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Fw: Anarchy on our borders....Speech by Michelle Malkin gives
prescription for immigration failures

Source: WorldNetDaily.com

Anarchy on our borders Speech by Michelle Malkin gives prescription
for immigration failures
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33180

Posted: June 21, 2003

Editor's note: The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a
Hillsdale College seminar in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Feb. 18, 2003.
Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, the national speech digest of
Hillsdale College. http://www.hillsdale.edu/

By Michelle Malkin © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

The voice of New Americans who reject political correctness and the
cult of multiculturalism has been sorely missing from the debate on
immigration policy. September 11 helped shatter that silence. Over
the past year, I've heard from countless readers, first- and second-
generation Americans like myself and my family, who reject open
borders and immigration anarchy. We are sick and tired of watching
our government allow illegal line-jumpers, killers and America-haters
to flood our gates and threaten our safety. We are sick and tired of
watching ethnic-minority leaders cry "racism" whenever Congress
attempts to shore up our borders. And we are especially sick and
tired of business leaders, lobbyists, and lawmakers from both major
parties caving in, forsaking leadership ­ and selling out our national
security.

A year-and-a half after September 11, we have new laws, new agencies
and lots of new government spending to fight off foreign invaders.
But our immigration policies leave the door to our nation open wide
to the world's law-breakers and evildoers:

According to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, at least
78,000 illegal aliens from terror-supporting or terror-friendly
countries live in the U.S. They are among an estimated 7 to 11
million illegal aliens who have crossed our borders illegally,
overstayed visas illegally, jumped ship illegally and evaded
deportation orders illegally.

More than 300,000 illegal alien fugitives, including 6,000 from the
Middle East, remain on the loose despite deportation orders.

Last year, at least 105 foreign nationals suspected of terrorist
involvement received U.S. visas because of lapses in a new background-
check system.

There is still no systematic tracking of criminal alien felons across
the country.

Sanctuary for illegal aliens remains the policy in almost every major
metropolis.

And "catch and release" remains standard operating procedure for
untold thousands of illegal aliens who pass through the fingers of
federal immigration authorities every day.

My book, "Invasion," argues in great detail that our current
immigration and entrance system is in shambles, partly by neglect,
partly by design. From America's negligent consular offices overseas,
to our porous air, land and sea ports of entry, to our ineffective
detention and deportation policies, our federal immigration
authorities have failed at every level to protect our borders and
preserve our sovereignty.

As the daughter of legal immigrants from the Philippines, I have
never taken for granted the rights and responsibilities that come
with citizenship. The oath my parents took ­ in English ­ when they
were naturalized resonated even more powerfully with me after
September 11:

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce
and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince,
potentate, state or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore
been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all
enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United
States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant
service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the
law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian
direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation
freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help
me God."

Patriotism surged after the September 11 attacks, but not among some
ethnic advocacy groups. Hyphenated leaders who favor lax immigration
policies characterized attempts to protect our borders from all
enemies, foreign and domestic, as an unnecessary "backlash": Arab-
American leaders complained that Arab-Americans were being singled
out by the feds. Hispanic leaders complained that Hispanics were
being singled out by the feds, etc. Meanwhile, at American airports,
grandmothers and Medal of Honor recipients actually were being pulled
aside and singled out by the feds.

These ethnic complainers were joined by profit-driven immigration
lawyers, university officials and corporate executives, as well as
vote-driven political strategists in both major parties, who refused
to put the national interest above their own narrow interests.
Contrary to their misguided claims, the demand for a more
discriminating immigration policy ­ one that welcomes American
Dreamers and bars American Destroyers ­ does not stem from fear or
hatred of foreigners, but from self-preservation and love of country.

An undeclared war

Last fall, I met a wonderful family from Cadillac, Mich. Bonnie and
Bob Eggle brought their daughter Jennifer, along with several
cousins, aunts, uncles and a family friend, to the nation's capital.
But the Eggles were not in Washington, D.C., on a sightseeing tour.
Bonnie and Bob traveled to the Beltway because their only son, Kris,
was killed over the summer along the U.S.-Mexico border by gun-toting
Mexican drug dealers. The Eggles came to town to get someone ­ anyone ­
in official Washington to pay attention to the war no one wants to
talk about these days: the War on America's Borders.

Kris worked as a U.S. Park Service Ranger at Organ Pipe National
Monument in southern Arizona, which is considered one of the most
dangerous federal parks in the nation. As many as 1,000 illegal
aliens a day trample across Organ Pipe ­ trashing our fences, ruining
the environment, breaking our laws and endangering lives. It's a
smuggler's paradise and a national-security nightmare.

