Reduce Agents On The Border? Makes Perfect Sense.
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:16 pmLet’s see, the drug war is still raging in Mexico. There are now estimates that H1N1 flu could become a global pandemic, which entered the United States from…Mexico. A bunch of terrorists plotting attacks on Americans have just been arrested, indicating that that threat is as current as ever and leads one to believe that other terrorists might just try to enter our country from…Mexico. And, the Obama Administration’s response is to reduce manpower on the number 1 illegal alien entry point into our country, which would be the border with…Mexico.
Of course. It makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
Well, it does if you're the president.
President Obama doesn’t want effective patrolling of our southern border. Neither did President Bush or President Clinton. Let’s all agree on that.
But, this president has made a lot of promises to what I call the Illegal Alien Industrial Complex - IAIC. His early actions, effectively ending worksite enforcement and the meetings in the White House with supporters of amnesty, were very encouraging and led that movement to believe that there was going to be a for-real amnesty.
The supporting cast included Representative Luis Gutierrez D-Chicago who toured 17 cities around the country earlier this year, encouraging the production of victim stories about loved ones being deported. He focused on anchor babies, American citizens born to illegal aliens, as the ones worst affected. By using children this way the whole movement would be to help Americans, not illegal aliens.
You remember the tour. In San Francisco, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told the illegal aliens in attendance that they were “very, very patriotic” for taking responsibility for our country’s future.
While some of the pro-open border advocates were cautious not to raise expectations, the less sophisticated on their side were ebullient. And the fact that they had one of their own, Cecilia Munoz of La Raza, in the White House gave them confidence that it was just a matter of time, amnesty was just around the corner.
But, a funny thing happened on the way to the Forum; healthcare reform (or healthcare insurance reform, I forget) became a priority for the president and the congress and everything got sort of jammed up. And the presidential claim that illegal aliens were not covered by the healthcare bill followed by the protocol breaking challenge to that assertion, and the subsequent acquiescence by the White House to amendments (which had been previously blocked) that did indeed bar illegals from “the exchange”… sort of jarred the open borders crowd.
It wasn’t exactly panic, but in the past month there has been a lot of head scratching about what this president is really up to. There has been open questioning of the president’s commitment to amnesty and complaints about his double talk on the issue. And I have heard that some in the illegal alien bloated SEIU, Service Employees International Union (they wear the purple T-shirts, ACORN wears the red ones) have openly asked if they can actually trust the president on amnesty.
OK, enough about the issue, let’s talk about the president. President Obama will have to reassure the IAIC that amnesty is still out there on the horizon, still doable, because the president needs their support. He certainly doesn’t want them sitting on their hands next year. He needs them register voters (oops) and get out the vote for his party in the mid term elections. So, he will have to do things that mollify this crowd and keep them thinking that amnesty is still possible. And that’s why it makes sense for the president to reduce manpower on the Mexican border. It is something that he can do that the open borders crowd likes. “No movement on amnesty, but just made it a little easier to sneak in,” is the logic behind that move. His minions are reminding everyone that he effectively dismantled worksite enforcement earlier this year. And as for, “going after the employer” don’t bet on it, they’re not.
Now, we know that there are (at least) 8 million illegal aliens working in our country. Unemployment is in double digits in a dozen states and this administration isn’t going to do anything to enforce our employment laws so that American workers can have access to those jobs. This has been quietly repeated to the open borders crowd.
However, there will have to be some kind of public discussion about immigration policy and before the congressional election cycle begins early next year. The administration has made too many promises and raised too many hopes. And, Obama’s recent double talk at the Hispanic Congressional Caucus Institute on September 16th was noticed by some who have grown suspicious of Obama’s ability to deliver.
The president said, “If someone’s here illegally they won’t be covered under this plan, that’s a commitment I’ve made. But I also want to make this clear. Even though I do not think that we can extend coverage to those who are here illegally, I also don’t simply believe that we can ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken. That’s why I strongly support making sure folks who are here legally have access to affordable quality healthcare insurance under this plan just like everyone else.”
In Slow-mo:
“If someone’s here illegally they won’t be covered under this plan, that’s a commitment I’ve made.” Dead silence from the audience.
“I also don’t simply believe that we can ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken.” Polite applause. (They love that statement. I don’t exactly know what it means, but they seem to because they repeat it enough.)
“That’s why I strongly support making sure folks who are here legally have access to affordable quality healthcare insurance under this plan just like everyone else.”
This last statement, which also received mild and polite applause, is double talk and anyone hearing it, knows it. There have also been many questions about the 5 year wait for legal immigrants to have access.
So, this is the dilemma that President Obama finds himself on the horns of. He has pro-amnesty people working in the White House. White House staffers have been briefing, and carefully reassuring, various groups that make up the IA Industrial Complex. But after the “You lie!” episode and the subsequent statements that can’t be hidden from the public, the presidential high wire act is getting a little tricky.
