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Obama Deploys Troops To Help Secure Mexican Border

May 31, 2010 by  

Obama deploys troops to help secure Mexican borderFacing mounting scrutiny over his lack of action regarding immigration reform, President Obama has ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to be deployed along the Mexican border, according to administration officials close to the matter.

Obama also plans on requesting $500 million from Congress to improve border protection and local law enforcement in the four states just north of Mexico.

An administration official told Fox News that the new troops and additional funds will be used to temporarily "provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support" until the Border Patrol is adequately staffed.

While conservative lawmakers are pleased with the decision to bolster border security, many believe that the measure is not aggressive enough.

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), who proposed sending in at least 6,000 additional National Guard troops, said Obama’s proposal is "simply not enough" to control the violence in the area.

Meanwhile, Rick Nelson, a domestic security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told The New York Times that the additional deployment and funding will not make a significant impact.

"This is a symbolic gesture," he said. "At the end of the day, the face of border security is still going to be Customs and Border Protection, the law enforcement community. It’s not going to be the National Guard"
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  • http://gmail i41

    As for the fact, that ranch land being taken to build a fence, which was stopped by the democrats and Omoron. As a rancher, good tight fences make good neighbors. We just had a rancher get shot by an other rancher, for not keeping his side of the fence in repair and letting his livestock run wild. The same damn thing is happening with the USA and Mexico. Omoron, if he was any kind of a leader, or was proud of the USA. He would have beat Caldrona like a pinata, and thrown the bastard out of the white house. But when Omoron is dark part of a chichen doodle spot, what can we expect. The land down on the border is pretty unproducive, and with illegals coming in, I sure would not have a problem giving access to build a fence. The land needed isn’t as wide as a highway land needed strip, that goes through farm ground. It is just something to bitch about. Or the government can take the land and give to someone else as the Supreme Court ruled. And now with the two dykie dorks that will soon be seated on the Supreme Court the USA will see even worse rulings!

  • Marilyn

    Crystal, I seriously doubt it. It does not seem to matter what the Americans say or do. This Goverment just ignores us. We can’t afford to wait until 2012. Somehow we need to get rid of the lot of them.

  • crystal

    Isn’t there some way the American people can force our elected officials to do their job?

  • Meteorlady

    Too little – too late. Will not work because they will have their hands tied by the government. Tyson was raided and 200 workers were apprehended. They were back at work the next day with “legal” work permits per the government’s orders.

  • http://www.personalliberty.com/news/obama-deploys-troops-to-help-secure-mexican-border-19802996/ GEORGE FULLER

    Illegal immigration is a CAUSE and EFFECT situation.

    THE CAUSE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CAN BE TRACED DIRECTLY TO JOBS AND WELFARE (INCLUDING ANCHOR BABIES)

    THE EFFECT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS THE COST TO EDUCATE, MEDICATE AND INCARCERATE.

    Too many people want to deal with the effect and ignore the cause. If all you treat is the effect you will never solve the problem.

    The cause can be eliminated easily:

    1. Require all businesses to use E-Verify to ensure their employees are legal workers.

    2. Require proof of citizenship for any welfare type be it housing, food, etc.

    3. Pass HR 1848 in congress that would require at least one person be a citizens of the USA for a baby born here be deemed a US citizen.

    If you do the above the large illegal aliens will self deport when they can no longert take advantage of th3e system.

    4. Build the fence as was originally proposed being double lined.

    5. Get a private company to setup VISIT USA to deal with people that overstay their visas and are 40% of the illegal alien population.

    • Meteorlady

      I think your post is good however…..

      A lot of cities are “sanctuary cities” and they don’t care about verifying jobs and resident status. They will give these people anything they want because they “deserve it and need help”. I worked at Immigration some years back and illegals have very sophisticated papers to prove they belong here. I can also bet that they have all the rent receipts and other documentation they need to claim amnesty should it come to that again. In 1986 of the 2 million that entered this country, 86% were admitted fraudulently because we did not have enough people to properly process and check the facts presented. Of the 2 million that were admitted, 1.1 million more came because they were family members. 10 years later of those 3.1 million or more, 76% were still on social service programs.

      As for the border fence, they were building bridges across it and driving light delivery trucks over the top exactly one week after a section in Texas as built. The fence is taking private land from ranchers and ranchers are putting up with illegals trespassing, killing their animals and their families, and stealing from their homes. They are smuggling drugs, weapons and terrorists across our borders. Meanwhile you and I have to take our shoes off at the airport.

      As for anchor babies – they are here because of the ambiguous wording in the 14th Amendment which was meant to protect the citizenship of slaves returning to southern states after the civil war. All the bleeding heart liberals like the ACLU have taken this to court even though the “intent” of the 14th Amendment was not to grant citizenship to non-citizens born in this country of non-citizens. That Amendment was NEVER intended to be used in such a manner.

      As for overstaying visas – I worked in Investigations and we found probably 10% of the people we were looking for. Most come here and disappear – they get new identities through identity theft and head straight for the welfare offices or the nearest hospital emergency room to get their free medical.

