San Diego Union-Tribune

June 1, 2010

Regarding troops to the border


President Obama's gesture to send 1,200 National Guard troops and $500
million to support border security is all but empty political tactics to
temporarily relieve public criticism of federal border and immigration
enforcement failures, and support for Arizona's stand against the flow of
illegal aliens, drugs and violence.

There is only one way to stem the tide of illegal immigration - 90 percent
of which is from Mexico - and that is to stop it by any means necessary.
Significant federal and state action is necessary to resolve the problem by
cutting off all benefits to illegals. Only then, and with the elimination of
intentional anchor baby citizenship, should reasonable immigration reform be
considered.

 (Edited from original letter sent)

Re: National Guard set to deploy to border

By Leslie Berestein

San Diego Union-Tribune - May 26, 2010

 

President Obama's gesture to send 1,200 National Guard troops and $500
million to support border security is all but empty political tactics to
temporarily relieve public criticism of federal border and immigration
enforcement failures, and support for Arizona's stand against the flow of
illegal aliens, drugs and violence.

 

There is only one way to stem the tide of illegal immigration -- 90 percent
of which is from Mexico -- and that is to stop it by any means necessary.
First, a secure wall must be built along the entire border, coupled with
electrified walls in high volume areas, security technology, intelligence,
surveillance and monitoring.

 

Second, substantial increases in ICE and Border Patrol personnel and
equipment, supplemented with trained National Guard troops as needed. And
last, but not least, increased enforcement against employers of illegals,
increased deportations, stopping legal immigration until the wall is built,
then lowering legal immigration from 1 million per year to 100 thousand per
year.

 

Significant federal and state action is necessary to resolve the problem by
cutting off all benefits to illegals. Only then -- including the elimination
of intentional 'anchor baby' citizenship -- should reasonable immigration
reform be considered -- carefully.

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

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'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes
here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us,
he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is
an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or
birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's
becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an
American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says
he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.

We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for
but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have
room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American
people.'

-- Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2010

Re: What the cross theft proves

By Michael McGough

Opinion L.A.

May 12, 2010

The Mojave Cross is stolen - how low can you get?

Despicable thieves in the night -- the unforgiveable cowards that removed the Mojave Cross symbol memorializing American soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in giving their lives for their country -- regardless of their motives, committed a dastardly, unconscionable act. A slap in the face of the military and the American People.

Nevertheless, the Mojave Cross was stolen before the ink dried on Supreme Court decision allowing the cross to remain in the Salazar v. Buono case involving a constitutional challenge to the presence of the eight-foot Christian cross in the Mojave National Preserve. The case arose when Frank Buono, a former assistant superintendent of the preserve filed a lawsuit demanding the National Park Service remove the cross.

Of course, the vexatious, anti-Christian, un-American ACLU got involved. Indeed, Buono is a prime example of the institutional arrogance of many park service employees, and most other federal departments, agencies and institutions who believe they, not the public, are the owners of public lands, and the overseers of the public in general.

Who did it? Common sense makes the call.