As I see it
Glenn Spencer -- August 21, 2007

I have said that George Bush would us stealth to push the merger with Mexico, to wit:

The following is from the New York Times, August 21, 2007

Gordon D. Johndroe, the National Security Council spokesman, told reporters aboard Air Force One that they would discuss new rules to expedite border crossings after natural disasters, terrorist strikes or epidemics, to try to avoid the sorts of tie-ups that slowed border crossings and stalled commerce after the Sept. 11 attacks.

This is a set up. Bush and any pro-open borders president will be able to throw the Mexican border open at the slightest hint of a problem, including epidemics. So if bird-flu strikes Mexico, millions of infected people will be able to flood into U.S. cities.

But this is just one example. Bush is also making it difficult for Canadians to travel into the U.S. Canada isn't a problem, but if they complain loud and hard enough Bush thinks it will justify easing border restrictions, and that will include the border with Mexico.

Bush and his handlers are also trying to justify open borders by saying the U.S., Mexico and Canada make up the "world's largest trading block." On closer examination, however, we see that our trade with Canada is real but our trade Mexico is a flimsy disguise of Mexican entrepots - we are trading with ourselves (See Jock O'Connell Piece). NAFTA is a fraud.

And about those Bush Executive Orders, let's see what one former Mexican official said on the News Hour last night

JORGE CASTANEDA, Former Mexican Foreign Minister: Well, I certainly hope he talked about the central issue, which continues to be immigration. Now that the immigration reform package seems to be indefinitely postponed or dead in the water in Washington, Jim, I think the key issue would be for President Calderon to bring up with President Bush how unfriendly, how hostile even the series of executive orders President Bush has ordered are, including detentions at the worksite, in homes, the no-match letters sent to employers with fines if they don't fire undocumented workers, continuing work on the fence along the border, which is more talk and more noise than reality, but there is some reality to it.

Not to worry, Jorge, those Executive Orders will have little effect, and you're right, the fence is "more talk and noise than reality."

So the beat goes on and, as before, the only sure-fire way of knowing if the president or any presidential candidate is serious about our sovereignty and stopping illegal immigration is if they are serious about implementing the Secure Fence Act of 2006.