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When Eisenhower Was President . . .

Sunday, 9. July 2006, 07:12:48

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CSM 07/06/06
by John Dillin
George Bush isn't the first Republican president to face a full-blown immigration crisis on the US-Mexican border. Ike's solution was simple and effective: 1.seal the border and 2.send them home.


Fifty-three years ago, when newly elected Dwight Eisenhower moved into the White House, America's southern frontier was as porous as a spaghetti sieve. As many as 3 million illegal migrants had walked and waded northward over a period of several years for jobs in California, Arizona, Texas, and points beyond.

President Eisenhower cut off this illegal traffic. He did it quickly and decisively with only 1,075
United States Border Patrol agents - less than one-tenth of today's force. The operation is still
highly praised among veterans of the Border Patrol.

In 1954, Ike appointed retired Gen. Joseph "Jumpin' Joe" Swing, a former West Point classmate and veteran of the 101st Airborne, as the new INS commissioner.

Influential politicians, including Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) of Texas and Sen. Pat McCarran (D) of Nevada, favored open borders, and were dead set against strong border enforcement, Brownell said.


But General Swing's close connections to the president shielded him - and the Border Patrol - from meddling by powerful political and corporate interests.

One of Swing's first decisive acts was to transfer certain entrenched immigration officials out of the border area to other regions of the country where their political connections with people such as Senator Johnson would have no effect.

Then on June 17, 1954, what was called Operation Wetback began.

Because political resistance was lower in California and Arizona, the roundup of aliens began there. Some 750 agents swept northward through agricultural areas with a goal of 1,000 apprehensions a day. By the end of July, over 50,000 aliens were caught in the two states. Another 488,000, fearing arrest, had fled the country.

By mid-July, the crackdown extended northward into Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, and eastward to Texas. By September, 80,000 had been taken into custody in Texas, and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 illegals had left the Lone Star State voluntarily.

Unlike today, Mexicans caught in the roundup were not simply released at the border, where they could easily reenter the US. To discourage their return, Swing arranged for buses and trains to take many aliens deep within Mexico before being set free.

Tens of thousands more were put aboard two hired ships, the Emancipation and the Mercurio. The ships ferried the aliens from Port Isabel, Texas, to Vera Cruz, Mexico, more than 500 miles south. The sea voyage was "a rough trip, and they did not like it," says Don Coppock, who worked his way up from Border Patrolman in 1941 to eventually head the Border Patrol from 1960 to 1973.

There are now said to be 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens in the US. Of the Mexicans who live here, an estimated 85 percent are here illegally.

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Stealth Amnesty?

Friday, 16. June 2006, 06:47:14

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World Net Daily 06/13/06
by Pat Buchanan

Addressing a gathering of Hispanics last week, President Bush declared: "There are those here in Washington who say, 'Why don't we just find the folks and send them home.' That ain't gonna work."

Well, deportation certainly "ain't gonna work" if the chief law-enforcement officer of the United States refuses to enforce the law, as Bush has refused for five years.

But as is his custom, President Bush is attacking a straw man. Few in this debate call for creation of a national police to begin Palmer Raid roundups of nannies. The agreed-upon strategy for dealing with this crisis of Bush's creation is, in a word, attrition.

The Solution
The crucial steps are these. Build a fence along the 2,000-mile border to stop the flood. End welfare benefits to illegal aliens, except emergency medical treatment. Vigorously prosecute employers who hire illegals. Cease granting automatic citizenship to "anchor babies" of illegals who sneak across the border to have them. Take care of mother and child; then put them on a bus back home.

Turn off the magnets, and the illegals will not come. Cut off the benefits, and they will not stay. In five years, the crisis will be over.

The Good News
As this is what America wants, the Bush-Kennedy bill that came out of the Senate – providing amnesty to almost all the 12 million to 20 million illegals here and a blanket pardon for the scofflaw businesses that have hired them – is dead. It simply cannot pass the House.

The report by Heritage Foundation expert Robert Rector, who estimated the Senate bill could mean 66 million more immigrants in the next 20 years, delivered the coup de grace.

But because the Senate bill cannot pass the House does not mean Bush, the ethnic lobbies and corporate America have given up.

The Bad News
Which brings us to the Pence plan, named for the conservative congressman from Indiana who heads the House Republican Conference and was the 2005 Man of the Year to the conservative Human Events weekly.

