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CAFTA & Illegal Aliens Harmful to U.S.


May 23, 2005

The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was signed last year by President Bush. CAFTA is supposed to help increase economic growth for the U.S and several Central American Nations. President Bush is pushing for Congress to vote on CAFTA by the end of May.

According to one source "The goal of the agreement is the creation of a free trade zone, similar to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which currently encompasses the US, Canada, and Mexico. DR-CAFTA is also seen as a stepping stone towards the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), another, more ambitious free trade agreement which would encompass South American and Caribbean nations (with the exception of Cuba). NAFTA has had some negative affects on Western North Carolina and the entire U.S.

If CAFTA does for the U.S. what NAFTA has done, then we are in serious trouble. According to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, North Carolina has lost 60 percent of the jobs it used to have in the textile and apparel markets from 1990-2004.

There are hundreds of groups and thousands of web sites that oppose CAFTA. One such web site Stopcafta.com, encourages its visitors to let their Senators know that they oppose CAFTA. A direct link allows citizens to request that the Senators adhere to the will of the people and oppose this unfair trade agreement.

But is this trade agreement more than an agreement? According to a recent Reuter's article, the New York's Council on Foreign Relations believes that we should have a common North American Border. This was taken from a report entitled "Building a North American Community' which calls for "free movement within the continent for citizens through a North American Border Pass with biometric identifiers and other measures to increase economic and military cooperation between the countries." According to the same article, this seems to be suggesting that the US, Canada and Mexico unite like an EU type nation with a clear open borders policy.

Perhaps this would explain why the U.S. has been so lax on its border control and allowing an estimated three to five million illegal aliens to cross over our borders each year. This, despite the fact the Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly posted warnings about Al Qaeda and other terrorists who may use the Mexican Border to infiltrate the U.S. and attack America again. Maybe this is why there are allegations, according to a recent article in the Washington Times that the U.S. Border Patrol ordered border patrol agents to stand down ad look the other way and not arrest illegal aliens. It may also explain why our President, has called those involved in the Minuteman Project "vigilantes", when those brave men and women are doing what are government has not been able to do or refuses to do which is to secure our borders. It may explain why we are providing so many benefits to illegal immigrants such as free education, reduced tuition at colleges, and free health care, something that most Americans do not receive but pay for through taxes. It has been 4 years since the horrific attack on our nation and our borders are still wide open. Is this because of backroom deals to end the sovereignty of the United States?

According to more recent headlines, we have illegal immigrants being arrested at schools, refineries, nuclear power plants and at airports. No they weren't caught casing these places and planning attacks; rather they were employees doing the so-called jobs that Americans won't do. It seems that many, if not most of these illegal aliens, were using false social security numbers that could have been easily discovered with a simple background check. Why, would they not do background checks on people working in schools, airports, refineries and nuclear power plants?

Many organizations are demanding that our government protect our borders and stop the influx of illegal aliens. Minutemen Projects inspired by the recent event in Arizona are springing up across our nation to assist border patrol in locating those who are infiltrating our country. Americans for Legal Immigration, known as (ALIPAC), located in Raleigh, NC has been struggling to get our elected leaders to take notice and prevent illegal aliens from entering the United States.

According to the ALIPAC web site, their objectives are as follows: "Secure Our Borders, Remove Incentives and Benefits to Illegal Aliens, Penalize Employers that Intentionally Hire Illegal Labor, Allow Law Enforcement to Detain Illegal Aliens Arrested for Crimes and Deport. (This is what our existing laws call for. These laws should be ENFORCED NOW!)"

According to another article, "Federal law requires illegal aliens convicted of heinous crimes like rape, murder, child molestation here in America to be deported once they've served their jail terms. Unfortunately, it appears that thousands of such aliens may now be wandering a street near your home or your child's school because federal immigration officials failed to show up when these criminals were released from jail. Even worse, according to Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau reporters Eliot Jaspin and Julia Malone, the Justice Department won't release a government database that could help journalists and private citizens help officials find these aliens." There is absolutely no logical reason why these criminals are not identified and deported.

BuyDirectUSA.com supports ALIPAC and their efforts at stopping illegal aliens because this organization is working to protect America. The illegal aliens that enter the United States are not just farmers coming across our borders to earn money for their families, as the media and our Federal and State governments would like us to believe. There are also rapists, murderers, drug smugglers, slave traffickers and possibly terrorists.

We are proud of the brave men and women of the Minutemen Project, ALIPAC and to those who are working to stop CAFTA for their devotion in protecting America's best interests.

As a nation, we can join together in stopping CAFTA and illegal aliens by supporting organizations such as www.alipac.us ALIPAC, minutemanproject The Minuteman Project, www.stopcafta.com Be sure to contact your congressperson and demand that our immigration laws be enforced now.

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Sources

Binger murder suspect faces capital murder charge
wvec.com

Bordering On Nukes?
http://www.time.com/time/archive/previe ... 68,00.html

Border Patrol told to stand down in Arizona
http://washingtontimes.com/national/200 ... -5055r.htm

Border seen as gateway to U.S. for al-Qaeda www.tucsoncitizen.com

Bush Urges Congress Approve Troubled Trade Deal
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=688324

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAFTA

Experts call for common North America border
reuters.com

Hezbollah in America
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20 ... -7312r.htm

Illegal alien indicted for child rape
metrowestdailynews

North American Task Force Seeks Improved Trade, Border Security
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-ne ... 10571.html

North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center
http://www.ncruralcenter.org/

Portman urges Congress to set date for CAFTA vote
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N18642228.htm

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Addresses Heritage Foundation President's Club Meeting
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=47760

The Open Government Act of 2005
http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2005/031505tapscott.pdf

U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement Signed
http://usinfo.state.gov/ei/Archive/2004 ... 49499.html

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