Date published: 8/26/2007

Bush's 'Superhighway' is an affront!

Buried in the sports section of a Washington newspaper on Aug. 18 was an article that the Bush administration intends to go forward with a pilot project that will allow up to 100 Mexico-based trucking companies to operate in the United States beyond the border zones of about 25 miles.

This pilot project is a threat to the security of the U.S. and is unconstitutional. Neither Congress nor the citizens have been given sufficient time to review this matter, which fails to adhere to and honor our laws. It is a sneaky maneuver by the administration and ignores the concerns of the people.

This project is the beginning of the North American Free Trade Agreement Superhighway, with the potential to provide illegal aliens, terrorists, and drug cartels with easy access and entrance into the United States. The NAFTA Superhighway and its corridors will run from southwestern Mexico through Laredo, Austin, and Dallas, into Kansas City, Kan., and will serve as an inland customs port.

In Kansas, the Trans-Texas Corridor (NAFTA) splits, with a route through Omaha, Neb., to Winnipeg, Canada, while another route runs through Des Moines, Iowa, Chicago, and Detroit to Toronto.

An additional corridor is planned to run from Browns-ville, Texas, to Houston and through Arkansas and Tennessee into Norfolk.

Our president needs to be reminded that he took an oath to uphold the laws of the United States, and that our government is not a government by the president, his cronies, foreign countries, and corporations, but rather our government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed, "We the People." Our government is of the people, by the people, and for the people of the United States of America and not government of the peoples of foreign countries.

Mildred M. Fischer Fredericksburg

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