Bush's Border Bash

On Dec. 21, the Washington Times carried an article, "Bush presses for reform on border policy," that ought to disturb many Americans - especially those who thought Bush was fighting for job growth in America, or that he was supportive of conservative principles, or even thought he was going to accept his responsibility to encourage enforcement of valid Federal laws. Here is an excerpt:

    Mr. Bush has for months tried to drum up congressional support for his plan to give illegal aliens "temporary worker cards" that would allow them to legally hold jobs that U.S. businesses say they can't fill with American labor.
     At his final formal press conference of the year, Mr. Bush said immigrants are pouring over the U.S. border, mostly from Mexico, to "put food on the table" and that "it makes sense for us to recognize that reality.
     "We want our Border Patrol agents chasing, you know, crooks and thieves and drug-runners and terrorists, not good-hearted people who are coming here to work," Mr. Bush said. "And therefore, it makes sense to allow the good-hearted people who are coming here to do jobs that Americans won't do a legal way to do so. And providing that legal avenue, it takes the pressure off the border."
     Conservatives have resisted the president's plan, arguing that it amounts to an amnesty for those who are currently breaking the law and that the relaxed rules could be exploited by terrorists.

President Bush is doing more than deliberately ignoring Federal immigration laws and encouraging illegal aliens to come here and work. He is doing more than making it harder for Americans to find entry-level jobs. He is doing more than adding to the huge tax and infrastructure burden to provide education and social benefits to non-citizens. Perhaps worst of all, in a time of war, in a time when we are spending tens of billions of dollars in the name of fighting foreign enemies who want to get into our country and hurt us, he is not only failing to take the mandatory steps of sealing our borders to stop people from illegal entry, he is actually providing incentives for people to break the law and come into the US illegally.

All this must be terribly puzzling to most conservatives (and to most liberals, who wonder why the "conservative" President is suddenly advancing so many liberal causes), unless they know of George Bush's dedication to internationalist causes, including NAFTA and especially his new and quietly advanced initiative, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, which is NAFTA on steroids. Unless you understand the dangers of FTAA and know that the real goal is to largely erase our borders and weaken our sovereignty in order to create a "utopian" European-Community-style multinational order in the Americas, then Bush's actions regarding Mexico and our borders will seem puzzling. He talks tough and appears to add more border guards, but leaves them almost powerless to actually stop illegals from entering and staying in this country. Meanwhile, massive steps are taken to appease the Mexican government and pave the way for illegals to continue flooding our country. I wish them well and understand their desires to come here, and encourage them to seek legal employment and citizenship here. And if our legal means are too slow or costly, let Congress reform that  - but the Chief Executive has no right undermining the laws he should be enforcing. And he has no right pursuing an internationalist agenda instead of defending the Constitution of the United States.

What to do? Let Congress know your concern. Please write your Senators and your Representative, and ask them to oppose the FTAA, and to oppose efforts to undermine immigration laws. We are at war, and any form of illegal entry should be stopped and prosecuted to protect America.

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