  • Tom

    My opinion is this: He is only doing this because his numbers are down in the polls, it is just another politcal ploy. Personally, I would not put any trust in what Obama does…everything he touches turns to crap. Enough with his mundane rhetoric…come on November.

    • JC

      For sure…take out the trash in November.

      • JLC

        JC — Perhaps that should be our campaign Slogan this Fall —— “Take Out The Trash in November!”

      • JeffH

        JLC…now that’s a slogan we all can get behind!

      • JC

        Seems appropriate doesn’t it?

  • John The Warsaw Wizard

    M last sentence should read: This, in my opinion, is just another Obama “dog and pony show” because he has been embarrassed by the new Arizona law and NOW has been ridiculed and pressured into taking some kind of action. An ineffective action leads to a disastrous reaction.

  • http://gmail i41

    I work with a National Guard commander,who was down on the border,for three months building the fence. He was telling anyone that would listen,while they were building, Mexicans were gathering and getting reaady to head over the border. They were gathering in the bushes, in bunches of 50 or more. When it got to be around 4 o’clock,the other Guard units would start packing up to leave, he said they figured on going until dark,to get as much done as possible. That is until they started taking live fire. He said they had the windows and tires shot out while people were working. He also said mexicans can shoot all day at us ,but Sate Dpartment paper chasing idoits, will not allow them to carry or have in their posession bullets, you could carry extra weight with a empty rifle and a empty pistol, but no bullets. Our federal representivise are a farce. The biggest thing that made Mike mad,was this is an agresssive act against the USA. We should just go after these drug pedaling thugs and waste them. Of course Omoron’s buds and him wouldn’t get their cut of of drugs.

    • 45caliber

      When a Marine some years ago did shoot back at a Mexican shooting at him and several friends, the government tried him in a military court. He was found innocent. Then they decided to try him in a civil court – where he was again found innocent. Then they decided to try him in a Federal court on civil rights violations – and was again found innocent. He was tried three times for the same offense.

      But the government wanted to find him guilty to make Mexico feel better about their man being killed.

      The main reason he was found innocent at the Federal level? He was of Mexican descent but was American.

  • John The Warsaw Wizard

    This action is much like what happened when the National Guard was federalized (activated) during the riots of 1968. We were put out on the streets with weapons,but were not given ammunition. The rioters knew this and we,very quickly,became,jokingly ineffective. We were taunted, pelted with debris, and even shot at and all we could do was duck and run. When the troops from the regular Army arrived with their guns and issued ammunition most of that stopped because the rioters did not know who had, or didn’t have, ammunition. The regular Army had orders to retaliate we did not. Now, the difference here is, the drug lords and their armies have weapons that range from hand guns to fully automatic weapons as well as small explosives. They will not hesitate to kill. In fact they have killed, and are still killing, Mexican police, the regular Mexican soldiers, as well as U.S. DEA agents. Why would Obama think that they won’t do the same to our police and, unarmed, national Guard personnel? This, in my opinion, is just another Obama “dog and pony show” because he has been embarrassed by the new Arizona law and has not been ridiculed and pressured into taking some kind of action. An ineffective action leads to a disastrous reaction.

    • 45caliber

      I had some friends in the military during that time of riots. The police, National Guard, etc. had orders to do nothing to stop the rioters UNLESS THEY WERE HARMING SOMEONE. The military had orders to restore order by any means necessary. They did.

      Several police decided to arrest some of the soldiers for enforcing the law. When they saw all the guns the military had pointed at them, they decided that they would prefer to watch the rioters instead.

      • http://?? Joe H.

        45caliber,
        I was at FT. Knox in jan – nov of 68 with 16 weeks at FT rucker. I still remember riot training at knox. We had a guy go home for the weekend and he was on the news running across the street with a TV he had looted!!! He was ok till he came back, the commanding officer and a few other officers had recognized him!!

