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2005-04-27 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve 2005-04-27 9:11:13 AM|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Mexican government transported the would-be border crossers to Aqua Prieta, 25 miles east, and Nogales, 80 miles west, where illegal-alien totals later skyrocketed. "It is clear the Mexican government clamped down on their side because of us," Mr. Simcox said.

Clamped down, my ass. The Mexican government is clearly aiding and abetting illegal immigration. Read that again: THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT is aiding and abetting illegal immigration.

So, when is the U.S. government going to start taking this matter seriously?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-27 10:57:49 AM|| 2005-04-27 10:57:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 When a third party focused on 1) protecting the border and 2) helping American working families puts candidates on the ballot who can knock off congressmen in 2006 and 2008.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 11:03:14 AM|| 2005-04-27 11:03:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Article's title sh be "Minutemen to Punish Congress".

Get serious about our national security or we'll throw you out.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 11:20:19 AM|| 2005-04-27 11:20:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm glad to see the Minutemen plan to continue the effort until relieved properly. The threat is entirely too real to wait for the Government to figure it out for themselves, since they have not bothered to do so for the last 3 1/2 years. I do understand that there are likely painful budgeting costs for the Government to do the job properly, but this is a medication -- like the cost of carrying on in Iraq -- that just must be swallowed, no matter how bitter.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-04-27 11:30:00 AM|| 2005-04-27 11:30:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 And the threat is going to get even greater if Senor Chavez Lite gets elected president in Mexico. Looks like he'll be on the ballot now; his strength is heaviest among the poor, who are desperate to get over the border, so it's probable that this will only escalate.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 11:37:34 AM|| 2005-04-27 11:37:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 By this time next year we'll all have to have a passport to get back into the US from Canada or Mexico but the illegals will still be able to walk right on in.

I was am a Bush supporter but he has failed the country on this issue.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-04-27 11:48:53 AM|| 2005-04-27 11:48:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Earth to Karl Rove: get on top of this issue before your opponents do.

Don't assume that a) the Dems will continue to let this golden electoral opportunity pass them by; and b) single-issue independent candidates will not arise in crucial southwest swing states.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 12:08:51 PM|| 2005-04-27 12:08:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Nutria are an alien species of rodent causing all sorts of damage in Louisiana; the gov't now pays a 'tail bounty' on them. Hmmmmm.

Tom Tancredo for President!

Posted by glenmore 2005-04-27 2:10:39 PM|| 2005-04-27 2:10:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 lex: Don't assume that a) the Dems will continue to let this golden electoral opportunity pass them by; and b) single-issue independent candidates will not arise in crucial southwest swing states.

Actually, I think this isn't much of an opportunity for the Democrats. Hispanics (except for Cubans) generally vote Democratic. Having more Hispanics in-country will help shore up the Democratic base for the long term. Anything that Democrats can propose, in terms of tightening enforcement, Republicans can top. The fact is that we're stuck with the status quo because the Republican party knows we don't have any place else to go, and Democrats don't dare to alienate their base.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-04-27 2:28:36 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-04-27 2:28:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Not so, Zhang. First, the hispanic vote is now in play. Bush made serious inroads into socially-conservative hispanic counties along the Rio Grande in 2000 and extended his share of their vote in 2004. I believe he got ca 40-45% of the hispanic vote in TX. The Dems realize they have a problem and are seeking ways to address it.

More importantly, the problem contains an opportunity. "Hispanics" includes both legal and illegal immigrants. The former are being crushed by shit-wage competition from the latter. I suspect that legal immigrant tradesmen, if someone would actually bother to go out and talk with them, could be the most prominent advocates of border control.

Note the parallel with bilingual education: the political classes and the MSM simply assumed that latino parents favored this for their kids, when in fact huge majorities opposed it and wanted English-only education. In LA IIRC these parents even voted out a latino school board member who was pushing bilingual education.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 3:23:18 PM|| 2005-04-27 3:23:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 In several polls, Hispanics here legally (don't know percentage citizen/resident) show about 60/40 support for controlling illegal immigration.

Of course, the illegals are big voters for the Democrats, whether they know it or not.

Posted by Jackal 2005-04-27 6:22:07 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-04-27 6:22:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 You're cute when you're naive, Jackal. ;-p

The Dems know. Hell, they help.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-04-27 9:55:57 PM|| 2005-04-27 9:55:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 No, I meant that the illegals may not know that they voted. Just like all the dead people.

Heck, I'm thinking about all the Democrats I'm going to be voting for in 2040+.

Posted by Jackal 2005-04-27 10:13:13 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-04-27 10:13:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I loved one of Tancredo's quips:

Don't call them Citizen Patrols or Minute Men - call them "undocumented border guards".

LMAO!

Posted by OldSpook 2005-04-27 11:20:36 PM|| 2005-04-27 11:20:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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