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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3102)	3/12/2009 12:41:59 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3197

President Obama said he would consider deploying National Guard troops to control violence along the US-Mexico border during an interview Wednesday. The situation is out of control. Obama should stop considering and just deploy troops. Protect American citizens from these foreign invaders. The president said he did not have any interest in "militarizing the border." "We expect to have a comprehensive approach to dealing with these issues of border security that will involve supporting [Mexico President Felipe] Calderon and his efforts," Obama said, according to McClatchy. "Our expectation is to have a comprehensive policy in place in the next few months." This laissez-faire "comprehensive policy" approach has obviously not worked. On Calderon's watch, drug problems have increased. We should not waste time dealing with him. He is worse than useless. "I don't have a particular tipping point in mind," Obama told the reporters. "I think it's unacceptable if you've got drug gangs crossing our borders and killing U.S. citizens." We're beyond the tipping point. Doing something yesterday is still too late. Our gov't issues travel advisories to mexico due to the violence there, yet see no need to seal the borders??. Pathetic. I say: IRRESPONSIBLE...

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (3102)	3/15/2009 10:22:49 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3197

Border Patrol detains 8 found in drainage system 2:00 a.m. March 15, 2009 SAN YSIDRO: Immigration officers detained eight people last night who entered a storm-drain system at the busy San Ysidro border crossing about 20 hours earlier. Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said a witness saw the group entering the storm drain through a grate at the 24-lane border crossing about 2 a.m. Border Patrol agents found the people between 9 and 10 p.m., Mack said. They were in a pipe different from the one they entered. Vince Bond, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told The Associated Press that the group was made up of six males, including a 16-year-old boy, and two females. None appeared to have suffered injuries after spending most of the day in the drain's 30-inch diameter pipes. “They were dehydrated and hungry,” Bond said. The group entered through a grate in Lane 16 in a buffer zone between the border and the inspection booth to get into San Diego. A contractor provided a robot to search the drain system's pipes, Mack said. The robot couldn't search the entire system because of debris and other blockage. It did find two people with blankets and snacks who were either hiding or living there, Mack said. When the robot's operator contacted the people to ask if they needed help, they fled deeper into the drainage system, Mack said. –M.F. www3.signonsandiego.com