Conservative Daily, May 1, 2014 Dear
Conservative,
Every time there is a push to
“modernize” our immigration system (liberal-speak for giving amnesty to people
here illegally), Conservatives and RINOs alike push the Left for one specific
concession: Border Security.
You see, when amnesty movements
become a habit, the logical step to take is to close down our southern border
so that if we reform our immigration system, we won’t have to do it again a few
years down the road.
Dealing with illegal aliens without
stopping migrants from further invading our country is nothing but perpetual
amnesty. That is why under Presidents Reagan, Bush, and now Obama, one key
component of immigration reform has always been border security and the
construction of a southern border fence/wall.
Such a wall has never been fully
completed. Out of the nearly 2000 miles of the southern border, less than 50%
is currently walled off. A border fence was mandated in the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986, but it was never completed. In 2006, George
W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act, which was supposed to construct an
additional 700 miles of double-layered border fences. However after Obama’s
election, Nancy “Pass It to Learn What’s In It” Pelosi and the Democrats snuck
a provision into an appropriations bill dictating that “nothing… shall require
the Secretary of Homeland Security to install fencing, physical barriers,
roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors in a particular location along an
international border.” This provision has given DHS the complete authority to
refuse to construct a border fence!
As I said, there is already a little
less than 1000 miles of fences and walls along our southern border. Many of
these fences, however, are nothing more than crudely erected sticks that
couldn’t stop a roving toddler, let alone a Mexican drug trafficker. When the
border walls are actually formidable (which is near major population centers),
they still just funnel illegal aliens into arid desert areas. The logic behind
this was that the desert served as a natural barrier that would surely deter
people from entering the country illegally… WRONG!
Border Patrol Agents found 194 bodies
and rescued 802 illegal migrants who tried to brave the desert last year alone.
So far this year, agents have discovered 38 bodies already in the Tucson sector
alone (which represents just 262 miles of the border). No one wants to see
someone die, even if they were trying to invade our country. This is why it is
absolutely imperative that we complete the border fence immediately!
But that isn’t what the Obama
administration is doing. Instead of building more fences and walls, the Obama
administration is installing distress beacons in the desert for
illegal aliens to radio for help if they are dehydrated or if they need help
crossing! This is ludicrous!
Anyone who has gone on a college or
university admissions tour knows exactly what these devices are. They are large
towers that emit a high powered radio frequency whenever someone is in distress
and presses the call button. So instead of walling off our border and stopping
the influx of illegal immigrants, the Obama administration is installing call
boxes so that Border Patrol agents can rescue migrants in distress. Does anyone
actually think that these people will be deported after calling for help?
Why stop there? How about we erect
lemonade stands throughout the desert to keep these illegal alien criminals
hydrated? God forbid we have illegal aliens who are parched.
Or better yet, how about we install
those moving walkways used in airports? We can’t afford for these illegal
aliens to be getting blisters as they are violating our sovereignty and
immigration laws. That would be inhumane! </sarcasm>
Obviously that is in jest, but we
aren’t far off from that.
We have laws on the books prohibiting
individuals from illegally entering our country. We should be erecting fences
and manning the border with the National Guard, not installing help kiosks to
better serve these invaders.
The GOP has promised that a border
fence provision will be a part of their amnesty bill that they plan to unveil
by the end of the summer.
First of all, why the hell does
protecting and securing our border have to be connected to giving illegal
aliens amnesty? Is this really what this country has become? Democrats are
threatening not to enforce our border if we don’t grant citizenship to 12+ million
criminals? Not in my America! The border should be enforced… PERIOD! There
shouldn’t be any caveats or preconditions.
Secondly, do these RINOs actually
believe that if they mandate border enforcement that the Administration will
actually follow that law? Does anyone actually expect Barack Hussein Obama to
start enforcing laws that he doesn’t agree with? It’s never going to happen!
Obama has already ordered the cessation of most deportations. His goal is to
have more illegal immigration, not less, so of course he will never actually
protect our border!
If we want to help these illegal
aliens from dying in the desert while illegally entering the U.S., the best
thing we can do is build a damn fence. We need to build a fence and actually
staff it with agents to physically stop these people from entering the country.
The Obama administration has a
different plan. They have already dispatched border patrol agents to hand out
desert survival literature to illegal aliens preparing to cross the border
(Fact), now they are installing a network of distress beacons to help these
criminals navigate the desert!
I am tired of treating our
immigration laws and border security as if it is something to be bargained for!
We shouldn’t have to compromise to keep illegal migrants, drug and human
traffickers, and terrorists out of our country. You can’t trust anyone who says
that border security can be used as a bargaining chip because as long as it is
acceptable to negotiate security and enforcement in one way, they will continue
to use it to get what they want!
Our border security and national
sovereignty is non-negotiable and it is time that Congress understood that! I
am tired of Democrats holding our country hostage and the GOP just accepting
that!
Joe Otto Conservative Daily
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