"We have caught people from China, Pakistan and Yemen coming
through," says Bo Stone, an Organ Pipe ranger and close friend of
Eggle. "If 1,000 illegal immigrants can walk through the desert here,
so can 1,000 terrorists."

Some 200,000 illegal border-crossers and 700,000 pounds of drugs were
intercepted at Organ Pipe last year alone. According to Border Patrol
agents, foreign invaders are so brazen that they've actually cleared
their own private roads through the park. On Aug. 9, 2002, Kris Eggle
joined Border Patrol agents in pursuit of armed Mexican bandits.
During the chase, he was ambushed. An Eagle Scout, high-school
valedictorian, champion cross-country runner in college and All-
American guy, he was cut down by a sniper hidden in the desert brush
with an AK-47. He took a bullet just below his protective vest and
died on a dirt path before medics arrived. The Eggles celebrated
Kris' 29th birthday at his hometown gravesite.

In his spare time, Kris's father used to volunteer to help fix the
fences along our southern border near where his son worked. "It is
obscene," Bob Eggle told me, "how little our government cares about
protecting the border." Referring to a century-old family farm in
northern Michigan, Bob noted, "The worst cow fence on our farm is
better than the best fences at the border."

Nor is Kris Eggle's murder an isolated incident. Several shootouts in
the Southwest have occurred since last April, some even involving
incursions by Mexican military officers suspected of collaborating
with criminal drug dealers. Just last week, a Border Patrol agent was
stoned in the head along the Tucson sector by a gang of illegal
border-crossers. And again ­ as Kris' friend and fellow park ranger Bo
Stone also points out ­ our southern borders remain open channels not
only for illegal aliens and smugglers, but for terrorists.

The story is the same on the northern border, where a few months ago
two reporters for the Toronto Star illegally crossed a dozen easy
entry points between the boundaries that separate Quebec from Vermont
and New York. Mangled fences and battered stop signs spraypainted
with "U.S.A." are all that stand in the way. In Washington state,
Montana and North Dakota, broken cameras and orange rubber cones are
often the only objects that guard against intrusion. Yet calls for
increased border patrol resources, park ranger staffing and military
help have been ignored in Washington, D.C.

Kris Eggle's murder in August 2002 came just weeks before my
book, "Invasion," hit the shelves. But his death is like so many of
the deaths of innocent Americans I document in the book and in
subsequent columns ­ brutal, tragic, unnecessary and undeniably linked
to our federal government's systemic refusal to enforce immigration
laws:

Six people died and thousands were wounded in the 1993 World Trade
Center bombing at the hands of illegal aliens from Palestine, Egypt,
Jordan and Pakistan who freely overstayed their visas and exploited
our loophole-ridden asylum system.

Twelve people died from 1997 to 1999 at the hands of illegal alien
serial killer Angel Resendiz, who traipsed back and forth freely
across the U.S.-Mexican border.

Five law-enforcement officers, from Virginia to California, were
gunned down in cold blood by illegal border-crossers and visa-
violators whom the INS failed to apprehend and deport.

Three-thousand people died on Sept. 11, 2001, at the hands of 19 al-
Qaida terrorists who slipped past our snoozing State Department and
INS. Five of the terrorist hijackers had freely overstayed student,
tourist and business visas.

Last fall, ten people died at the hands of sniper suspects John
Muhammad and Lee Malvo. Muhammad had been stopped in Miami for
attempted smuggling of illegal aliens, but was never prosecuted.
Malvo was himself an illegal alien from Jamaica who had been
apprehended by Border Patrol agents in Washington state, but then
released pending deportation against Border Patrol recommendation.

In the aftermath of September 11, many advocates of unrestricted
immigration on both the left and the right remain stuck in a pre-war
mentality. They continue to argue that there is no connection between
controlling illegal immigration and protecting national security.
This unrepentant "open borders" crowd ranges from liberal Democrats
Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt, to the conservative Wall Street
Journal editorial page and certain Bush administration officials.
They consider it "scapegoating" to link lax immigration enforcement
to September 11, and hold to the fatally flawed belief that we can
allow millions of "good" illegal immigrants to stream across the
borders while retaining the ability to screen out "bad" illegal
immigrants who are seeking to destroy us.

Broken windows, broken fences and beyond

In my book and columns on U.S. immigration policy, I try to focus on
a question that I think is key to framing the border security debate
in the post-September 11 world: What do broken fences at the border
have to do with the broken buildings at Ground Zero? Or to put it
another way: How does preventing another death like Kris Eggle's
relate to preventing another September 11?