And that is why the number of agents on the border will be reduced, if only by a small amount and however temporarily. And that is why we will see more of these subtle moves to obstruct immigration enforcement. The question is, will they be enough for an audience that put a lot of faith in the amnesty talk? The president hopes they will, but I am not so sure.
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Of course. It makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
Well, it does if you're the president.
President Obama doesn’t want effective patrolling of our southern border. Neither did President Bush or President Clinton. Let’s all agree on that.
But, this president has made a lot of promises to what I call the Illegal Alien Industrial Complex - IAIC. His early actions, effectively ending worksite enforcement and the meetings in the White House with supporters of amnesty, were very encouraging and led that movement to believe that there was going to be a for-real amnesty.
The supporting cast included Representative Luis Gutierrez D-Chicago who toured 17 cities around the country earlier this year, encouraging the production of victim stories about loved ones being deported. He focused on anchor babies, American citizens born to illegal aliens, as the ones worst affected. By using children this way the whole movement would be to help Americans, not illegal aliens.
You remember the tour. In San Francisco, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told the illegal aliens in attendance that they were “very, very patriotic” for taking responsibility for our country’s future.
While some of the pro-open border advocates were cautious not to raise expectations, the less sophisticated on their side were ebullient. And the fact that they had one of their own, Cecilia Munoz of La Raza, in the White House gave them confidence that it was just a matter of time, amnesty was just around the corner.
But, a funny thing happened on the way to the Forum; healthcare reform (or healthcare insurance reform, I forget) became a priority for the president and the congress and everything got sort of jammed up. And the presidential claim that illegal aliens were not covered by the healthcare bill followed by the protocol breaking challenge to that assertion, and the subsequent acquiescence by the White House to amendments (which had been previously blocked) that did indeed bar illegals from “the exchange”… sort of jarred the open borders crowd.
It wasn’t exactly panic, but in the past month there has been a lot of head scratching about what this president is really up to. There has been open questioning of the president’s commitment to amnesty and complaints about his double talk on the issue. And I have heard that some in the illegal alien bloated SEIU, Service Employees International Union (they wear the purple T-shirts, ACORN wears the red ones) have openly asked if they can actually trust the president on amnesty.
OK, enough about the issue, let’s talk about the president. President Obama will have to reassure the IAIC that amnesty is still out there on the horizon, still doable, because the president needs their support. He certainly doesn’t want them sitting on their hands next year. He needs them register voters (oops) and get out the vote for his party in the mid term elections. So, he will have to do things that mollify this crowd and keep them thinking that amnesty is still possible. And that’s why it makes sense for the president to reduce manpower on the Mexican border. It is something that he can do that the open borders crowd likes. “No movement on amnesty, but just made it a little easier to sneak in,” is the logic behind that move. His minions are reminding everyone that he effectively dismantled worksite enforcement earlier this year. And as for, “going after the employer” don’t bet on it, they’re not.
Now, we know that there are (at least) 8 million illegal aliens working in our country. Unemployment is in double digits in a dozen states and this administration isn’t going to do anything to enforce our employment laws so that American workers can have access to those jobs. This has been quietly repeated to the open borders crowd.
However, there will have to be some kind of public discussion about immigration policy and before the congressional election cycle begins early next year. The administration has made too many promises and raised too many hopes. And, Obama’s recent double talk at the Hispanic Congressional Caucus Institute on September 16th was noticed by some who have grown suspicious of Obama’s ability to deliver.
The president said, “If someone’s here illegally they won’t be covered under this plan, that’s a commitment I’ve made. But I also want to make this clear. Even though I do not think that we can extend coverage to those who are here illegally, I also don’t simply believe that we can ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken. That’s why I strongly support making sure folks who are here legally have access to affordable quality healthcare insurance under this plan just like everyone else.”
In Slow-mo:
“If someone’s here illegally they won’t be covered under this plan, that’s a commitment I’ve made.” Dead silence from the audience.
“I also don’t simply believe that we can ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken.” Polite applause. (They love that statement. I don’t exactly know what it means, but they seem to because they repeat it enough.)
“That’s why I strongly support making sure folks who are here legally have access to affordable quality healthcare insurance under this plan just like everyone else.”
This last statement, which also received mild and polite applause, is double talk and anyone hearing it, knows it. There have also been many questions about the 5 year wait for legal immigrants to have access.
So, this is the dilemma that President Obama finds himself on the horns of. He has pro-amnesty people working in the White House. White House staffers have been briefing, and carefully reassuring, various groups that make up the IA Industrial Complex. But after the “You lie!” episode and the subsequent statements that can’t be hidden from the public, the presidential high wire act is getting a little tricky.
And that is why the number of agents on the border will be reduced, if only by a small amount and however temporarily. And that is why we will see more of these subtle moves to obstruct immigration enforcement. The question is, will they be enough for an audience that put a lot of faith in the amnesty talk? The president hopes they will, but I am not so sure.
Return to the CAPS webpage: http://www.capsweb.org