In "The Godfather," Don Corleone warns his son Michael that, after he dies, someone inside the family will come to Michael with an offer of peace from the Barzinis, who murdered Michael's brother. Whoever brings you the offer, Don Corleone warns his son, will have betrayed you. Tessio, lifetime friend and high-ranking captain of the Corleones, comes to Michael with Barzini's offer.
A mistake.

Rep. Mike Pence appears to have accepted the Tessio role in the great immigration battle of 2006.

As Bush backs away from the Senate bill ("we don't have to choose between the extremes – there's a rational middle ground"), Pence uses identical rhetoric to describe his plan, now being hailed by Newt Gingrich, Gary Bauer, David Keene of the American Conservative Union and The American Spectator. It looks like the fix is in.

Pence calls his plan a "middle ground" proposal, a "no amnesty immigration reform" in which "securing our border is the first step."

This is fraudulent. At the heart of the Pence plan is amnesty. Illegal aliens here return to Mexico for one week with an assurance they can come back to their jobs. Down there, they visit "Ellis Island Centers" to register as "guest workers" and return with "work permits." The illegal are made legal and put on a path to citizenship.

The only difference between the Pence plan and the Kennedy-Bush amnesty is the one-week vacation employers would happily fund, as it means blanket amnesty for them as well as their illegal hires.

What makes the Pence plan insidious is that Mike Pence has an unimpeachable pedigree. What makes his plan a grave problem is that even Rep. James Sensenbrenner, the Horatius at the Bridge in this battle, is speaking favorably of it.

Why
Why is Pence proposing capitulation at the moment Americans are looking to the Republican House as their last, best hope to kill the Senate amnesty, end the "guest-worker" scam and get control of America's borders before we lose our country?

Answer: The forces in Washington pushing for an amnesty deal, by whatever name, are immense – the White House, the ethnic lobbies, the Big Media, mainstream churches, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the "conservative" front groups and foundations they finance, and corporate contributors to congressmen who fear law enforcement. Then there is a Democratic Party that voted 10-to-one in the Senate for amnesty, as it looks to legalized aliens as future voters to bury the conservative cause forever in this city.

Anyone who thinks the establishment has given up because it has lost the country does not know it. Behind closed doors, deals are even now being discussed for a "compromise" bill that will give GOP congressmen cover for selling out the cause for which they bravely voted in December. - :worried:

If the House buys the Pence plan, it will be the end of Republican control of the House in November and the end of Mike Pence as a rising star of the GOP. But that will not matter.
For the consequences for the country will be irremediable and infinitely worse. - :worried:

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U.S. - Mexico Border = WAR ZONE

Wednesday, 3. May 2006, 21:00:20

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Andy Ramirez is chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol, a non-profit organization. With his many contacts in the Border Patrol, Mr. Ramirez breaks important stories that have been neglected or covered up by politicians and the media. In an interview with New American magazine he describes the perilous situation along the U.S.-Mexico border. The following information is derived from a transcript of that interview.

Over the past 10 years, the Border Patrol has reported more than 235 incursions by Mexican military and police units into the U.S., including incidents where U.S. civilians, Border Patrol agents, and other law enforcement officers came under fire from the uniformed Mexicans.

What does the Bush administration do? It covers it up and takes Mexico's side in these cases, accepting the Mexican government's ludicrous claims that these are aberrations or innocent mistakes or that they are "rogue" operations — and that the Mexican government is "investigating" the incidents.

In January, members of Congress were demanding to know what was being done about these continuing incursions. So Michael Chertoff [Homeland Security] tries to defuse the concerns by saying stories about these military and police incursions are "overblown" and nothing to worry about. Only days before Chertoff made that remark, on January 23, another major incident occurred that was caught on video, and millions of Americans have seen it.

Hudspeth County [Texas] sheriff's deputies and Texas state troopers ran into a convoy of Mexican vehicles transporting drugs on the U.S. side of the border. Our law enforcement officers chased them back to the border where they were met by heavily armed Mexican military units in Humvees, with machine guns, who escorted the drug smugglers back into Mexico. Again, our government covers up Mexico's involvement and plays down the incident.

On March 21st, Border Patrol Chief DAVID AGUILAR was interviewed on KFOX-TV out of El Paso. He said "there were no Mexican military units involved" in the January 23 incident in Hudspeth County. So he was openly contradicting what all the deputies and officers on the scene actually saw.

