The Silent Invasion

The United States faces an invasion of growing proportions, yet many Americans are unaware that the invasion is already underway. For decades, our border to the south has been as porous as a cheap napkin when it comes to keeping out illegal aliens. Despite the fact that we have an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), with laws in place to regulate foreign visitors and to prevent illegal entry to our country, our measures to do both are increasingly ineffective. Some might argue that many in America are even unwilling to attempt to regulate immigration.

According to INS statistics for the year 2000, immigration during the 1990s was surpassed only by that of the years 1901-1910. Immigration from Mexico comprises more than 1/5 of the total number of immigrants from around the world; indeed, the number of immigrants from Mexico is almost as big as the number two and three countries combined! As of 2000, an estimated 8,700,000 illegal immigrants were living in the United States. If that number was estimated at 8,700,000, what must the actual number be of a group which by its very nature seeks to remain uncounted and "below the radar" of the government? Guess what country 44% of those illegals came through? If you guessed Mexico, you deserve a Batman cookie! But what's even scarier is that there are an estimated 115,000 Middle Easterners in the United States illegally. And while not all Middle Easterners are terrorists, what group has committed most of the world's terrorist acts of the past few years? Let me give you a few hints:

Who hijacked an aircraft full of innocent passengers and attempted to crash it into who knows what before a group of heroes gave their lives to stop them in Pennsylvania?

Middle Easterners! Wow, that's a stunning coincidence, isn't it? If you think it is, you're probably a liberal, a Democrat, or likely both.

If there really are only 115,000 illegal Middle Easterners in the U.S., then there are only 115,000 possibilities that another terrorist act may be committed on American soil.

Do you like those odds? When it comes down to it, I don't think even most liberals beam with multicultural glee over those odds. But how many more are here that we don't know about? Gee, if I were a terrorist who wanted to get into the U.S. and blow up some innocent people, where would I try to penetrate the U.S.? Uh, maybe the southern border where about half of the illegal immigrants in America get through?

Arizona is estimated to have the 7th largest number of illegal immigrants, yet groups like Sanctuary Movement, Samaritan Patrol and Humane Borders go out of their way to assist lawbreaking invaders. I'd be far too kind if I said these groups were well meaning but misguided, so I won't waste your time and mine by pretending that. These groups help illegal immigrants by providing aid and comfort, including water stations placed in the desert for illegals. Some would argue that this not only aids illegals in the commission of a criminal offense, but actually encourages other potential invaders to do the same.

This seems to be the height of irresponsibility (being too kind again, here) to not only promote lawlessness, but to encourage illegals to risk their lives in clandestine border crossings. What should be happening is that people in those groups should be arrested and charged as accomplices to a crime if they're caught helping people enter the U.S. illegally.

So is that what the federal and state governments are doing? Don't bet on that one, either. They're turning a blind eye to these accomplice-groups with the same dedication they show toward doing nothing about illegal immigration. But there is a group of people along our southern border that has managed to raise the ire of government officials.

A number of citizens in Arizona are stepping up to the plate and volunteering to do what the governments of the U.S. are either unable or unwilling to do: guard America's southern frontier. With approximately 600 volunteers so far, the newly formed Civil Homeland Defense, led by Chris Simcox, claims to have already begun citizen patrols in Cochise County. According to Simcox, patrol members do not wear uniforms and do not use rifles, carrying only defensive sidearms.

Simcox says he and his group plan to carry out patrol operations for illegal invaders until federal troops or the National Guard are put in place to guard the border (neither the federal government nor the state of Arizona has indicated any inclination to do this).

It appears that some government officials in Arizona are working up a predictable conniption about "vigilantism," even as their apathy grows toward lawlessness, foreign invasion and a major national security breach.

I am not a proponent of vigilantism and would never support people taking the law into their own hands. However, I find it difficult to find fault in the people of Arizona for protecting themselves and their property when their government refuses to provide the protection they have paid for with their taxes--protection they deserve according to the U.S. Constitution (this in contrast to all the social garbage which our government funds without Constitutional authority).

If the only thing these citizens are doing is locating illegal invaders and turning them over to the Border Patrol, then I don't see a problem. Actually, it's rather sad that these people have to spend their own time and money (on top of their misspent tax dollars) to do a job that the government refuses to do. And to add insult to injury, there are many within the federal government (perhaps even our own Republican president?) who want to declare amnesty to those millions of illegal foreign invaders. Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this picture?!

Perhaps Mr. Simcox's group can bring attention to this issue and embarrass state and federal governments into accepting the responsibilities they have neglected for so long.

