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"Graphic Queen" <gggddd@no.way.com> wrote in message
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> One Reporter's Opinion - Mexico Against the Wall
>
> George Putnam
> Friday, Dec. 23, 2005
>
> It is this reporter's opinion that at long last, America is as mad as
> hell and not going to take it anymore. This past week the House Rules
> Committee was deciding which of more than 120 proposed amendments
> would be included in action to close our porous borders.
>
> At last, our government is listening to those of us who have used the
> word "invasion" - those of us who have said the president and the
> Congress of the United States are not doing their duty to protect us
> against invasion.
>
> Some courageous legislators are actually using the words "invasion"
> and "impeachment," challenging our elected officials to uphold their
> oaths of office and to defend us against invasion.
>
> Among the proposals heard:
>
> limiting birthright citizenship to the children of U.S. citizens or
> permanent legal aliens;
> requiring proof of citizenship for federal elections;
> cutting foreign aid to countries that don't cooperate on immigration
> laws;
> and the one that has caused a real ruckus: building a fence along the
> border, using military personnel to help secure the borders.
>
> That last one infuriated the Mexican government. Vicente Fox, the
> Mexican president, denounced the U.S. measure, later passed by the
> House of Representatives. Fox called it "SHAMEFUL."
>
>
> His foreign secretary, Luis Ernesto Derbez, echoed Fox's complaints.
> "Mexico is not going to bear, is not going to permit, and it will not
> allow a stupid thing like this wall," said he. "What is to be done is
> to raise a storm of criticism. Turn the international community
> against the plan!" shouted Derbez.
>
>
> Is it any wonder that the official Mexican government is beside
> itself? After all, in just the last year, Mexican illegals sent $20
> billion back to Mexico (the nation's second-largest source of foreign
> currency after oil exports).
>
>
> The latest news is that the Mexican government has hired Allyn & Co.,
> a Dallas-based public relations firm, to help improve Mexico's image
> and stem the immigration backlash. Mexico is recruiting U.S. church,
> community and business groups to oppose the proposed wall. And the
> P.R. firm is planning a series of radio spots: "You have your rights!
> Demand them!" the ads read.
>
>
> But at last we are serious: The House bill passed by a 239-182 vote,
> and the 700 miles of additional wall will stretch through parts of
> California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
>
>
> All of this is taking our attention and action almost 30 years too
> late. I recall the late, great Barbara Jordan, chairwoman of the U.S.
> Commission on Immigration Reform. She called for the immediate
> development of a computerized registry to establish eligibility to
> work in the U.S.
>
>
> Said Jordan: "Illegal aliens don't have the right to be here. They
> broke the law to get here. They never intended to become a part of our
> social community. They are not entitled to benefits." Jordan
> proclaimed: "They should be deported."
>
>
> And then the congresswoman told us that the Mexican government planned
> to sharply increase the presence of its soldiers, police, officers,
> naval patrols and immigration checkpoints along its own southern
> border - an unprecedented effort on the part of the Mexican government
> to choke off the flows of illegal immigrants, drugs and guns entering
> Mexico from Central America.
>
>
> Jordan said, those many years ago, "Why is it okay for Mexico to
> protect THEIR borders with their military, but Americans who suggest
> the same for OUR borders are demonized as xenophobes, racists and in
> violation of human rights?"
>
>
> Is it any wonder Vicente Fox and his foreign secretary are going nuts
> over our plan to put up the wall? Even the president, Vicente's
> longtime friend, who in the past used the public relations firm
> employed by Mexico, is beginning to see the light.
>
>
> Upon concluding his recent trip to Arizona, in which he once again
> tried to sell the idea of a massive illegal alien amnesty and the
> admission of millions of additional foreign guest workers, he was
> driven along the Mexican border. Listen to what our president said
> after completing his brief journey: "IT'S DANGEROUS HERE. I MEAN,
> THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT AND THAT'S WHY THESE FOLKS
> [speaking of the Border Patrol] NEED MORE RESOURCES AND MORE AGENTS TO
> HELP THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING."
>
>
> Every year Time magazine tells us, "Three million illegal aliens are
> streaming across the border - illegals opening bank accounts,
> obtaining driver's licenses, securing home mortgages and matricula
> consular cards and protection using our own government to continue to
> break our laws." The president was right when he said, "IT'S DANGEROUS
> HERE. ... THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT."
>
> We are the dumping ground for sick, impoverished Mexicans. The
> billions of dollars illegals are costing our taxpayers for education,
> health care and incarceration each day is creating a system that is
> remaking America, Americans, perhaps humanity itself. The prominent
> intellectual Francis Fukuyama has written of the world and the U.S.
> and the end of history. He says that if we continue with the
> leadership we have, if they remain blind guides, globalists without a
> clue, we are at the end of history - our own. It's up to you and me -
> us - to prove him wrong.
>
> http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/12/22/152804.shtml

Very good post.

Hank