Three days after Aguilar's appearance on KFOX, I was at the Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition meeting when Deputy Border Patrol Chief LUIS BARKER was questioned by Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth County. Barker tried to deny that his boss [Aguilar] had said there were no Mexican military involved in the incident.

He tried to tell us that Aguilar had been quoted out of context. Well, that wasn't going to work because we all saw the "context." He couldn't tell us that Aguilar didn't say it because we saw and heard him say it.

It was a gross insult to the law enforcement officers who were involved and who were there on the line looking down the barrels of the Mexican military, because there were no Border Patrol agents there guarding the border!

Aguilar and the White House are responsible for leaving that border vulnerable. Then when the sheriffs do the job that the Border Patrol is supposed to be doing, the administration tries to discredit them and make it sound like they're exaggerating the danger. So, when Barker came up and tried to cover up his boss's statement, the sheriffs were really steamed. They've had it with the steady stream of lies coming out of Washington.

They want to cooperate with the federal agencies, and they sympathize with the Border Patrol agents who are on the line, but they've had it with the political toadies like Aguilar and Barker who are betraying their agents on the line and the local law enforcement agencies that are trying to keep our borders from sliding into total chaos.

People may sometimes think it sounds odd for me, as head of an organization called Friends of the Border Patrol, to be speaking so harshly about the Border Patrol. But my criticism is for the top Border Patrol brass, the political appointees, who are selling out the incredibly heroic and dedicated Border Patrol agents.

It's one thing to lie to the public, which we know is taking place, but I witnessed Barker telling them that the incursion and another recent incident, involving a Mexican customs agent in uniform marking smuggling trails with a GPS tracker, didn't happen though Hudspeth sheriffs made the collar [arrest] themselves.

How do you lie or attempt to distort facts to Congress and fellow law enforcement officers? Someone is ordering them to do so, and that is impeachable.

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What Is a "Military Incursion Card" ?

Wednesday, 3. May 2006, 08:48:09

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Andy Ramirez is chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol, a non-profit organization. With his many contacts in the Border Patrol, Mr. Ramirez breaks important stories that have been neglected or covered up by politicians and the media. In an interview with New American magazine he describes the perilous situation along the U.S.-Mexico border. The following information is derived from a transcript of that interview.
Military Incursion Card

The violations of our border by Mexican military units have become so common that the Department of Homeland Security produced a set of guidelines, the "Military Incursion Card," for Border Patrol agents to carry.

The card explains that "Mexican military are trained to escape, evade, and counter-ambush if it will effect their escape." But get this, the card actually tells agents to hide from Mexican military that may be operating and to "avoid" all confrontation with them.

It's incredible! The very purpose of the Border Patrol is to officially confront those who come across our borders, to protect U.S. citizens from being confronted by these law-breakers. This is an admission by the government that it is abandoning the borders and the people who live in the border areas. Of course, they have kept this all hushed up.

On March 23rd, I provided sheriffs with a copy of the Military Incursion Card. The sheriffs were floored by the incursion card since it countered previous Border Patrol officials' statements about incursions. For the sheriffs, this was the first acknowledgement by the Border Patrol of military incursions of any kind.

Now, this card is quite an amazing document and it puts the lie to all the administration's talk about wonderful cooperation with Mexico's government, which is contradicted by every Border Patrol line agent I have spoken with.

One thing repeatedly said to me by the sheriffs, some of whom walked out of the meeting with Border Patrol command, was how they just couldn't sit there and be lied to anymore. Members of Congress indicate disgusted listeners often walk out of their meetings and hearings too.

And when I say the sheriffs are completely fed up with the feds, I mean there are some who have actually told me they think its going to come down to open confrontation, where they will feel compelled to arrest Border Patrol and Customs officials who are interfering with their duties to protect their citizens.

They don't want to do this — and it certainly would not be pretty — but that's where this will lead, if we, the American people, do not come to the aid of the Border Patrol, and local law enforcement and force the politicians to give them the resources they need to protect our country.

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In the Line of Duty --- William L. Seuis

Monday, 1. May 2006, 22:45:12

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Officer William "Will" Seuis, 39, of the Oakland Police Department, was killed on July 24, 2004. Carlos Morales Mares, 38, has been charged with one count of felony hit-and-run. CA DMV records show Mares has a history of traffic violations. District Attorney Tom Rogers said Mares has a social security number and a driver's license, but there are questions about his citizenship status, and there is an immigration hold on him. Mares is from Mexico.