    • Gary

      All U.S. American Citizens are expecting much too much from Obama. Our Expectations and hopes that Obama will be politically persuaded, coerced, intimidated or politically embarrassed enough to actually honor his sworn public oath, his sworn public obligations and his sworn public duties to always faithfully uphold, protect, defend, preserve and ENFORCE ALL U.S. Federal Immigration Laws everywhere at all times and of course also the entire Constitution everywhere at all times WILL NEVER EVER HAPPEN because Obama has absolutely NO intentions of ever faithfully and seriously ENFORCING any U.S. Federal Immigration Laws at any time EXCEPT ONLY A FEW TOKEN GESTURES TO TRY AND FOOL AND TRICK AND DECEIVE AND BRAIN WASH the entire U.S. American Citizen Tax Payer Public. Obama has only the intentions to try and pass and grant a general AMNESTY for all ILLEGAL ALIENS to become future Democrat voters and to utilize the born and yet to be born ANCHOR BABY OFFSPRING of all ILLEGAL ALIENS and future general AMNESTY Legalized ILLEGAL ALIENS for even more Democrat voters to outnumber and to outvote all English Speaking White “Gringo” Middle Class Loyal Patriotic Pro-Constitution Anti-ILLEGAL immigration Right Wing Traditional Conservative U.S. American Citizens to the status of Second Class American Citizens in our own country who will be forever subjugated, forever enslaved and forever ruled by and forever at the mercy of the Multi-Cuturalist Multi-Ethnicist Extreme Leftist Ultra Liberal Socialists, Marxists and Communists Elitists who will totally dominate, control and “RULE” over all of us and over what ever there is left of a Leftist Ultra Liberal Tower Of Babel Multi-Lingual Multi-Cultural Anti-American Culture Anti-American Constitution Third World Banana Republic Of The United Socialist States Of America. So, unless we Loyal Patriotic Pro-Constitution Law U.S. American Citizen Voters can outnumber and outvote both the foreign national ILLEGAL ALIEN invader enemies and their ANCHOR BABIES who both breed more than rabbits and flies and outnumber and outvote the domestic enemies of our Constitutional Republic in all National elections, State elections, County elections, City elections, Town elections and Local elections, then possibly our ONLY other future alternative may ultimately be to stand our ground, lock and load and fight for our God Given Rights As Ordained And Granted Under The Constitution of the Constitutional Republic Of The United States Of America which was all created for all U.S. American Citizens by the Founding Fathers who had to fight for their God Given Rights against a very similar enemy. Sorry to be so gloomy. Unfortunately Obama and his Criminal Gang of Mob Rule and the entire corrupt and criminal Democrat controlled criminal U.S. Federal Government is just not a viable part of the equation to solve any problems and to save our nation from destruction.

      • BrotherPatriot

        Wow. Well said, Gary. However, from what I have read so far up to this point (haven’t see comments further down list), no one has mentioned the true equation. NWO. Bilderbergs, North American Union…etc, etc, etc. All of this…all of it is just symtoms of the bigger picture. The Bilderbergs goal is a one world corporation who will decide for us what we all will do. Basically, the bulk of humanity will serve the corporate elite. They intend to make us their cattle. Please google up the following suggested search words…Parliament Bilderberg, Daniel Estulin, Zeitgeist movies (2 of them…watch Addendum if your to religious to stomach the truth of “the movie”) and 9/11 architecs/engineers request independent investigation for demolition theory of the twin towers(<—Sign the petition!). Start connecting the dots people. I'm an Ex Navy SEAL and 40 years old…I feel like I'm just waking up. In the book, The Art of War, Sun Tzu says to dived and conquer. Guess what people…the only explanation to describe Obamma (Barry)'s agenda is exactly that…he is fracturing us to fight amongst ourselves…and doing a damn good job of it. I can not tell you how dissapointed in our "elected leaders" I am…and how discusted that none of the main stream media have yet to truthfully investigate the Bilderbergs and who's strings they are pulling. The world is indeed Waking up…educated yourselves America to the truth. It's to bad we have to go outside our Country to hear the truth. Were at War people…WW3 has already begun and it's called the silent war. A war upon our minds for ultimate control of humanity. I have faith that it's not to late. We have very intelligent, educated people aware of what's happening that work for us in the government. Unfortunately, the other half of the goverment (people in the same departments even) working against them at the same time. Good luck, guyz. Yol Bolsun…!

  • Sierra Jayne

    I second the motion howe!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send Obummer back to his Chicago thugs!

    • JC

      Not far enough…how about Kenya?

      • http://?? Joe H.

        JC,
        Better yet Mexico!!! He loves them so much, let him live there!!

  • http://PersonalLibertyDigest Bruce D.

    Obama should send as many troups as necessary to secure the border. He needs to stop playing games with American lives and do the right thing.

    • Harold Olsen

      What our Nazi-in-chief should do is bring our troops from Europe and let them fend for themselves and put them on the border to do what they should be doing and defend our country from invaders. Obama has taken an oath to defend this country. However, he took it on the Bible, which means nothing to him since he is a Muslim. And, anyway, why should he care about defending this country? He isn’t even a citizen.

      • rwnut

        Harold Olson….If I’m not mistaken Hussien O. took the oath of office on the Bible AND the koran. This traitor is a mooslum and he has no loyalty to America.

    • AZlady

      We would love for Mr. Obama to put enough troops at the border to do the job. By the time he gets around to doing anything, our troubles will multiply. He hasn’t responded to Gov. Brewer and she’s written letter after letter to Obama and Napoltano and who knows who else and she’s been ignored. And what’s with the Spanish translation to every-thing we write here. I feel as if I’m being spied on.

  • Marilyn

    Wayne, don’t worry about the typo’s. We get it. This is just a thought:Every branch of armed forces has Military Police. They are highly trained. Suppose we put them on the border and warn the Mexicans that if they keep coming we will give one warning shot and then shoot to kill. The Mexicans do have a plan to become the leaders of this country by numbers alone. According to La Raza and I quote: “Americans will have to recon with us when we fill the Goverment with our people.” Whoever does not belive that that is a plan is a fool.

