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http://www.americanpatrol.com/05-FEATURES/050605-SPENCER-AZ_STAR/SpencerAZDailyStar050605.html
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>   Published: 06.05.2005
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>   Easing entrants' way will hasten end of U.S.
>   By Glenn Spencer
>   SPECIAL TO THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR
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>   Humane Borders seeks to save lives by providing water to people who
enter
> the United States illegally by crossing the desert. They say these people
> are fleeing economic disaster in their homelands. They also say that
people
> are dying because of U.S. policies.
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>   In a December 2003 report, World Bank Senior Economist Daniel Lederman
> observed: "When you look at Mexican development in the long run, the
> worrisome aspect is that there seems to be something holding Mexico back
."
> Lederman shows how Mexico is being held back by lawlessness and
corruption.
> Mexicans are fleeing an "economic disaster" that is the direct result of
> Mexican government policies and practices.
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>   The Mexican government has another policy: encouraging illegal
> immigration.
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>   In the March 8, 2001, issue of The News in Mexico City, President Fox's
> border czar advised would-be illegal immigrants: "If the Border Patrol
finds
> you, try again." Recently, the Mexican government began distributing comic
> books that show how to invade the United States. "It's a how to illegally
> cross, not how to legally enter (the United States)," Arizona Gov. Janet
> Napolitano complained.
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>   Because of government propaganda, Mexicans believe they have a right, if
> not a duty, to come the United States. "We have an obligation to come and
> fight to cross the border," one migrant told a TV reporter. Mexico is not
> only exporting its poor, it is seeking to reverse the 1848 Treaty of
> Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby placing the American Southwest under its
> jurisdiction. Mexican officials call it "la reconquista."
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>   Plato said, "Only the dead have seen an end to war." Poor Mexicans are
> being sent to their deaths in much the same way soldiers have died for
> millennia: to conquer territory. This is a demographic war of
irredentists,
> but it is a war nevertheless.
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>   Under President Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico decided to restrict external
> investment. Rather than their being overwhelmed by our dollars, we would
be
> overwhelmed by their people. This coincided well with their dream of "la
> reconquista."
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>   In a May 30 radio documentary, the BBC reported, "The Latinization of
> California is nothing short of a revolution." They go on to say, "Whether
> Latinos then decide to push for greater autonomy, to seek a political
agenda
> of their own with closer ties to Mexico and Central America, is very much
up
> for grabs." The BBC is saying that the sovereignty of the United States is
> "up for grabs."
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>   Greedy businesses profit from slave labor, just as they did in the 18th
> century. For this and other reasons, our government looks the other way as
> people die in the desert. Could we stop it? Yes.
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>   The Minuteman Project showed two things: Responsible Americans are fed
up
> with government malfeasance, and with enough resources, illegal
immigration
> can be stopped.
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>   American Border Patrol has demonstrated that technology such as ground
> sensors coupled with unmanned aerial vehicles can track just about
everyone
> crossing the desert, especially at night. Government tests of UAVs
confirmed
> this. Yet, despite promises by the president and the urging of Congress,
and
> despite the fact that Fort Huachuca is the training center for Army UAVs,
> they are a rare sight in the skies over the desert Southwest. This is
> malfeasance.
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>   What should be done? The president should dispatch whatever resources
are
> necessary, including the National Guard, to stop illegal immigration
> immediately. In the longer run, Congress should set a specific goal and
> timetable for the Department of Homeland Security to do the job. I suggest
a
> goal of no more than 20,000 illegal border crossers by the year 2008. An
> independent agency should monitor the border and report to Congress on the
> actual number of illegal aliens that get past the Border Patrol.
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>   Humane Borders is playing into the hands of Mexico and its dreams of
> territorial domination. If this weren't bad enough, by raising false hopes
> of migrants that they will find water when needed, they may well be
causing
> even more deaths than if they did nothing.
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>   If we follow Humane Borders' lead, America will put out the welcome mat
to
> any and all who wish to come to our country. We are already on the road to
> national suicide. Humane Borders is asking us to hit the accelerator.
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>   Glenn Spencer is president of American Border Patrol, a Hereford-based
> group that monitors illegal border crossings and uploads the results to
its
> Web site. Contact him at glenn@americanpatrol.com
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