In the Line of Duty --- Marc Atkinson

Monday, 1. May 2006, 22:36:21

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Officer Marc Atkinson, 28, of the Phoenix Police Department, was murdered on March 28, 1999. Officer Atkinson was working on a drug suppression detail, surveilling a white Lincoln Continental, when his partners got called away on another detail. Shortly thereafter, three men emerged from the location and entered the vehicle. Officer Atkinson began tailing the vehicle, but temporarily lost visual contact. As he turned north in search of the vehicle, 17-year-old Felipe Petrona-Cabana emerged from the vehicle's driver's side, and began firing his .357 caliber revolver. Atkinson was struck twice in the head, and died the next day. All three suspects are illegal aliens from Mexico.

A Day Without Illegal Aliens

Saturday, 29. April 2006, 10:33:10

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On May 1, illegal alien workers intend to punish the American people, and intimidate Congress into passing a “guest worker” amnesty, by marching in the streets, boycotting American stores, and shutting down the corrupt businesses that have illegally employed them.

If you have ever wondered which local businesses hire illegal aliens and which ones hire legal residents and play by the rules, then on Monday, May 1, you will finally know.

Those businesses still functioning on May 1, dubbed “A Day Without Illegal Aliens” by the scheme’s organizers, will be the honest ones. They’ll be the ones who hire only legal immigrants and American citizens, obey our labor laws, collect their employee’s taxes, and pay their workers a fair legal wage.

The ones without employees will be the crooks, the corrupt schemers that have fueled the chaos on our insecure borders by providing no-questions-asked jobs to anyone willing to sneak into our country, work off the books and in the shadows, and accept substandard pay and conditions that no American could be legally made to tolerate.

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More Woes of Immigration

Thursday, 27. April 2006, 09:32:15

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About 80,000 people have taken part in a silent march in Brussels. The marchers had gathered to protest the recent murder of a local teenager.

Two weeks ago Joe Van Holsbeeck, 17, was stabbed five times in the chest after he refused to give thieves his digital music player. Many marchers laid flowers at the scene of the crime in tribute to the young victim.

Although the incident was recorded on a security camera, the murderers have yet to be identified and remain at large. The murder, which occurred during rush hour at busy Central Station, has shocked all of Belgium.

The murdered boy's parents held hands as they walked at the heart of the procession. They had requested a silent march without banners or signs of political affiliation.

In Brussels, which has a sizable immigrant population, fears of racial tension have been high since the murder. Images recorded by the security camera indicate that the killers are probably of north African origin, but the victim's mother appealed for calm.

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Angry In Alabama

Sunday, 23. April 2006, 16:24:09

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Hundreds of angry demonstrators raised flags, signs and their voices last week in Cullman, Alabama to protest amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Law enforcement officers estimated the size of the gathering to be between 300 and 500 participants. They cheered and shouted at passing drivers to honk their horns, “if they were angry about illegals.”
“We’re here to protest illegal Mexicans in the U.S., living on our tax dollars,” said James Bradford of Cullman. “They need to get here legally and work like the rest of us.”
“We want our country back. We’re tired of being second-class citizens,” said John Clements of Hanceville. “We want them out of here.”
"How can our government talk about amnesty with the border wide open?” asked Billy Kuykendall who organized the rally. “We’ve got to let our politicians know that they need to vote ‘no’ to amnesty. This is not about race, this is about laws. We have nothing against legal immigrants — nothing at all.”
Lisa Mercier of Hartselle told the crowd she was forced to leave her home in Manassas, Va., due to gang violence associated with illegal immigrants. “We literally slept with a loaded gun, it got so bad,” she said. “When the school banned students from wearing crosses, because they were associated with Mexican gangs, it was the last straw. We put our house on the market.”
Other speakers included John Warren. He told how an illegal Mexican, who was driving while intoxicated, nearly killed his daughter in a car accident. Warren claimed that the driver was already awaiting trial for a previous DUI incident. “I guarantee you, if we put four of five of them in jail, the rest of the state will get the idea.”
One protester, Charli Gribble of Blount County, came with a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, similar to one used by Confederate troops during the Civil War. She said she brought the flag to warn of the impending civil war that illegal immigrants are bringing to the United States. “I have been talking about this for 11 years,” she said. “Now it’s time we do something about it.”
After the rally, Police Chief Kenny Culpepper and Sheriff Tyler Roden said everything went as planned with no incidents to report.

