The Crisis on the Border

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 11, 2014 | Peggy Noonan

[demshateGod]

What is happening at the southern border is a true and actual crisis. News accounts justly use words like chaos, collapse and breakdown. They feature images of children—toddlers, 4- and 5-year-olds—being shuffled to warehouse holding centers, sleeping crowded at night on what look like pallets, covered only in Mylar blankets. "I never thought we'd have refugee camps in America," said Texas Sen. John Cornyn, "but that's what it's appearing."

All this gives normal people a feeling of besiegement and foreboding. Is a nation without borders a nation? Washington's leaders seem to recognize what's happening as a political problem, not a real problem. That is, they betray no honest alarm. They just sort of stand in clusters and say things.

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Little children looking lost—no one's taking care of them. Older ones settling in the garage, or working a window to the cellar. You call the cops. At first they don't come. Then they come and shout through a bull horn and take some of the kids and put them in a shelter a few blocks away. But more kids keep coming! You call your alderman and he says there's nothing he can do. Then he says wait, we're going to pass a bill and get more money to handle the crisis. You ask, "Does that mean the kids will go home?" He says no, but it may make things feel more orderly. You call the local TV station and they come do a report on your stoop and then they're gone, because really, what can they do, and after a few days it's getting to be an old story.

No one's in charge! No one is taking responsibility. No one who wants to help has authority, and no one with authority is helping.

[OneWingedShark]

Fedgov is conducting an invasion of the States.

This needs to be said, big and bold.

[anoldafvet]

Why are we still giving aid to the Central American governments and Mexico when they are complicit in this outrage?

[OneWingedShark]

Two words rick perry

Rick Perry is a ball-less, cowardly, sniveling little dung-beetle.
He refuses to exercise what authority he lawfully has, deferring to federal overlords.

[OneWingedShark]

Why are we still giving aid to the Central American governments and Mexico when they are complicit in this outrage?

Because our federal government is also complicit in this.

[Graewoulf]

The Pied Pier led the rats away,
Hussein O. leads the IOWs here to stay!

The IOWs are the ILLEGAL OBAMA WETBACKS,
And Hussein O. is supported by Demo-rats,
And “Blank-Check” Boehner, of course.

[stanne]

Zackly

Metaphor for this whole six years. We’ll see if things change soon.

Now we’ve got Greta van S last night on the Marine in Mexico.

She gives Hillary a segment on what she would do.

OK?

It’s not enough that Greta and Brett Baier slobbered all over her and weeks after, now they’re giving her air time on current matters.

The beast has not even announced a candidacy, they’re asking her what to do about crises.

Giving her unopposed air time.

Fox

[Liz]

Why are we still giving aid to the Central American governments and Mexico when they are complicit in this outrage?

Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

Here's what the connivers do with the foreign aid---- Former Guatemala Prez used US banks to launder millions (swindler was elected to "redistribute" the nation's wealth)

NY POST news report 5/28/13--An ex-president of Guatemala faced charges in NY that he used US banks to launder millions looted from his impoverished nation. Alfonso Portillo took office in 2000 pledging to redistribute Guatemala’s wealth.

Portillo, 61, allegedly ran scams to drain the impoverished country's coffers. The feds say Portillo embezzled about $2.5M provided by the Taiwanese embassy....$1.5 million was earmarked for “Libraries for Peace”....books for school kids.

Portillo personally endorsed three, $500,000 checks issued against an account at the Intl Bank of China in Manhattan, then deposited the cash in the Miami bank account of a Guatemalan bank controlled by “a close associate and political supporter” .....the money was funneled to bank accounts in Paris in the names of Portillo’s ex-wife and daughter.

Portillo swindled nearly $4M defense funds ...and plundered the national bank run by his alleged co-conspirator through overdrafts financed by public reserves -- stolen money paid for expensive watches and cars, for himself and his associates, according to the indictment.

[DaxtonBrown]

Remember, the Wall street Journal has been at the forefront of open borders for a long time. They can rot in hell.

[Texas resident]

The WSJ and other open border types have not yet been affected by the invaders.