To answer these questions, we must turn our attention to one of the
most influential theories of crime in recent history. It was 21 years
ago that criminologists George Kelling and James Q. Wilson introduced
this theory in a groundbreaking article in The Atlantic
called "Broken Windows: The police and neighborhood safety." Their
argument was simple: Rampant crime is the inevitable result of
disorder. If a window in a building is broken and left unrepaired,
people walking by will conclude that no one cares and that no one is
in charge. One unrepaired window is an invitation to break more
windows, and lawlessness spreads outward from buildings to streets to
entire communities.

On the streets, "quality-of-life" crimes ­ panhandling, vagrants
sleeping in doorways, public urination ­ serve as the equivalent of
broken windows. In the subways, low-level crimes like fare-jumping
and petty vandalism act similarly as small but unmistakable signals
that, left unchecked, invite further chaos and more violent law
breaking. Take graffiti:

The proliferation of graffiti, even when not obscene, confronts the
subway rider with the inescapable knowledge that the environment he
must endure for an hour or more a day is uncontrolled and
uncontrollable, and that anyone can invade it to do whatever damage
and mischief the mind suggests. …

In such an environment, according to Kelling and Wilson, citizen
complaints will often be met with excuses: The police are
understaffed, the courts do not punish petty or first-time offenders,
etc. Soon, citizens stop calling the police, convinced they can't do
anything. Or won't.

In the 1980s, New York City was gripped by an epidemic of violence.
Each year, the Big Apple averaged more than 2,000 murders and 600,000
serious felonies, thousands of which occurred in the filthy, fear-
choked subway system. Leading law-enforcement officials concluded
that turning back this epidemic required focusing on the relatively
minor transgressions that precipitated the violence. The Transit
Police, for example, cracked down on fare-beaters by stationing plain-
clothed cops at turnstiles. Thus they demonstrated a clear and
consistent commitment to enforcing the law. The same went for
graffiti vandals. The battle was fought hour by hour, subway car by
subway car.

Many factors contributed to the plummeting crime rates that marked
the mid-1990s in New York City. But the turning point came when law-
enforcement officers shifted their focus to fixing windows, curbing
vandalism and stopping low-level cheats. They created a safe
environment by restoring order and respect for the law.

What is true of Broken Windows applies to Broken Fences as well. So-
called minor immigration crimes ­ e.g., cutting through rusted barbed
wire, overstaying visas, committing marriage fraud and employing
illegal day labor ­ lead to serious national-security problems such as
rampant criminal alien gang activity, infiltration by foreign
terrorist cells and internal corruption.

One broken fence goes unrepaired; vast miles of borders go
undefended; hundreds of illegal border-crossers go unpunished;
millions of line-jumpers win amnesty from Congress; thousands of visa
overstayers are allowed to violate the rules without consequences;
hundreds of thousands of fugitives from deportation are allowed to
flout the law. Ultimately it becomes almost impossible for the INS to
expel illegal aliens without a political and media backlash. The
media even stop referring to these immigrants as illegal, instead
using "less judgmental" descriptions such as "undocumented workers."
Cities begin declaring themselves "sanctuaries" for illegal
immigrants, and governments at all levels begin awarding them free
health care, voting rights and discounted college tuition rates. The
INS commissioner begins sending unmistakable signals to immigration
law-breakers that he believes it is neither "practical"
nor "reasonable" to deport them. Finally, park rangers and Border
Patrol agents start taking bullets while Washington looks the other
way, even amidst a war on terror.

Meanwhile, those who dare ask whatever happened to our system of
laws ­ those who point to the government's failure to fix its broken
fences ­ are vilified as immigrant-bashers and racists.

The Broken Fences theory explains a lot. When scores of illegal alien
day laborers are allowed to congregate openly at 7-11s and near
government offices, it sends a signal that no one cares and no one is
in charge. This created an environment in which September 11
hijackers Hani Hanjour and Khalid Almihdhar were able to obtain fake
photo IDs from illegal alien day laborers hanging out at a 7-11 in
Falls Church, Va., a stone's throw from the Pentagon. It was in this
same environment of disrespect for the rule of law that 1993 World
Trade Center bomber Mahmud Abouhalima brazenly filed a bogus
application for amnesty ­ under a federal program for illegal alien
farm workers ­ and won legal permanent residence; in which the
September 11 terrorists got away with filing incomplete visa
applications in clear violation of the law; and in which 21 Islamic
radicals entered our country illegally during the past decade to
carry out terrorist plots, from the 1993 WTC bombing, to the NYC
subway bombing conspiracy, to the Los Angeles International Airport
Millennium plot, to the September 11 attacks.