Immigration & Amnesty: A Black Man's View

Sunday, 23. April 2006, 11:50:47

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Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is the Founder of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny), a nonprofit organization that for the past 16 years has been providing unique programs and services designed to help black men and their families. He is the author of SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America.

Over the years, Mr. Peterson has been a guest on several talk radio programs here in Saint Louis. His views on the impending catastrophe regarding illegal immigration and amnesty are no surprise to me.

Ted Kennedy should be ashamed for comparing the civil rights struggles of blacks to that of illegal aliens. Black Americans are being driven out of their jobs and schools by the influx of illegals—while politicians like Kennedy sell them out for Hispanic votes.

Thirty years ago, the Los Angeles Unified School District student population was 24% black and 32% Hispanic. Today, one in 10 students is black, and seven in 10 are Hispanic.

These figures should be alarming to anyone who cares about black Americans. Unfortunately for blacks, politicians like Kennedy are more interested in the next election—and blacks are a small slice of the voting pie, while Hispanic numbers are exploding.

Blacks must finally claim their birthright as Americans, and say ‘no’ to the further devastation of their workforce and communities by illegal aliens and their political accomplices.

-- Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

In the Line of Duty --- Tony Zeppetella

Thursday, 20. April 2006, 10:19:35

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Officer Tony Zeppetella, 27, of the Oceanside Police Department, was murdered on June 13, 2003. Officer Zeppetella stopped Adrien Camacho for a traffic violation. Camacho pulled out a gun and shot Zeppetella. Camacho then pistol-whipped the injured officer before shooting him again, and killing him with the officer's own gun. Camacho is an illegal alien from Mexico and a gang member with a criminal history that includes five previous felony convictions. He has been deported several times.

In the Line of Duty --- Brandon Winfield

Thursday, 20. April 2006, 10:10:45

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Deputy Brandon Winfield, 29, of the Marion County Sheriff's Department, was murdered on October 17, 2004. Deputy Winfield was on routine patrol when he stopped to assist what he thought was a stranded motorist. Although the details are unclear, Deputy Winfield was found shot in the head in his vehicle, which had hit a guard rail and flipped into a ravine. It appears that at least one of two suspects had been inside Deputy Winfield's patrol vehicle at some point in time. Both suspects are believed to be illegal aliens, and have been taken into custody.

In the Line of Duty --- David March

Sunday, 16. April 2006, 02:57:38

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Deputy Sheriff David "Dave" March, 33, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, was murdered on April 29, 2002. Deputy March was on routine patrol when he made a traffic stop. The driver, Armando Garcia, is wanted for shooting David March in the chest, and then the head, execution style. Garcia has been deported three times, has a long history of drug charges, violent crimes, and weapons charges, and is wanted for two attempted murders. Garcia is an illegal alien from Mexico.

In the Line of Duty --- Robert Clodfelter

Sunday, 16. April 2006, 02:52:19

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Trooper Robert Clodfelter, 34, of the Oregon State Police Department, was murdered on September 30, 1992. Trooper Clodfelter arrested Francisco Manzo Hernandez for driving under the influence. Trooper Clodfelter was found seated in his patrol car about four blocks from the scene of the arrest, with four bullets to the back of his head. Hernandez was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Manzo-Hernandez is an illegal alien from Mexico.

In the Line of Duty --- Richard Fass

Wednesday, 12. April 2006, 08:12:01

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Agent Richard Fass, 37, of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, was murdered on June 30, 1994. Agent Fass went to a strip mall in Glendale, Arizona to complete a narcotics transaction. He was shot six times in the head at point blank range with a .45 caliber handgun.

The two shooters were quickly arrested, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, plus 55 years. The mastermind of the plot to kill Agent Fass was Augustin Vasquez-Mendoza and the Mexican government refused to extradite him to the US. Vasquez-Mendoza is from Mexico

In the Line of Duty --- Kristopher Eggle

Wednesday, 12. April 2006, 08:07:56

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Ranger Kristopher Eggle, 28, of the National Park Service was murdered on August 9, 2002. Ranger Eggle was shot and killed in the line of duty at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on August 9, 2002, while pursuing members of a drug cartel hit squad who fled into the United States after committing a string of murders in Mexico.

Immigration Policy: Ours vs Theirs

Tuesday, 11. April 2006, 09:51:17

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In case you haven't noticed, there's been a lot of criticism lately of our immigration policy by people from south of the border who enter or remain in the United States illegally.

