No Border Worries In Washington

Once again, our friends in Congress have betrayed us on border security. Controlling our borders is the most fundamental reason for a central government; without border control we do not have a nation, and that is the first duty of the Federal Government. If Congress does not wish to exercise border control, perhaps it is time to rethink their role.

I found Sen. Schumer`s argument particularly myopic:

But Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said the amendments would sap funds from local law enforcement.
"That's the problem here. It's not in strengthening the borders. It's in taking away money from the people every day who defend us and, since 9/11, have new duties," he said.

Doesn`t it occur to Mr. Schumer that stopping terrorists (and criminals) at the border is preferable to funding police and firefighters to respond after a tragedy has occured? Why are we in Afghanistan? Because we attacked the terrorists at their source. Even the liberal Democrats understood that we had to go after Bin-Laden overseas, and not wait for him to come to us. Yet here we seem to be inviting terrorists and criminals to roam about freely within the United States, preferring to spend our money on ``first responders`` who clean up the messes after these terrorists and criminals have attacked at a place and time of their choosing. (We have completely forgotten the ``War on Drugs``, choosing to allow anyone to smuggle narcotics into the country. Drugs are at the heart of a good deal of crime in America, I might add.) What fools we mortals be!

Even if we could make the claim that all illegals were decent folks seeking employment, we still have to face the fact that the United States will disappear as a credible entity if we do not restrict their entry into the country. I used the very conservative numbers from the liberal PEW Hispanic Center for my article in the American Thinker, and the actual numbers could be as high as 10 times the number I used. We could have as many as 10 million illegals entering per year! (I know that recently I have been seeing Hispanics in parts of town they never inhabited, and I have a pretty good idea that they are illegals, given the way they stare at me when I visit one of our properties in the course of my workday.) The population of the United States is only 290 million. Assuming we have 10 million illegals currently residing in the country, how long will it take for the United States to become part of Latin America? If we use the high figures, 20 years! As I pointed out in Barbarian Invasions, the Roman Empire was destroyed in a mere 100 years by illegal immigration, and this occured without automobiles or serious modern infrastructure, without free medical care, welfare, etc. One must assume that the invasion of America will progess much more swiftly than Rome`s, and it is reasonable to assume that America will die much more quickly from it.

The fact is, we simply cannot digest such a large influx. These are people who do not intend to enculturate, who have come merely to benefit from what America has to offer. They are, well, alien culturally, and they will kill the goose that laid the golden egg by destroying the culture which created the prosperity they seek.

Of course, if uneducated migrant workers can enter illegally, so can anybody else who wishes. I read on Free Republic a message in response to my article calling me an idiot because, as they say, the terrorists will fly in on planes legally. Such weak reasoning proves our public school system is in serious need of reform. We have lists of known terrorists who will find it difficult to fly in, but would have no trouble flying in to Mexico and then taking the underground railroad into the land of the free. Also, they could carry things in which would be impossible on a commercial flight-things such as biologically active agents, dangerous chemicals, or radioactive material. (We know the Russians cannot account for all of their ``suitcase nukes``.) Terrorists could land a boat near Ensenada, say, and pack a suitcase nuke across the border to use on Los Angeles. This could be prevented if we would make a reasonable effort at stopping these people at the border. It is the first, most fundamental means of terror prevention.

I realize I`m covering old ground to regular readers of Birdblog, but I feel it is too important. The Republicans have control of both Houses of Congress, as well as the Presidency, and we are still getting shafted with this kind of crap. There is no sensible reason for this. The Republicans and President Bush are out in left field on this issue, and they may well split their party over this. They need to stop being so greedy for cheap labor, and start thinking about the future well-being of the Republic!