That is only the half of it......
Scott Johnson has a typical media column about the border in Newsweek International. It is a broad view of the border and border problems. A 50 percent article dealing with only half of the land border, once again failing to acknowledge Northern border issues.
Mr. Johnson correctly recognizes the present system of immigration enforcement is not working. He dances around the issue of Congress, but in truth, that is where the problem resides. Do they really want enforcement, have they ever? Who will pick the crops or work manual labor, surely no one related to them. Guest worker programs have worked in the past (The Bracero Program 1942-1964) and they can be effective again. To deny the need is foolish or ignorant.
He properly raises the issue of the shoot-out in Nuevo Laredo, which by the way ended on one of the bridges into the United States. Bullets from assault rifles (real assault rifles, as opposed to the media definition-black guns) flying into the port of entry. Ports of entry, where we station Officers, give them a badge, a gun, a vest, but don't think they deserve law enforcement retirement. Where as previously stated, trainees can be in their sixties or older, and often are.
What he fails to recognize is the 4 Canadian Mounties killed during a raid on a BC (British Columbia) bud operation (Canadian marijuana) and the increase in violence on the Northern border. The leaky Northern border where OTMs (other than Mexicans) are being smuggled into the country daily, and not to perform manual labor. The same border, where the union representing Canadian border agencies is continually raising the issue of arming their Officers.
The same border where Lucia Garofalo attempted to smuggle in Algerians. Garofalo, linked to people and groups commiting terrorist acts. Yes, the same border where Customs Officers interdicted Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam with over 100 lbs. of explosives. This, as opposed to the dubious intelligence about the Mara Salvatrucha group smuggling in terrrorists. Mara Salvatrucha, the group whose leader was recently apprehended by U.S. Border Officers, as usual doing the job.
So explain to me again, why does the media continue to focus on the "The Border War" down south, when there is a northern front?
Mr. Johnson correctly recognizes the present system of immigration enforcement is not working. He dances around the issue of Congress, but in truth, that is where the problem resides. Do they really want enforcement, have they ever? Who will pick the crops or work manual labor, surely no one related to them. Guest worker programs have worked in the past (The Bracero Program 1942-1964) and they can be effective again. To deny the need is foolish or ignorant.
He properly raises the issue of the shoot-out in Nuevo Laredo, which by the way ended on one of the bridges into the United States. Bullets from assault rifles (real assault rifles, as opposed to the media definition-black guns) flying into the port of entry. Ports of entry, where we station Officers, give them a badge, a gun, a vest, but don't think they deserve law enforcement retirement. Where as previously stated, trainees can be in their sixties or older, and often are.
What he fails to recognize is the 4 Canadian Mounties killed during a raid on a BC (British Columbia) bud operation (Canadian marijuana) and the increase in violence on the Northern border. The leaky Northern border where OTMs (other than Mexicans) are being smuggled into the country daily, and not to perform manual labor. The same border, where the union representing Canadian border agencies is continually raising the issue of arming their Officers.
The same border where Lucia Garofalo attempted to smuggle in Algerians. Garofalo, linked to people and groups commiting terrorist acts. Yes, the same border where Customs Officers interdicted Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam with over 100 lbs. of explosives. This, as opposed to the dubious intelligence about the Mara Salvatrucha group smuggling in terrrorists. Mara Salvatrucha, the group whose leader was recently apprehended by U.S. Border Officers, as usual doing the job.
So explain to me again, why does the media continue to focus on the "The Border War" down south, when there is a northern front?
posted by Border Train at 1:51 PM
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