and carrying nothing more than binoculars and cell phones. “Drug lords and violent gangs like MS-13 are streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. Terrorists are also walking in unopposed; our southwestern border is littered with Arabic papers and Islamic prayer rugs.”
“Politicians who believe that illegal immigration can be ignored must realize that Mexicans and others are dying every day along our nation's borders,” adds Corsi, whose book “Unfit for Command” played a key role in convincing the American people to reject John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid. “These economic refugees are often abandoned and left to die by the human traffickers and Mexican soldiers who smuggle them across the border. It's nothing less than a tragedy.”
While the GOP has made America's security a winning issue in recent elections, Gilchrist and Corsi's forthcoming book promises to reframe border control in just those terms, as a matter of national security, and one that President Bush and the Republican leadership can no longer brush aside.
About World Ahead Publishing: Headquartered in Los Angeles, World Ahead is the West Coast's leading publisher of conservative books. Our titles include the #1 Barnes & Noble.com bestseller “Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!” by Katharine DeBrecht, the news-making “Global Deception: The UN's Stealth Assault on America's Freedom” by Joe Klein, and the forthcoming Hillary Clinton quote book “I've Always Been a Yankees Fan.” Visit http://www.worldahead.com to learn more.
Contact Information: To interview Jim Gilchrist or Jerome Corsi, contact Tim Bueler at (530) 401-3285.
Nice. That is enough to keep you up at night.
If this book helps further the national debate on illegal immigration -- and with Gilchrist and Corsi teamed up on it, it probably will -- then I for one am willing to bear whatever political consequences it has for the GOP. This issue is too important and something has to be done before these jihadists haul WMDs across the border.
The gentleman is a welcome figure to this fight.
Oh, so now the MSM will be taking him seriously, since he's taking on W?
This is a win-win situation. At worst it will open up the topic for discussion. At best, it will push Washington to act.
Interesting.
Maybe someone should tell them that Dubya cant run again.
'Islamic prayer rugs' in the desert BumP
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Please keep this under your hat! Keep'm stupid and guessing!
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No, but McCain Giulliani and Brownback are.
LOL, de Buillion. Yeah, the libs are insane (or at least moreso than usual) when it comes to Bush, but he should be doing a better job on this issue.
Giulliani, McCain, and Brownback are open-border shills.
I agree.
I believe that the Beast has already staked out a position to the right of GWB on the border issue- No specifics, of course!
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