Thread: Border Security, Civil Liberties and Immigration Reform:

June 12, 2009

Border Security, Civil Liberties and Immigration Reform:

Obama’s Cartel Trust Busters
Frontera NorteSur

On a whirl-wind tour of the Southwest late last week, senior members of the Obama administration laid out the White House’s strategy for border security, narcotics control and immigration reform. And contrary to the expectations of some border residents and advocates who were betting on a new approach last January, the new administration’s strategic policy thrust mainly follows and even expands on the course long pursued by previous Democratic and Republican administrations. A solid alliance with the Calderon administration in Mexico City is a key component of the Obama border policy.

During the Albuquerque portion of the trip, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano swore in a new 21-member Homeland Security Advisory Council Southwest Border Task Force. The purpose of the new body, Napolitano said in a statement, will be to “present me with concrete recommendations to address the complex challenges we face in this region.â€

Sen. Conejo, diplomacy does not include calling Americans gringos in or about their sovereign land Any answer, wetback?

[quote][b]“I know how negative the gringos are,â€