  • http://charter howe

    I look at this failed opportunity by President Obama as chance to protect our nation, not just Arizona. I wrote the following letter but they were ignored. The audacity of this President to pander to the Mexicans at the peril of our nation should be an impeachable offense and I hope you all will insure Obama is a one term President. This is what I wrote and my reasoning:
    howe says:
    Mr. President; Please do your job and secure the borders before my family is harmed by the drug cartels and criminals coming across the border of Texas. Its obvious that your adminisration does not want to have closed borders but in a dangerous world what choice do we have. 50 years ago I could sleep with my windows open at night. Today, people need everything at their disposal to protect themselves and their loved ones. Your character assasination of Arizona’s elected leaders was very evil and contemptable for someone who was elected to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land. In spite of an overwhelmng majority of U.S. Citizens advising you to send military to the border, you sent 20% of the requested number of unarmed soldiers who will provide administrative duties only at the border. Why would you have unarmed soldiers at the border knowing that the drug cartels could at any time fire upon them at will with no consequence. Those people are killers and do not value life.
    President Obama, Al Sharpton and the other liberals who are fanning the fires of racism concerning the AZ law are doing a huge disservice to the country and the patriots of this great land that expect the Constitution and the rule of law to be upheld. While these arrogant leaders are busy doing the devils work, Bin Laden is sending his boys over in droves to infiltrate and assimilate into American society. These Al Qaeda sleepers are plotting to take down buildings, destroy our transportation system, our airplanes and our electrical grid. They are also wanting to smuggle nukes or dirty bombs into our country so they can eradicate entire cities with each weapon. Does this take rocket scientist thought to figure out. Who is misguided? Read HB 1070 as I have and I defy any of you to find anything about racial profiling. What a weak talking point to use that has unintended serious consquences. The AZ people are trying to stop drugs, murder rape and massive increases in criminal activity. WE THE PEOPLE in Texas are trying to protect ourselves likewise. The drug cartels are already killing people in Texas on Falcon Lake which is one of the best bass fishing lakes in South Texas. Again, please do your job or we will elect people that will.

    • Jim K.

      Howe, you could not of said it better!! An excellent response to the need to secure our country’s southern border. Also,your comments are right on about the weak miplaced leadership of Muslin Obama who’s pandering to foreign countries is a priority over being Leader and Commander in Chief of the greatest nation on earth the United States of America. I beleive Obama is using America for his own personal wants to degrade America to make himself look more powerful to the muslin world stage. To get our country back to the Constitution of the United States with Goverment by the people for the people we must get Muslin Obama out asap.

      • Jim K.

        Howe reply by Jim K. Spelling correction Muslim Obama not muslin. Anyway you spell it Obama is not a leadership credit to United States of America.

      • rwnut

        Jim K…..It’s spelled close enough for the ladies I go out with. HA.

    • http://Yahoo.com Elaine in Texas

      HOWE you are absolutely correct. I agree with you, very well put. Let us pray and vote to make sure he and the rest of the crooks in
      Washington are OUT! His finishing the term is difficult enough, wish
      he would do the right thing for a change and resign. Wishful thinking.

    • http://Yahoo.com Elaine in Texas

      Heard RUSH say today on the radio that 2,000 Americans are killed each
      year by “Illigal Immigrants, mostly from Mexico” Shocking!!! The media does not report this. I support Arizona’s actions, Texas should do the same. Every American who has not been to the
      GRAND CANYON yet should go there this summer. It is one of the seven
      wonders of the world and rightly so. To me, it is like GOD
      yelling, “SEE WHAT I CAN DO”.. I can’t wait to return, was there last
      summer, fantastic, beautiful, words can’t express its effect on the soul and spirit. God bless Arizona!
      God bless America, but we better start deserving that blessing by
      returning to God’s will for us, the big “10″. No shortcuts, follow the Ten Commandments and read the Bible everyday.

  • http://CoxCommunications Wayne

    Please forgive the typo’s. I’m just more than a little P.O.

  • http://CoxCommunications Wayne

    Does anybody remember the Berlin Wall or the Iron Curtain? IF our politicians were serious about securing our boarders (north and souyh) they would build an iron curtain on both of our boarders. When I was in the U.S.Army I was stationed in w West Germany in the Stuttgart area. I had the opportutiny to tour the “wall.” If memory serves me correctly there was a “no man’s land” between East and West Germany. It was patorled by guards with dogs. There were guard towers all along the fence with two guards each.I think they were spaced about 100 meters apart from each other. And for gfood measure machine guns were mounted on the fence facing each other at various heights. They had you covered. This is what we should do!!!!!!!!!!! To hell with the ACLU and anybody else who thinks these are extreme measures.

    • Harold Olsen

      I agree. We need a wall, such as an electrified fence that none of them would dare to go near. While they’re at it, make an electrified dead zone as well.

    • CJ

      Wayne, understandable ideal, but it didn’t work (where is it now?)… And it cost more than the local governemt could pay (you weren’t paid by Germany were you?). Who will the US ask for help? Plus, the guards were allowed to shoot-to-kill with no questions asked. Would we allow that?