Despite the fact that the Left demonizes anyone who wants to bring the illegal immigration problem under control, I have newfound confidence that we may yet succeed in bringing law and order to our southern border. Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) recently caught a lot of heat from the Denver Post and others for his efforts to hold the INS accountable for deporting illegal aliens in Colorado. Yet Tancredo won reelection in November with a resounding 67% majority.

Former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm has also pointed out the costs of illegal immigration to Americans from depressed wages and a drain on resources, stating "There is no defense for letting millions become U.S. residents by crossing the borders without permission." Even Senator Trent Lott (R-MS), the U.S. Senate majority leader, recently stated he supports placing troops on the border to guard against illegal immigration and the drug trade.

Support in congress is also growing for a bill to pass along the costs associated with illegal immigration to the countries from which those illegals originate. I think this is an excellent move that should be supported, even if we have to recoup those costs by taking it out of the foreign aid we normally extend to every Tom, Dick and Harry around the world. And it should be applied without exception. I don't advocate hating Mexicans, Arabs, British or Mongolians; when it comes to protecting our borders, there are no colors and only two sides: Americans and everybody else.

We have a unique civilization here in the United States; one we cannot afford to dilute with barbarians as the Romans did in the face of invasion. Just like those Romans of nearly 2,000 years ago, we are at the pinnacle of civilization, affluence and achievement on earth; just like the barbarians, illegal immigrants want the trappings of our civilization without abiding by the system which generates those trappings. Everybody in the world wants a piece of the American pie--whether they hate us or not, they still want to share in our success--but all too often the goose that lays golden eggs gets killed when everybody feels entitled to a piece. Failure to protect our way of life will jeopardize not only the flavor and success of our country, but our very security and well being.

Bill O'Reilly of the O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel has been advocating the use of military troops to protect our southern border for some time. At first, I thought his opinion was too extreme. But when I got over the shock to my sense of normalcy, I realized it actually makes a lot of sense--no, it's really the only sensible thing to do. If we were at war and 8,700,000 foreigners invaded our borders, wouldn't we all be alarmed? Wouldn't we mobilize our armed forces to stop that invasion? Then why are we so afraid to do so when the only difference is that this invasion is a slow, silent one?

Our government pledged to guarantee secure borders when they undertook the job and created the INS. Since the government has proven incapable, and even demonstrates unwillingness to enforce the law, is is up to the citizens of America to demand the government relinquish it's authority over immigration. Citizen border patrols can be the answer.
I know some people have a problem with humanitarian issues, or the emotional side of "who wouuld deny any foreigner the chance to better themself with a chance to enter the USA. But to slap the faces of those who go through legal, proper channels and try to do right and become a citizen of the US, by providing comfort to criminals who thumb their noses at the law of the land is appalling. The liberals are afraid someones rights might be violated, or illegals might get hurt by citizen vigilante groups. Heaven forbid violating the rights of anyone who comes to America for any reason except the legal one.
But as a citizen of America, and a defender of The AMERICAN WAY, and THE AMERICAN DREAM, I feel my rights are being violated by these criminals who sneak into my country unchecked. I am fed up at being forced to spend my tax dollars to print ballots in foreign, un-American languages, and hire teachers in public schools to teach un-American languages to non Americans.
But foremost, as an American Citizen, my rights to live in a safe, secure country, to travel unhampered because some scumbag illegal terrorists are sneaking into my country to kill my family, and your family, and all of our friends because we don't "understand" Islam. Well my tolerance of Islamics is at the bottom, because they do EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of what they preach to us. And my friends, if we continue to allow these anti Americans to make themselves comfortable in our communities and cities, we will surely die, along with the American Dream.
Social engineering has allowed us to be forced into accepting people with diverse beliefs and cultures under the penalty of law, the dreaded "hate" crime. Do not be afraid to hate those who seek to destroy us. To give them comfort is the same as allowing them to systematically execute Americans. How would we like to die? In a plane crashing into a building? In a toxic gas attack? By radiation sickness? There is no comfort zone as long as we know there are enemies among us who could have been kept out. And they can still be removed with strong citizen actions which replace a politically correct, institutional failure called the INS.

Problem is, that overseas, there are no such thing as hate crimes that suppress peoples animosity towards the US. We are crippled in America because any boycott against Arabs, particularly Muslims, would draw the ire of our government and we would be placed in the same category as the KKK. Thus our credible resistance would be reduced because dissent is considered criminal. Those people are a minority, and also practice religous freedoms that trample on those same religous freedoms of American Citizens because they are protected by law moreso than true, taxpaying American Citizen.

Our government does not allow us to resist legally, and has a stacked deck against Americans who resist Islamic intimidation.

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