The Evil of American National Sovereignty

Enforcing our borders is yet another in a long line of American evils according to the LWM, says Paul Chesser:

Those aliens who once passed over near metro areas have transferred their efforts into desert areas in the four border states. The Clinton-instigated "crack-down" has had unintended consequences, with aliens now attempting crossovers through the vast deserts, or paying steeply ($1,500 on average) for smugglers to sneak them into the U.S.

This appears not to be a good thing in the sight of the Post, as more than 2,500 have died trying to enter through the desert during the last 10 years. And in the desolate area near Yuma last year, Border Patrol agents captured almost 139,000 illegals, with the trend running even higher this year.

"We have people crossing the desert dying like flies," said Robin Hoover, president of Humane Borders, a charity that places water stations in the desert for "wayward" immigrants. "They are forcing people down death trails."

You'd think the Latinos were trying to escape Iraq or Darfur. Because a sovereign nation (ours) shuts down our porous boundary from the threat posed by illegal outsiders, forcing the invaders into a less desirable entry point, we're suddenly marching them down the Trail of Tears?

While the desert and the expensive smugglers ("coyotes") are unappealing to the prospective immigrants, they ought to be considered friends to the cause of American immigration and security policy, because they are deterrents. Everybody I know is sensible enough to realize that if you try to walk many miles through the desert without proper resources, you will die. That's a good incentive for staying put, a thought that probably didn't occur to Ms. Hoover or the Post.

We are a nation, and we have a sovereign right and duty to protect our borders. I've been to Mexico many times, and I can tell you that the Mexican government is quite good at protecting its sovereign rights against gringos, and even better at immigration enforcement when it comes to their fellow Latinos from Central America.

Perhaps we should cut to the chase and elect Vincente Fox president.