      Simply take away the economic benefit! That’s all it takes. We don’t pay them, and they stop coming. Eliminate entitlements. It’s that easy.

      By the way, thank you for your service!

      • CJ

        OH, and by the way, it was the SOCIALIST EAST GERMANS who were doing most of the shooting of those who wanted out. I don’t think anybody from the west tried to get in.

      • http://CoxCommunications Wayne

        CJ, Stopping the entitlements is good, but first you need to stop the flood. What better way than to plug the hole? The reason I believe the wall collasped is because the U.S.A. out spent the U.S.S.R. and their communist backed economy couldn’t take it. I also understand it would take a boat load of money to construct a wall or effective fench that actually functioned as advertised, plus it would need to be manned. What is the National Guard for? Use them and for Gods sake arm them and let them put their training to good use!

    • JC

      Were Canadians our enemies then? As near as I can tell they aren’t and haven’t been since they declared themselves autonomous.
      I think we need just the one wall.

  • Christopher Baker

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

    They don’t accept regular emails any longer, not since about a month after BO took office. But you can express your opinion and make suggestions as I have done for quite some time now. Tell him he’s a liar and point out to him that if he says he’s going to do something we know he means he won’t do it or will do it in such a manner that it makes no difference. Tell him that we know if he says he isn’t going to do something that we know he is going to do it regardless of what the people want or need and regardless of the damage it does to the country we love. Give him hell, or at least a little preview.

  • CHUCKY

    Forget about the oil spill this is the most important job that needs to be done and a lousy 1200 unarmed extra manpower will not do it. deploy 30,000 armed national guard troops from all states to do the job right. And I believe you should swear in another 40,000 bounty hunters(returning veterans from both wars would have the option to be immedeiatly employed) to weed out these illegals and send them back to mexico(don’t like it there(Mexico) have a revolution like we did 234 years ago and take control, or vote the corrupt politicians out like we will be doing in november). Enough is enough when 12 Americans a day die at the hands of illegals nationwide. Where are the female groups who need to see the amount of rapes that are commited by illegals here. They are not here to give or contribute to this country( hell, they will not even take the time to learn english) they are here to TAKE and get whatever freebie they can qualify for. Time to wake up from this nightmare America before it is too late. NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE MEDIA AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SPINS IT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY SUGAR COAT IT. SETTLE FOR NO LESS THEN TOTAL DEPORTATION. THIS IS NOT RACIST IT IS JUSTICE. YOU BREAK THE LAW YOU GET FINED OR IMPRISIONED WHAT MAKES THEM ABOVE THE LAW?

  • Carolyn

    One only has to live next to the border as i do too see what is really going on. These illegals are very aggresive, some have weapons. They are not all coming here for work the word has been out for many years once you get here life is free, WELFARE . How would you like to work all your life, retire and are affraid to go out at night as they come out at night from the brush and start moving north too Phoenix. I have too keep all the doors locked even during the day , not what i expected too do at my age.

    • Al Sieber

      Carolyn, I know what you’re talking about, I live in Ariz. too, along a smuggling route it can get scary at times.and they’re not all coming here for work that’s a crock. they don’t want to become Americans, they want to displace us and create their own society. and all the Nat. Guard will do is fix flats and direct traffic. vote them all out in Nov. I’m beginning to think voting doesn’t count any more.

      • rwnut

        Al Sieber….Don’t lose hope now. We’ve been kicking them out of office left and right.Being from Arizona ,you should be screaming to defeat that traitor John(Teddy)McCain and elect J.D.Hayworth. Get angry and get to the polls.

      • Al Sieber

        Thanks rnut, I know i’m not alone.

  • Colo43

    obummer should be made to walk the stretch of the border, with the 1200 hes “Promised” and see how fast his can runs for cover.

    The number of 1200 is ridicules and he knows it.
    And to be unarmed, even more cynical and outright stupid.

    For Him to even consider such nonsense shows hes not as intelligent as he would like for us to believe.
    Sure Glad i am not a believer in Obummer!

  • http://baugeri@optonline.net Robert Augeri

    What they need along the border is people from other states willing to give their time but a place to live temporarily. They must be armed so if the drug cartel wants to take them on they can defend themselves against illegal drug coming in and terrorist coming across our borders. They should arm the National guard and let them use force if necessary. The Mexican government has already used force against the Border Patrol. When the heck are we going to wake up. Obama sent troops only for political reasons. If he really wanted to stop illegals and drugs and terrorist ect. coming across he would have sent a minium of 6000 troops as MCCAIN requested.

    • CJ

      Good idea to “let” them use force, but are those doing the guarding willing to use it? With the current wave of lawyers filing suite against soldiers’ acts in Iraq and Afganastan, do you really think someone will actually use force? The illegals know they won’t, and will take advantage of that. So, letting them use force may not be the answer. The NG troops don’t want to go through the trouble to answer some left-wing liberal’s claim of “excessive force” even if it was justified. Take away the chance of having a suite filed, and maybe it will work.

