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'Trouble at the border? I had no idea!'
Posted by Bobby Eberle
May 23, 2008 at 6:03 am
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In another case of politicians not having a clue what's really going on in
this country, an interesting exchange took place in Wa****ngton this week.
Three Democrat legislators spoke to re****ters about what they claim is
"anti-immigrant coverage" by conservative media outlets. Apparently, they
think floods of illegal aliens crossing into America and the crime and
violence at the border are just overblown incidents developed by
conservatives
to attack our neighbor to the South.
After they spoke, the Democrats were asked if they realized that the State
Department had issued a "travel alert warning Americans about
military-like
'combat' along the southern U.S. border in Mexico, where Americans are
being
kidnapped and murdered." None of the legislators knew about it.
As re****ted by Cybercast News Service, when asked about the alert, Sen.
Robert
Menendez (D-NJ) said, "I haven't heard about the re****t specifically."
Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Hilda Solis (D-CA) also spoke to Cybercast
News Service and said "they had no knowledge of the travel alert but were
aware of the volatility along the U.S. southern border."
Volatility? Americans are being killed and yet all these liberals want to
do
is pander! The State Department alert states that "violent criminal
activity
fueled by a war between criminal organizations struggling for control of
the
lucrative narcotics trade continues along the U.S.-Mexico border."
Although
the alert states that the attacks are primarily aimed at "members of drug
trafficking organizations, Mexican police forces, criminal justice
officials,
and journalists," the alert goes on to state that "foreign visitors and
residents, including Americans, have been among the victims of homicides
and
kidnappings in the border region."
Armed robberies and carjackings, apparently unconnected to the
narcotics-related violence, have increased in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez.
Dozens of U.S. citizens were kidnapped and/or murdered in Tijuana in 2007.
Public shootouts have occurred during daylight hours near shopping areas.
Criminals are armed with a wide array of sophisticated weapons. In
some
cases, assailants have worn full or partial police or military uniforms
and
have used vehicles that resemble police vehicles.
Side note: In the California area where Rep. Duncan Hunter had a border
fence
built, crime and drug activity went DOWN!
In the Cybercast News Service interview, Rep. Solis expressed her concern
about "the murder of women" but added, "I'm more concerned about people
having
their civil rights violated here." More concerned about the civil rights
of
law-breaking illegal aliens than Americans being the targets of violence
and
murder? Just exactly what country do you represent?
According to Cybercast News Service, "Speakers at the briefing said that
CNN
and Fox News Channel should be held accountable for television
personalities
who have 'played major roles in creating this anti-immigrant hysteria.'"
Let's
send that message to the Americans who are victims of border violence...
I'm
sure they'll find comfort in it.
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