Part 6 - The ‘Secure the Borders’ scam
Don't be fooled by peddlers of ‘Immigration Reform’ Scams
By S. J. Miller
http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=9331



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Americans expected after 9/11 that our borders should be secured, and were appalled when the President refused to do it. Congress has authorized the use of the US military on the border, but the President refuses. But as always, let's first understand what "securing the border" means, as well as what it DOESN'T mean:


It DOESN’T mean ending all traffic between the US and Mexico, even though White House and cabinet officials take every opportunity to paint that picture. They hope to convince Americans that we can’t control who enters the country without destroying trade and commerce, and that's nonsense.

Crossing the border between the US and Mexico would be permitted ONLY at designated crossing stations. No more border-jumping, no more human-smuggler trips, no more drug dealers jumping the border. The US military would be placed on the border. Their mission: to stop those on the Mexican side from firing on the Border Patrol and to stop Mexican Army’s habitual at-will incursions into the US. Because politicians have ignored Mexican Army and drug smugglers’ at-will crossings for decades, the borders have become so dangerous that the Border Patrol needs military protection to do their job of patrolling the border.

Hardly seems enough. Like many other questions on the immigration issue, what the liberal hand-wringers call a "radical Nazi-like policy" is standard operating procedure everywhere else in the world. Only when Americans call for secure borders do we hear cries of outrage and indignation from the worldwide "protectors of human rights."

Build a "border fence" and militarize the border.
We visualize a high, impenetrable wall, similar to the Berlin Wall or the Israeli security fence. We’re assured that by adding military presence to the equation, US borders would easily and instantly be "secure." (1) The hope is that we’ll be so thankful that we’ll forget to ask the “what if� questions and instead swallow their "Secure the Borders" scam hook, line and sinker.

The “fence + military� plan is essential, but only when implemented with the “illegal alien-unfriendly� environment mentioned in Part 5! By itself, the “fence + military� combination will fail; there’s there's no wall high enough and no military numerous enough to keep people out if they’re determined to enter.

The scammers hope we won’t notice they’ve substituted “Secure the Borders� for our call to "Secure the Country," but we do notice. Americans want a secure country, not just “secure borders.� The new cabinet department is named "Department of HOMELAND Security" not the "Department of Border Security."

THE SUDDEN CONCERN FOR “BORDER SECURITYâ€? â€â€