      • http://aol wayne a

        i’ll go and you bet your ass i’ll use force when needed.where do you sign up?

  • Sandy S

    According to Congressman Ted Poe (see youtube) these National Guard soldiers will be stationed 20 miles inside our border. They will be working on computers. Obama is still doing nothing and he never will. He wants illegals here to have baby Democrats and to continue plunging our country into bankruptcy and socialism. I hope enough Americans will stop playing video games long enough to realize what is going on in time to VOTE IN NOVEMBER. Otherwise the feds will only let you play the games they approve. Then you might decide to vote?

    • s c

      Sandy S, most rational, responsible people know Obummer can’t be trusted to make decisions (or act like a president). He is a fourth-rate magician whose arrogance and airhead incompetence know no bounds.
      What was true ages ago is still true. Never send a conceited, non-leader boywonder to do a leader’s job. NEVER elect him. And NEVER re-elect him or his hobag ‘friends.’

      • CJ

        Your point is right, for most RATIONAL and RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE… But a lot of time has passed since social ideals have been assimulated into our society, and people have become conditioned to expect, let alone demand, them (are you ready to give up SOCIAL security?), not realizing the true cost to the country. So the basis for making RATIONAL and RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS has changed, and therefor truly rational and responsible people are hard to come by, who will STAND UP aginst the socially greedy tidal wave who demand (unearned) entitlements. We have a hard fight still to go!

      • Al Sieber

        I agree!!!

      • Ted Crawford

        CJ, How do you consider Social Security as an “unearned entitlement”? We, in the private sector, have payed into this system for our entire working life, 48 years in my case! There is nothing unearned about it! The problem is the unpayed “loans” the various administrations have taken out without paying back!
        It was designed as an insurance policy, payed into in the expectation that it would pay off if,and when needed!

  • Marilyn

    From what I understand the 1200 men will not exactly be on the border, what ever that means. Iam still trying to get past the idea that Oboma had to be badgered to wear the American flag on his lapel, but he readily wore the braclet of the the Mexican immigrants. Where does he really stand?

  • HFlashman

    The answer is plain and simple. We shouldn’t criticize and harass those who are here for simply doing what we preach day in and day out…”Get a Job”.

    Why should we criticize that drive?

    What we should be asking is why the media and the politicians don’t go after the employers …those Americans who are breaking the law AND encouraging their workers to break the law?

    Anyone who knows, or should have known, they were employing illegal immigrant workers should spend 30 days in the County clink. Nothing serious…30 days should be enough of a social stigma and uncomfortable factor to deter all but the most flagrant determined criminal employer. When the spouse has to explain a 30 day absence, when the company employees ask where the boss is, when the social stigma takes effect…

    No jobs, no reason to be here.

    Now ask yourself. Why isn’t the media, the politicians, the tea partieers, the left…why isn’t anyone targeting the real criminals in this issue? Not the poor slob looking for a job….but those Americans who actively violate the law and are getting a free pass…the employers of illegal alien workers.

    • ruelle

      right on…

    • CJ

      HF, you’re looking at the fractional gain and discounting the major cost. I may want to fix a leak in my roof, but I don’t burn the house down to achieve it. Your ideas will cost MORE to fix the problem. Where are you going to get the money?

      The “simple” answer can be achieved through basic economic concepts. Take away the encentive!! Don’t force behavior with laws when they can’t be enforced. People will not comply when there is little chance of getting caught, let alone paying for it, because the “opportunity cost” is less. The relitave few who are ACTUALLY working bring a mass of trouble that cost more than the benefit of the cheap labor. If we take away the unearned benefits and entitlements that are being given, most will go back. Just look at how it’s reduced since our economy has fallen. THAT’S how simple… and LESS EXPENSIVE it can be!

      • Ted Crawford

        There are yet other major groups that must be addressed here. They are the ones who help these illegals obtain documents,through false means, and then vigorously enroll them in all the social programs possible in an effort to over whelm our systems!
        I’m reffering,of course to acorn(now affordable housing corporation of America)or A.H.C.A.,move-on-dot-org,organizing for America, etc. As we saw from the video busts, they are very good at “relabeling” illegal activites,IE prostitution by illegal,underage immigrants as something innocuous, like entertainment!! Once in the system it is very difficult to ferret them out!

      • http://?? Joe H.

        CJ,
        What is the cost of rounding them up compaired to the cost of them living here and receiving services and free medical care?? I would at least call it a toss up!

    • Al Sieber

      Hey Flashman, the only criminals here are the one’s who don’t secure the borders, you know, the person who took a oath to uphold the constitution, from all enemies foreign and domestic.

    • http://aol wayne a

      hflashman,the only problem you’re going to have with punishing the employer is there are so many fake and stolen ID’s how is the employer going to know? the gov. could set up a system for verification but of course obama will never back it!

      • http://?? Joe H.

        wayne,
        there already is one. It’s called E-verify! the gov keeps trying to do away with it. instead it keeps getting extended year by year and not made permanent!!