One of the most vociferous whiners has been Vicinte Fox, president of Mexico.

Well Mr. Fox, what gives you the right to criticize or try to influence another country's immigration policy? What about Mexico's immigration policy, is it beyond criticism? Let's just take a look at it, shall we?
Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country. This ban applies, among other things, to participation in demonstrations and the expression of opinions in public about domestic politics.

Equal employment rights are denied to immigrants, even legal ones, even those with green cards.

Only citizens may serve in the military as officers, on airline crews, and chiefs of seaports and airports.

Members of both houses of Congress as well as the Supreme Court must be a citizen by birth.

Immigrants — even legal ones — may not become members of the clergy.

Foreigners, legal or illegal, may not own land.

Any citizen may arrest illegal immigrants and their accomplices, turning them over without delay to the nearest authorities.

Foreigners, legal or otherwise, may be expelled for any reason and without due process.
Mr. Fox, I'm more than a little embarrassed. I don't know what to say! It seams I owe you an apology. Mexico has an excellent immigration policy. I only wish ours was half as good as yours. - :worried:

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In the Line of Duty --- Alexander Kirpnick

Monday, 10. April 2006, 18:42:49

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Agent Alexander Kirpnick, 27, of the United States Border Patrol, was murdered on June 3, 1998. Agent Kirpnick and his partner stopped Bernardo Velardez-Lopez, Julio Cesar Arenas-Hernandez, Manuel Gamez, and Juan Manuel Umares-Rivas, while transporting marijuana in backpacks across a well-known drug corridor west of Nogales. Agent Kirpnick had defendant Velardez-Lopez on his knees and was searching him when two of the suspects broke away from Kirpnick's partner and ran. As Kirpnick became temporarily distracted by the escape, Velardez-Lopez removed a concealed gun and shot Agent Kirpnick in the head. Velardez-Lopez is from Mexico.

In the Line of Duty --- James P. Epling

Monday, 10. April 2006, 18:35:33

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Midi: Amazing Grace

Agent James Paul Epling, 24, of the U. S. Border Patrol, died on December 16, 2003. Agent Epling drowned after rescuing a Chinese illegal alien from the Colorado River, and then attempting to capture other fleeing illegal aliens. Jose Antonio Vasquez-Villasenor pled guilty to bringing a group of undocumented aliens into the United States. According to the plea agreement, his conduct led to the death of Agent Epling. Vasquez-Villasenor is from Mexico.

Border Patrol Agents Speak Out

Saturday, 8. April 2006, 04:33:53

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The following was submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police. These are the thoughts of the US Border Patrol Agents Local 2544:
While President Bush and many of our politicians are selling us out we need millions of "good hearted" Americans who actually care about what we do to back us up. The country continues to be overrun with thousands more illegal aliens every single day folks. We're losing this battle - big time.

This isn't some concocted story, it's a fact from the front lines. If you want to live in a dream world ask the people in Washington D.C. what's going on. They'll confuse you with the pretty talk they learn in politicians' school (classes currently being administered by Vicente Fox in Cancun, Mexico).

If you want to know the real story ask us. Amnesty DOES NOT WORK. They tried it in 1986. It was an absolute disaster. George Bush steadfastly refuses to listen to the people who put him in office.

Maybe this will wake some people up. We doubt it. We can already see our spineless senators and congressmen hiding under their desks instead of taking a stand against this rampant lawlessness. Shame on them for letting things get this bad.

Thousands more arriving daily and our President still trumpeting amnesty to encourage them to keep coming, so don't expect improvement anytime soon. As usual, anyone who opposes these people's ideology is automatically, and most often without any justification whatsoever, labeled a "racist". It's usually the people screaming "racists" that are the real racists. Pretty sad state of affairs.
We were overrun with aliens. A lot more got away than were caught.
This is a quote sent to us from a veteran agent who returned from a long camp detail in Tucson Sector last week. The country continues to be overrun with illegal aliens. We aren't coming close to stopping them, and most of the time we don't even slow them down too much. Don't believe anyone who even hints that our borders resemble anything that is "under control" (especially top-level DHS/CBP managers).

The old mantra of "as we gain operational control of (such-and-such) part of the border" is something designed to mislead the public into thinking we're making some sort of progress. There is no overall progress. Things are completely out of control at the border.

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