UNMANNED Border Crossings with Mexico? TAKE ACTION
Conservative Action Alerts
The Obama Regime is hitting us with a "Double Whammy" -- Setting up unmanned "kiosks" at Mexican border crossings, and Reducing the number of National Guard troops along the Mexican border!
Did you hear the news? Our beloved President, Barack Hussein Obama, has decided that "border security" means two things: unmanned border entries with no Customs Officers within a hundred miles; and slashing the number of National Guard troops assisting the U.S. Border Patrol!
YOU READ THAT RIGHT -- according to news reports, federal authorities have proposed an unmanned port of entry at the U.S./Mexico border that would allow people to cross into the U.S. from Mexico legally. In the proposal, the nearest customs officer will be 100 miles away in Big Bend National Park, rather than on either side of the Rio Grande River.
At the same time, the Obama regime has announced that they're planning to reduce the number of National Guard troops that are deployed along the Mexican border -- without increasing the already-low numbers of Border Patrol agents there!
THIS IS INSANE. We need to SECURE THE BORDER and ENFORCE THE LAW -- not head in the opposite direction! It's time for US to TAKE ACTION and FORCE Congress to finally pass H.R. 1507 and S. 803 -- it's time to finally SECURE THE BORDER!
It seems like some sort of nightmarish joke -- but it's NOT. As the Boston Globe has reported:
"The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence.
This hardly seems a time the U.S. would be willing to allow people to cross the border legally from Mexico without a customs officer in sight. But in this rugged, remote West Texas terrain where wading across the shallow Rio Grande undetected is all too easy, federal authorities are touting a proposal to open an unmanned port of entry as a security upgrade.
By the spring, kiosks could open up in Big Bend National Park allowing people from the tiny Mexican town of Boquillas del Carmen to scan their identity documents and talk to a customs officer in another location, at least 100 miles away."
Seriously? Barack Obama's response to the demands of the American people to secure the border is to say, "Sure thing! Let's start by opening up unmanned kiosks with no customs officers within a hundred miles!"
This is no joke. The National Park Service is building the contact station just above the Rio Grande -- you know, where illegals currently have to sneak across because they're breaking the law. It will house CBP kiosks where crossers will scan in their documents and talk to a customs officer in Presidio, the nearest port of entry, or another remote location.
One Customs spokesman said the plan was "to have checkpoints, which are common for motorists in south Texas, on the paved roads leading through and out of the park," noting that unmanned crossing points have been used along the U.S. northern border with Canada for years without incident.
Ummm... since WHEN have we had any kind of huge problem with illegal immigration across the Canadian border???
We need to use our resources to secure the border with Mexico rather than making it easier to enter in locations where we already have problems with illegal crossings. As U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican member of the House Homeland Security committee, stated when he learned about this plan, "There is more to the oversight of legal entry than checking documents. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) needs to be physically present at every point of entry in order to inspect for contraband, detect suspicious behavior and, if necessary, act on what they encounter."
You would THINK that would just be COMMON SENSE -- but apparently Washington needs to FEEL THE HEAT in order to SEE THE LIGHT on this issue! That means YOU AND I need to take action NOW!
At the same time we're hearing about this crazy plan for unmanned border crossing kiosks, Barack Obama made another blockbuster announcement: he plans to reduce the number of National Guard troops stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border!
Why? Apparently, because they're successful in what they do!
How does that make sense?
Thanks to the increased presence of National Guard troops and hirings of Border Agents, the number of arrests of illegal border crossers along the southern border is at a near 40-year low. The Border Patrol said agents made 327,577 arrests at the Mexican border during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, down from 1.6 million in 2000.
So, just when we're starting to get a little bit of a handle on illegal immigration -- just when there might be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel -- Barack Obama pulls a fast one on us and CUTS BACK on the support from those who are supposed to be "Guarding our Nation"!
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee's investigations subcommittee, responded that he is "concerned that the administration is decreasing overall manpower" with the shift along the border. "While the National Guard is not the long-term solution and has its hands tied," said McCaul, "they are necessary until we permanently increase our Border Patrol presence."
Apparently, Barack Obama doesn't agree.
Which means that now, we're going to be stuck with fewer National Guard troops helping to guard our southern border... at the same time we start seeing unmanned border kiosks there, too!
THIS IS CRAZY -- AND IT MUST BE STOPPED NOW!
President Ronald Reagan once famously said, "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." THAT'S WHAT YOU AND I NEED TO DO RIGHT AWAY -- and that's why we've made it EASY to make your voice heard LOUD AND CLEAR on this issue -- please take action NOW!
Respectfully,
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P.S. Rick Perry, the governor of the largest border State of Texas, with thousands of miles bordering Mexico, had this to say about Obama's plans to reduce the National Guard troops there: "President Obama's decision to slash the number of National Guard troops patrolling and securing our southern border is proof that this administration has no intention to truly secure the border or listen to the American citizens, communities and law enforcement who care about border security and public safety... We need more, not fewer, boots on the ground, as well as strategic fencing, surveillance technology, air and marine resources, working in coordination to truly secure the border. Cutting National Guard troop levels at the border is dangerous to America's national security, and I urge President Obama to reconsider this ill-advised decision."
That decision, coupled with the plans to open unmanned border crossing kiosks, makes it clear that Congress needs to take action to STOP Obama's crazy plans on our southern border. PLEASE, take action RIGHT AWAY to DEMAND that Congress SECURE our borders instead -- NOW! Thank you!
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