  • Jim H.

    The Guard won’t be armed and is there to do support work.They won’t be making any arrests. It’s just WINDOW DRESSING. At the tax payers cost. More wasted time and money to try to fool the public.

  • s c

    First, is this another Obummer theory, or is he going to FINALLY defend the border? Second, WHEN will this happen? Third, will the NG troops be rotated back from Iraq or Afghanistan to do this job? Fourth, is this yet another case of too little too late?
    As long as Obummer is allowed to pick and choose what’s important and what’s not, I’ll believe Obummer’s it when I see it. This is the same mouth-flapping ‘wizard’ who promised to bring our military BACK HOME.
    When you say something and you don’t act on it, that makes you a LIAR. When you act on something when it ‘feels good,’ that makes you a worthless politician.
    Do your job, Obummer. You’ve already had several masks ripped off. How many more are left?

    • Claire

      s c—Obama sent them because he more or less was “forced” to with all the dissent in America concerning illegals. As far as I am concerned this is just another grandstand play. However, it remains to be seen. Will the troops actually be able to defend themselves and our borders or will they be told not to use weaponry? If our soldiers are not allowed to use weaponry to defend themselves this will be a appalling situation. If this happens, we as Americans must really raise hell. Do you know if our soldiers can return gunfire? There are illegals that have guns and I bet they would use them.
      To me, this illegal business should be taken care of now.
      Oh, I remember during the campaign, our troops would be brought back home in 17 months. We need to get out of these countries and take care of our troops and our business here at home.
      Oh yes, I agree with you on your post. Politicians should never make promises they cannot keep. The sad thing is they do it all the time.

      • jo

        I understand he did send the troops, but he sent the soldiers with no guns !!!

        How horrible !!!!!

      • refuse2lose

        Why do you think he did that?Because his buddy in Mexico told him he didn’t want our troops enforcing immigration laws.I guess they are there to do some sight-seeing,maybe a little landscaping.

      • Claire

        I have not heard if the troops are armed or not. If they are NOT armed then as far as I am concerned this is the straw that broke the camel’s back. Illegals have guns, and to send our troops unarmed is to commit an unpardonable act.
        Why is this administration kowtowing to Mexico? Calderone? He is another con-artist. Why is this administration setting up America to be weak? I am not a pushover and I despise the fact we are being led down this path. Talk about a bunch of limp-wristed idiots. If this administration does not have the guts and backbone to stand up for America and all Americans, then this administration should get the heck out of DC. All of them.

      • http://PersonalLibertyDigest Horace M. Everett

        Jo, that is what I have heard also. As far as it being official, I have not seen nor heard anything. Unarmed soldiers can’t stop anything. I did hear that the Senate voted down sending 6000 more troops to the border to help the 1200 already being sent. As soon as word gets out that they aren’t armed, we need to melt the wires to Washington, screaming at our Senators and Congressmen.

      • Claire

        Horace M. Everett: Agreed.

      • http://?? Joe H.

        Horace,
        Any troop that gets harmed in any way should be able to sue the federal government for sending them in unarmed when the government KNOWS they are facing an enemy that is well armed and willing to use said arms as well! This is flat out STUPID!!!

      • http://PersonLibertyDigest Dee

        What country is obama trying to save–The United States of America or
        mexico?
        They should send troops to the border armed with guns. You can bet your fanny that these illegals trying to sneak into our country will shoot them.
        I am so disgusted with the way this government is going and that is straight to hell. obama shoved the so called health care down our throats, next will be cap and trade(tax) and amnesty.
        In 1986, the government said, no MORE amnesty. Ha, that a big laugh, you can’t believe anything the government says.
        They want to give these illegals amnesty, so they can sign them up as dumocrats, thus insuring that the dumocrats will be in power forever.
        God help us if this happens.

      • judith schimmelpfennig

        Well they can’t be armed Jo, they will sue if illegals are shot. What has our country come to? We have representatives that enact laws, but all we need is to enforce the laws already on the book. The Feds don’t have the stomach for it.

      • uSNpops

        Read what it says! They willl be National Guard troops, with desk jobs, not actually “Boots on the Ground”. We need to get serious about the Illegal immigrants in this country. But it’s the same thing with Immigration as the Health care bill.

        The Majority of Americans were, and still are, against the Health care bill. But the people in Washington think they know better, and we are stuck with their Bankrupting bill that will ruin the country in the future. After all we sent them to DC, so we must want what they give us.

        And now it will be Amnesty for Illegals, where the majority of Americans want the laws in place to be enforced. Once again who are we that live in the country that we can question the intelligent and elite in Washington DC.

        Welcome to Serfdom Folks. We;re not smart enough to know what we need to survive.

