Posted on 07/10/2007 5:35:23 AM PDT by TejanoJim
TORNILLO, Texas – Tony Rancich believes that "in life you succeed through relationships."
That's been the family's mantra for years "because no matter how smart you are, ... you always need cooperation from your neighbors," says Mr. Rancich as he walks through his family's 1,700-acre pecan ranch along the U.S.-Mexico border southeast of El Paso.
Walls and fences are not the answer, he says.
Just outside his property line, Louisiana native Bob Masling is on patrol in his old SUV – a .45 pistol on his hip and high-powered weapons in the back seat.
"We're being invaded by wetbacks, and it's up to us to stop the invasion. We can't wait for Congress, much less our president, to take action," Mr. Masling said.
He's also worried about drug traffickers and possible al-Qaeda terrorists streaming into the United States. If they're not here yet, they will be soon, assures Mr. Masling, a founder of the Texas Border Regulators, a group organized to protect the border.
To get his message across, Mr. Masling has posted half a dozen signs in Spanish and Arabic warning unwelcome visitors to stay out.
"This is West Texas; it isn't France and here we don't own any white flags," says Mr. Masling.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Did you hear that Mr. President? They want action and you proposed amnesty. And the border is still Wide Open.
I wonder who’s picking the pecans on his 1,700 acre ranch?
I caught that too. Probably his “good neighbors” to the south.
The guy with the pecan ranch doesn’t want the fence.
That’s what I’m saying. He doesn’t want the fence. He just wants the cheapest farmhands he can get.
Amen! Too many in authority positions want to wave a white flag, regardless of what "we, the people" want.
Yes, Texans might be split on the “open border” issue.
Those who want to profit from the cheap labor want it; to heck with what it is doing to the rest of us.
And then you have the rest of us — who don’t exploit the illegals. We are the ones who are exploited because we (the rest of us) have to pay for higher insurance and tax rates — to accommodate the services for the illegals.
Yeah, Texans are split.
They, like the congresscritters, live in their own little bubble and don't see what is happening in the rest of the country or have to deal with the results of their folly
Walls and fences are why your neighbors are not squatting in your living room.
Worst. Argument. Ever.
The Cajun guy was probably already run out of “Nuevo Orleans” by the post-Katrina influx of illegals.....
“you always need cooperation from your neighbors,”
What does that have to do with enforcing immigration laws ???
Editorial cartoon in this morning’s paper showed a drummer, fife player, and one carrying a flag—depicting, of course, the pride of our 4th of July celebration. But alas, the flag bearer was carrying a flag of Mexico.
Congress and the President should be ashamed.
While there are significant differences, there are also parallels to the situation before our Civil War. There were two aspects to that struggle:
Slavery:
Most folks in the South didn't own slaves. They probably didn't care, or if they did, they may have figured that slave labor was working against them. But the small number of rich land owners liked having slaves. Cheap labor helped them, so they wanted slavery laws intact. I suspect the South was at least somewhat divided on this issue.
States rights:
Just about everybody in the South wanted local control of their situation. Federal meddling was bad, and both rich and poor wanted it to end. My opinion, this is why we had the war. The slavery was a lesser issue.
Now, back to illegal immigration:
Yeah, I don't like what the immigrants are doing to the country. But a bigger issue for me is the Federal government's attitude that they can't enforce laws. Now, anytime I step out of line, I'm pretty sure they'd enforce whatever law I transgressed. But on a big issue like immigration, the government's attitude toward laws is off-base and it's really tearing this country apart. We have judges making up whatever dang law they want, legislatures sticking their nose in everybody's business, and an executive branch saying "We can't enforce our laws".
Politically, legally, judicially, this country is in a hell of a mess.
The ones who don’t want the fence, can move south of it.
Oh, wait, I forgot, the government of Mexico would probably shoot them.
Some who call themselves “Texans” but are Texas in name only, may be for open borders. No Texan who is a Texas in deed and truth is. The division this article speaks of is that between Texans who love this country and people who live in Texas who love themselves more.
AMEN!!!
But a bigger issue for me is the Federal government's attitude that they can't enforce laws. Now, anytime I step out of line, I'm pretty sure they'd enforce whatever law I transgressed. But on a big issue like immigration, the government's attitude toward laws is off-base and it's really tearing this country apart. We have judges making up whatever dang law they want, legislatures sticking their nose in everybody's business, and an executive branch saying "We can't enforce our laws". Politically, legally, judicially, this country is in a hell of a mess.
That's because our government officials (elected and unelected) are lying to us about inability to enforce. There is a world of difference between can't and won't.
Our police forces have shifted focus from being peace officers (keep the peace) to law enforcement (revenue collection for the community). The Sheriff of Nottingham lives.
Filling up our jails is a "lose lose" situation for the government (federal, state, county). They have to pay for the imprisonment of the convict and they don't ge to collect fines for the budget.
A repeat drunk driver or rapist or thief may pose a threat to society but if it is going to result in deporting him, well that is money that is going to be spent packing him up and sending him out with no return on that "investment" (even a prisoner is good for some money from other agencies, just like a full school keeps that system solvent). And deportation doesn't mean that the illegal alien won't cross the border again. So we wind up with a "don't ask don't tell" policy whereby the citizens are proscuted but the foreign class is not (too much headache).
Our government has failed us.
well said
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