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About 700,000 immigrants arrive in the country without legal authorization each year, compared with about 610,000 legal immigrants.
While 3 percent of illegal immigrants are employed in agriculture, about 25 percent of all drywall, ceiling and tile installers in the United States are illegal immigrants, as are about a quarter of all meat and poultry workers, and a quarter of all dishwashers.
The murder of Kris Eggle (see the separate page of collected articles), a park ranger in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona on August 9, 2002, was little noted by the media, although the press has paid considerable attention to the deaths of illegal aliens on the border. By contrast, Ranger Eggle was shot down by Mexican drug dealers who were using Organ Pipe as a route for their smuggling. Only 28 when he was murdered, Eggle was a valedictorian and an Eagle Scout
In a particularly tragic example of government inattention to illegal aliens who have run amock, one of the snipers who terrorized the Washington DC area for three weeks in October 2002 was a foreign national who had been apprehended the previous year. As a stowaway, he was required by law to be immediately deported back to his home country. Instead, the INS overroad the Border Patrol's designation and released John Lee Malvo upon the unsuspecting American public.
Originally posted by ChrisF231
I really dont understand how anyone can defend them unless they A) are one/related to one or B) somehow profit from this invasion of our country.
Originally posted by downtown436
Excellent post 11bravo!! Well put, and you are on the path to greatness!! IN order to truly fight the terrorists, we must secure our border with a fence (a badass wall) artillery, air patrols(armed apache's f-16, uav's) and a policy that treats any unauthorized attempt at entry as an illegal invasion to be met with unbelievable force. By that I mean a coordinated artillery, air and ground assault. Our policy needs to be, you cross here, you die here.
Originally posted by ChrisF231
I am not sure if Posse Comiatus would apply to border protection or not.
Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
Originally posted by ChrisF231
I am not sure if Posse Comiatus would apply to border protection or not.
It didn't agree with what they did in Waco either, but guess what... It happened. Posse Comitaus states that military force shall not be used a gainst a civilian population but, alas, it happened in Waco.
I think when it comes to the security of this country, any and every means should be used to protect it. Waco was not a national security issue... The border is.
[edit on 12-8-2007 by SpeakerofTruth]
Originally posted by ChrisF231
The active duty military was not involved at Waco ... the FBI requested assistance from the Texas National Guard and they received it.
Originally posted by indierockalien
Nobody is really on the right rack with this post. I have no problem with people fleeing their homelands in search of a better life, because you know and I know that, if we lived with the same conditions as people in other less fortunate countries, we would ALL do the same thing. Especially if we had families to keep safe. All this border protection # and flag waving and "America, # yeah!" # is making me sick. How about being human? It's NOT illegal immigrants that are the problem.
Originally posted by ChrisF231
Also, lets not forget that we are talking about the illegals ... Bush's chosen ones. Bush will do whatever it takes to avoid actually securing the Mexican border.
[edit on 12-8-2007 by ChrisF231]
Originally posted by Freezer
I agree they should come here legally, but painting immigrants as cold blooded murders is not entirely true. I've known some illegals as theres actually a lot of them where I live, and some of them are the nicest people I've ever met.
Originally posted by indierockalien
Nobody is really on the right rack with this post. I have no problem with people fleeing their homelands in search of a better life, because you know and I know that, if we lived with the same conditions as people in other less fortunate countries, we would ALL do the same thing. Especially if we had families to keep safe. All this border protection # and flag waving and "America, # yeah!" # is making me sick. How about being human? It's NOT illegal immigrants that are the problem. It's the governments of the world. The only way to true peace and harmony is to destroy all forms of government. # will happen. People will die. But if we live our lives fearing the "what ifs", how is anyone gunna ever think straight? We can't put trust in faceless entities to keep us safe from "what ifs". It's an individual's responsibility to care for themselves and their family. We're all humans, and we can't discriminate, especially not about something as trivial as what border someone should be behind. God, that's stupid. Listen to yourselves. You all sound like children.