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Why can't we secure the border? In truth, we can secure the border. The problem is that the federal government is pursuing an open-borders policy as a steppingstone to North American merger.(SPECIAL REPORT: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION)
Whether you are talking about a sheepfold, a suburban yard, a vast ranch, or a sovereign nation, almost everyone understands that ownership of property includes the right to control its borders. It is for this reason that property owners have built fences for as long as private property has existed. If the United States is indeed an independent, sovereign nation that Americans own and rule, questions arise: Why does our federal government seem to have such difficulty in securing our borders? Why is illegal immigration rampant?
The great football coach Vince Lombardi once stated: "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather is a lack of will." It is surely our last few presidents' lack of will to secure our borders that is responsible for our nation's failure to do so. President George W. Bush's lack of will on border control is readily apparent to those willing to decipher his stated plans.
Knowing the importance most Americans place on securing our borders and stemming the tide of illegal immigration, President Bush has frequently addressed the problem in public ...
- Multi-Racial Rallies on 1/13 in Phoenix and Across the U.S. Urge President Bush...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 2007 700+ words
...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and...pardoning Ramos and Compean, President Bush is sending the wrong message to other border patrol agents. President Bush and Congress should also...
- Border Patrol at top nationally in detainments, seizures.
- Newspaper article from: Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) September 3, 2006 700+ words
...National Guard have allowed the Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley...Secretary Michael Chertoff, President Bush, the Border Patrol chief David Aguilar, as...work done locally by the Border Patrol, Villarreal said. As of...
- AFGE Asks Bush to Pardon Recently Convicted Border Patrol Agents.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 12, 2007 700+ words
...USNewswire/ -- Representing border patrol employees across the...week sent a letter to President Bush asking him to pardon two border patrol agents recently sentenced...case. AFGE represents border patrol agents, as well as approximately...
- Illegal immigrants make shambles of Border Patrol policy.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 8, 2006 700+ words
...found freedom thanks to the Border Patrol's "catch and release...when they're stopped by the Border Patrol. Even President Bush says the "vast majority...McKeon, 34, a supervisory Border Patrol agent, said of the release...
- Caught, released, gone underground: Illegal immigrants make mockery of Border...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 4, 2006 700+ words
...found freedom thanks to the Border Patrol's "catch and release...when they're stopped by the Border Patrol. Even President Bush says the "vast majority...McKeon, 34, a supervisory Border Patrol agent, said of the release...
- A new role for the undermanned Border Patrol; Unarmed National Guardsmen get a...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 17, 2006 700+ words
...Mexico border as part of President Bush's plan to free U.S. Border Patrol agents have been assigned...relieve. Several veteran Border Patrol agents in Arizona told...along the border and that Border Patrol units were pulled from...
- Border Patrol hiring ripped; Democrats say Bush broke vow.(PAGE ONE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 3, 2005 700+ words
...Democrats yesterday challenged President Bush's decision to hire 210 new Border Patrol agents for next fiscal year...increasing the number of Border Patrol agents." Democrats have made the Border Patrol funding an issue in the past...
- Publicity Forces U.S. Border Patrol to Shut Down Immigrant Survey.
- Newspaper article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX) January 30, 2004 700+ words
...Jan. 30--A U.S. Border Patrol survey examining whether President Bush's immigration reform...Following orders from Border Patrol headquarters in Washington...Border Protection, the Border Patrol's parent agency...
Source: HighBeam Research, Why can't we secure the border? In truth, we can secure the border....