Lou Dobbs on the Border Fence.

[Shooterman]

Dobbs: Border fence will leave Texas-size hole - CNN.com

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President Bush will sign the Secure Fence Act into law Thursday at a public ceremony in the White House Roosevelt Room, reversing his earlier decision to withhold the pomp and circumstance.

House Republicans demanded the formal proceedings for public relations purposes, claiming this fence is a major accomplishment for Congress ahead of our November midterm elections.

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We'll find out more about how American families rate the job Congress and the president are doing with respect to illegal immigration and border security tonight, when our broadcast presents another special town-hall broadcast, "America Votes 2006: Broken Borders." Many middle-class families will finally have the chance to express their opinions about how illegal immigration is affecting their quality of life.

American middle-class families are all too often left out of the discussion of immigration reform in Washington. Instead, this country's special interest groups dominate the debate. Big business associations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and organized labor unions enjoy the benefits of open borders and hope to keep the status quo: big business, to exploit the cheap labor that is provided by illegal aliens, and labor organizations, to add to their membership rolls.

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Between 12 million and 20 million illegal aliens are living in the United States. But as that range suggests, no one -- not the Border Patrol, not Immigration and Customs Enforcement, not the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security -- has any true idea how many illegal aliens are here. Why not?

I suspect one major reason is the same federal government that refuses to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws is determined not to accurately measure the number of illegal aliens in the country so as to further cover up both the cost of illegal immigration and the necessity of creating a rational public policy.

We do know that the government of Mexico encourages its poorest citizens to cross our border, to live and work in the United States. And we know that illegal aliens are sending back to Mexico more than $20 billion in remittances per year, according to the Bank of Mexico. Those remittances from Mexican citizens living in the United States are one of the largest sources of foreign income for the nation of Mexico, neck and neck with oil revenue.

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Increased drug trafficking constitutes another reason we must control our borders immediately. No matter how the government of Mexico resists, the Drug Enforcement Agency says as much as $25 billion in drug money crosses the U.S.-Mexico border each year. And that doesn't even count the money made from middleman and end-user transactions in the drug trade. In fact, more cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana enter the United States from Mexico than from any other point.

Control of our border with Mexico must be established if we are to be successful in resolving our illegal immigration crisis and winning the war on drugs. We do want to win, don't we?

[Woodmonkey]

I heard on the news the other day that our borders are being controlled - by the drug cartels.

What's Bush's reluctance to take them back?

[Snowden]

It's a problem that seems to be mushrooming way out of sight. You'd think that he would want it taken care of, in light of 9/11, in light of having property near that border, in light of the national economy, etc., etc., etc.

It's stupid to have allowed it to reach the proportions it has already reached.

[Shooterman]

Originally Posted by Woodmonkey

I heard on the news the other day that our borders are being controlled - by the drug cartels.

What's Bush's reluctance to take them back?

The creation of the SPP, the NAU, the Trans-Texas Corridor. If that won't do, then try his overwhelming like for Vicente'. Need more? How about the influx of predominantly young unskilled and uneducated workers to offset the humonguous unfunded bills that are about to come due with the Boomers retiring, the misbegotten socialistic Drug Prescription Plan he's concocted, No Child Left Behind, ( more socialism ) and a chance to get our paws on Mexicos and Canadas oil reserves.

To do all this requires open borders, so why close them only to have to re-open them in the short future?

[Woodmonkey]

Originally Posted by Shooterman

To do all this requires open borders, so why close them only to have to re-open them in the short future?

Doing that (re-opening them) would also lay the blame for illegals and the associated problems squarely on his doorstep. Better to leave it as it is so he can't be singled out?

[Shooterman]

Originally Posted by Woodmonkey

Doing that (re-opening them) would also lay the blame for illegals and the associated problems squarely on his doorstep. Better to leave it as it is so he can't be singled out?

He has and is being singled out as the finest do nothing President we've had in a long while. The moneyed interests are what drives this Senate, half the CongressCritters, the push for cheap labor, and I'm sad to say, I believe Mr Bush. I visit one or two forums where the people, many, if not most, are good patriotic conservative Americans, that are absolutely livid over his shenanigans.

For anyone to advocate a North American Union, patterned after the European Union, complete with it's own currency, and having dominion over the trading practices of this country, complete with our loss of sovereignty, is as big a threat to this nation as Saddam, Il Sun Joon, or the Dip from Iran, all rolled into one.

It's time to realize the war in the sands of Iraq are not as important as the war in the sands of the Southwest. It's time to start nation building at home.

Oh, Miss Katie, a point. By the time this finally takes place, even though it is moving along nicely, thank you, Little Georgie will safely have retired to Crawford, or Mexico City, ( He and Vicente' may share an apartment ) or wherever, ( maybe a mansion in Noo Yawk ) be drawing his retirement, and be insulated from the heaps of ridicule and scorn that shall rightfully be directed his way.

BAH!