      • http://PersonalLibertyDigest Horace M. Everett

        Claire, I am afraid that you are right. President Obama was backed into a corner and sent a token number of troops to the border so he can say he did all he could. This is his way of trying to say he has met the demands of the voters while he gracefully backs out and washes his hands of the whole deal. We haven’t had a President yet that has wanted to do a thing about the border and the illegal immigrant issue. It seems as though they think if they bury their heads in the sand, the problem will go away. The 1200 troops he sent is not even a start at correcting the problem on the border. It looks like the only way we will get this problem corrected is to clean out Congress and the White House and then put people in that will listen to the voters. Each of the border states needs to do like Arizona. When they pass a state law that says exactly the same as the federal law, then they can start cleaning up the mess. Washington has no intention of dealing with the problem.

      • Claire

        Horace M. Everett: And you are right in what you have said. We have not had any elected president/administration willing to deal with this problem. And since the Senate voted down the possibility of more than 1200 troops (unarmed?), that tells me something too. This tells me the Republicans do not want to do anything about the illegals, they are just like the Democrats on this issue. They are thinking of the upcoming elections. The White House and the Congress are using stall tactics on this issue. They blame each other and yet they are all guilty of doing nothing!
        The Republicans do not want the Democrats to succeed at anything and vice versa. It is a cache 22 situation. I do not have much “use” for either party. You have to admit both parties are not giving their complete attention to the issues at hand. They are wasting their brains (do they have any?) on getting “their” party in office. It is as simple as that.

      • http://aol wayne a

        claire,i’m not so sure.historically hispanics tend to vote dem.so if obama can pull off his wish of granting amnesty and citizenship who do you think most of the 15-20 million illegals will vote for? obama for a 2nd term.GOD HELP US!

      • Claire

        wayne a — You are right. The Hispanics do vote Democratic. I am totally against amnesty. I tried to point out that the Republicans did not get rid of the illegals either. Neither party got rid of the illegals and now it is a nightmare. Now I worry that amnesty WIll be granted and if so, Obama will be re-elected. Yes, God help us.

      • 45caliber

        NONE of the soldiers will be allowed to actually guard the border. They are supposed to fill out paperwork, monitor any cameras that might watch the border, etc. But they will not be on the border and will not have weapons. Lot of help, huh?

        Considering our border, if we did put them on the border they could only have one man about every three or four miles anyway. Not much use there at all.

      • judith schimmelpfennig

        I agree with you about corruption in our state/federal government, but I think term limits should be enacted. Career politicians should not be tolerated. These people are only concerned about their next term in office, a far cry from public servants. They end up acting in their own best interest not what’s best for us. schim

    • shasta

      i think Barry is getting scaired one of these Gringo’s might make his way to the whitehouse!!

    • Harold Olsen

      According to a story I heard on FNC the other day, the troops being sent to the border are just for show. They are unarmed and their orders are to do nothing. According to the White House, they are to support the Border Patrol. But, in reality, they are just supposed to sit on their thumbs and if they see any illegals trying to come across they are to pretend they don’t see them. All this does is give Obama another means of wasting tax money while accomplishing nothing!!

      • JC

        All he’s done is add a layer of bureacracy to help tie up the people who actually “are” tring to do something. Our so called President is still working against Arizona, but he’s trying to “look good” doing it.

      • http://Yahoo.com Elaine in Texas

        I agree JC, our president is an expert liar. Everyday that he is in
        power he manages to do HARM to our AMERICA which he hates and wants
        to end. His goal is to destroy all that the founding fathers fought
        for. He is a radical socialist who was not even born here. In my
        opinion, a liar, an impostor, and evil man through and true. He does
        not love AMERICA nor does he belief in GOD. Protecting the borders is
        not what he wants, he wants to tear down AMERICA and open borders is
        one easy way of doing it. All of his agenda since in power has been to
        bring down AMERICA. First American president to not attend church, yet seen in Islamic gestures or meditation. Not American, not Christian, not honest, no disclosure about his birth certificate, school and college records, contributions to his campaign, friends and close associates of dark and communist idiologies and more.
        All in all, the most dangerous president our country has EVER had.
        GOD help America we are in the worst of times. Pray, pray without
        ceasing.

    • LK Parker

      He allows a foreign President to degrade our country in front of congress, and then those dummies stand up and applaud. Everytime he opens his mouth he spews “non-truth, and panders to those he feels will feed his ego and “mission”. 1200 troops with no guns and desk jobs….that’s alot of help to those on the border who are being invaded! Right now he’s simply working on amnesty FOR THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY and getting the votes of those who benefit from this. To get rid of him and his elitist ideas start by GOING GREEN: RECYCLE CONGRESS IN NOVEMBER 2010!

    • Jim

      Hey Americans….The reason that “illegal” in the White House is only sending 1200 National Guard troops is so that gives him more of your tax dollars , so he can throw more elegant dinners and concerts for his Mexican buddy.

    • http://hubscher1@earthlink.net bob hubscher

      What took Odumbdumb so long to figure this out. This could’t be election propaganda could it? But don’t be shocked that McCain has already said it is to little to late. On top of that “the gang that can not shoot straight” will find more ways screw this up just like everything else they have attempted. Who does he think he is fooling? Oh I forgot his surrogates and the main stream press.

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