More 'Homeland Insecurity' Insanity Below
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USA Today
-- April 29, 2005 Republicans debate how tight border should be ...President Bush says he supports efforts to secure the nation's border, but he also wants to permit workers like [Mexican invader Hector] Guevara who came here illegally but have families and employers who depend on them in the USA to become legal "guest workers." -- To other Republicans, Guevara represents an argument for tighter border security...  |
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Arizona
Daily Star -- April 29, 2005 Border checkpoints at issue The head of the U.S. Border Patrol told a Senate hearing Thursday that his agency is hampered because it is not allowed to establish permanent checkpoints on roads leading north from the border in southeastern Arizona. -- No such prohibition exists for areas near the Mexican border in Texas, California and New Mexico, David Aguilar said. |
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Scott Gray
-- OpinionEditorials.com -- April 25, 2005 Mr. President, This is Not Border Control I began this year by writing several columns on the importance of tighter border control in America. With President Bush receiving a solid mandate for his second term, I was hoping that tighter border provisions would pop up along with the guest worker programs touted by the administration. Thus far, I have been wrong. America's border with Mexico... |
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Joel Mowbray
- New York Post -- April 25, 2005 Letting Terrorists Free The Department of Homeland Security is releasing drug smugglers and human traffickers, and perhaps even suspected terrorists and violent felons, as a matter of policy - because it doesn't have the resources to keep them in custody. -- In a classified memo issued last fall, the DHS laid out "priorities" for handling illegal aliens... |
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Robert J.
Caldwell -- San Diego Union-Tribune -- April 24, 2005 Common sense on immigration ...Just months ago, [the Bush administration] was promising to add 2,000 Border Patrol agents. Then the number dropped to a token 200 and President Bush, meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox, echoed his Mexican counterpart's denunciation of the Minutemen as vigilantes. -- Bush's own position is conflicted and contradictory... |
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Sam Bridges
-- RenewAmerica.us -- April 23, 2005 The enemy within ...Without a doubt, unchecked immigration has terrible and long-term economic impacts on this country. Illegal immigrants fill jobs that would otherwise be filled by American citizens or legal residents. Public funds are used to provide goods and services to those here illegally at the expense of the American taxpayer... |
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Russell
Betts -- GoGov.com -- April 22, 2005 Admitted Incompetence "We have a responsibility as the U.S. Government to police our borders and we are doing the best we can" - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- ...If the situation was not so infuriating, Gonzalez's statement would be laughable. His statements, though, are an insult to the intelligence of anyone that has even the slightest idea of what is going on with our borders. Either Gonzalez thinks we are all that stupid or he has just admitted his own incompetence. |
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Sierra Vista
Herald-Review -- April 22, 2005 Military's use on the border expands Military units are now allowed to do more along the U.S.-Mexico border, which includes helping to spot illegal immigrants... -- Earlier this year, a Stryker unit from Alaska deployed to New Mexico, where it provided ground surveillance and reconnaissance that led to the apprehension of "a number" of illegal immigrants ... |
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Inland Valley
Daily Bulletin -- April 22, 2005 Citing frustration, leader of Border Patrol union quits The president of the largest union representing Border Patrol agents has resigned, citing the organization's failing bureaucracy and lack of support from the Bush administration. -- Joseph Dassaro... sent out a farewell letter Monday morning. [Related reader remark] |
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Tom Segel
-- American Daily -- April 22, 2005 Illegal Border Crossings Stir Citizen Anger What can we expect from an Executive Branch and Congress that have failed to defend this country? Everyone knows it isn't the safety of our citizens. The Washington politicos voted into existence an airport security system that isn't any better than it was before 9/11. The administration and lawmakers have failed to provide us with adequate port inspections. |
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Associated
Press -- April 18, 2005 Bust of illegal aliens maintaining jets raises safety concerns About 3 1/2 years after 9-11, more than two dozen alleged illegal aliens - including four from so-called countries of special interest for terrorist activity - got jobs maintaining commercial jetliners in North Carolina. -- They passed through criminal background checks and Social Security screenings. |
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Barbara
Simpson -- WorldNetDaily.com -- April 18, 2005 Cut the cat-and-mouse game! The silence is deafening. -- Where's the sense of urgency about protecting the security of Americans in this country from terrorists? -- In December, President Bush signed an updated intelligence law, which, among other things, tightens border security by requiring anyone entering this country, from anywhere, to have a passport... |
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Associated
Press -- April 14, 2005 Bush Seeking More Flexible Passports Rule President Bush said on Thursday that he has ordered a review of plans to tighten re-entry rules at the Mexican and Canadian borders, saying requiring passports for everyone could "disrupt the honest flow of traffic." -- Bush said he had told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice... |
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KSAT-TV
- San Antonio -- April 14, 2005 Fence Protects College From Drug Smugglers, Illegals Laredo, Texas -- The U.S. Marines have landed near the Rio Grande River to build a 10 foot-tall fence on the campus of Laredo Community College. -- The mile-long wrought-iron fence is being built to help protect the campus from illegal immigrants and drug smugglers who pass through the area. |
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KIRO-TV
-- Seattle -- April 12, 2005 Team 7 Investigation Exposes Border Security Threats Our nation is on high alert for deadly terrorism attacks. But if our KIRO Team 7 Investigation into weak border security is any indication, there is reason to be concerned. -- An exclusive KIRO Team 7 Investigation already sent the Justice Department scrambling to repair faulty border surveillance equipment. -- Now, there are new problems... |
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Bellingham
Herald -- April 12, 2005 'ReyesCam' Scam: Criminal charges possible in case Federal auditors are investigating a border security project that they say cost taxpayers millions of dollars but has failed to track illegal immigrants along the Canadian and Mexico borders, a newspaper reported Monday. -- Auditors are reviewing government contracts awarded to Alaska- based Chugach Development Corp.... |
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Vancouver
(BC) Sun -- April 12, 2005 Border crossings out of control, says customs officers' union Improper security measures and lack of resources have made the Canadian border a "veritable sieve," says a scathing report produced by the union representing Canada's customs officers. -- The document, submitted last week to a Senate committee reviewing security at Canada's points of entry, says there are approximately 50 unguarded roads in British Columbia... |
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Washington
Post - April 11, 2005 GSA sees problems in border monitors Washington - A critical network of cameras and sensors installed for the U.S. Border Patrol along the Mexican and Canadian borders has been hobbled for years by defective equipment that was poorly installed, and by lax oversight by government officials who failed to properly supervise the project's contractor... |
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