Restoring sovereignty

Open-borders advocates argue that we are a nation of immigrants. But
we are first and foremost a nation of laws. Conservatives have
traditionally stood for the rule of law. But Republican Party elites
in Washington, D.C., continue to turn a blind eye to the immigration
crisis. Indeed, as Phyllis Schlafly has noted, the Republican
National Committee's mail-order surveys on important national issues
omit immigration and border security. And the White House refuses
even to meet with the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, led by
Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado.

Opponents of stricter border controls say that all we need to do to
fight terrorism is reform our intelligence agencies, nibble at the
edge of visa issuance reform and reshuffle INS management. They
insist on going only after the big, obvious targets ­ suspected al-
Qaida operatives applying for visas overseas ­ and leaving everyone
else who is breaking our immigration laws alone. But as long as the
stubborn signals of an immigration system in total disrepair persist,
the invasion that I describe in my book will go on unabated. Foreign
terrorists will read the signs of this disregard for law ­ driver's
licenses for illegal aliens, in-state college discounts for illegal
aliens, non-enforcement of employer sanctions, rampant asylum fraud,
unpunished document fraud, sanctuary, amnesty ­ and conclude that they
can freely take advantage of it.

So what is to be done? In my book, I offer a number of policy
prescriptions ­ a targeted visa moratorium, reforming the deportation
system, increasing detention space and resources for interior
enforcement, etc. But I have since come to the conclusion that it
will not be the Homeland Security Department ­ or any top-down
legislative fix emanating from Washington ­ that turns things around.
The solution will have to begin with ordinary citizens and local and
state officials who understand what Ronald Reagan said nearly two
decades ago: "The simple truth is that we've lost control of our own
borders … and no nation can do that and survive."

We must mend our broken fences, literally and figuratively, one post
at a time. And we must ­ each and every American among us, native-born
and naturalized alike ­ recommit ourselves to the oath of citizenship
that binds us to support and defend the laws and Constitution of the
United States, against all enemies foreign and domestic, so help us
God.

----- Related Article, By Mark R. Ferran BSEE scl JD mcl -----

Mexican InfilTraitor Challenges Civilian Defense of US Borders
(commentary on article below)

The tactics of using contrived "Human Rights" arguments to facilitate
the criminal invasion and the take-over of the United States are not
new. Back in 2000, Professor "Navarro and his Mexican allies from
across the border [were] using so-called human rights as a smoke
screen to cover the invasion of the United States by Mexico. This is
not a rally for peace, it is a rally for a piece of the United States
of America."
http://www.americanpatrol.com/RALLIES/SpencerSpeechBorder000729.html

Professor Armando Navarro, the man responsible for the anti-American,
Anti-Property Rights assembly described in the article below
identifies himself as a Leader of "the Chicano movement ... of an
Aztlan" [i.e., Retaking control over the seven states of the
Southwestern United States].
RECONQUISTA: ARMANDO NAVARRO
http://www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/ArmandoNavarro000605.html

Navarro is a "Mexican nationalist." He is advocating the overthrow
of the government of the United States of America and
the "liberation" of "Aztlan".

Navarro claims that "the Mexicans ... were victims of an imperialism
by which Mexico lost all but of half of its territory... [He
predicts that] In 50 years, in 2050, the Latin population growth in
the United States will reach 100 million, converting itself into 25%
of the US population. In states like California, Texas and Nuevoo
Mexico, in following 20 or 30 years the Latinos will constitute the
majority (50%) of the population. ... Think that the Latin vote has
the potential of "tipping the balance" of US elections, specially the
presidential elections. ... Imagine the possibility that Mexico
recovers the lost territories, or that a new Republic Of Aztlan is
established; Imagine that what happens is similar to the separatist
movements in the province of Quebec happens an and in Puerto Rico."
http://www.aztlan.net/navarro.htm

"Since 1993, the National Voter Registration Act, alias the Motor-
Voter Law, has been a primary vehicle for massive voter fraud in the
United States. Non-citizens are accounting for an increasing
percentage of voters in federal elections. I take offense that the
Congress seems perfectly content to watch as illegal aliens are
actually deciding the outcomes of close elections. .... This law
forces our state motor vehicle departments to ask all applicants for
driver's licenses if they would like to register to vote at the same
time. However, thanks to the Civil Rights agencies, motor vehicle
department workers ae not allowed to ask if an applicant is a citizen
because this would violate their "civil rights." As a result,
millions of illegal aliens and non-citizens are getting BOTH driver's
licenses and voter registration cards!"
http://usbc.org/

Apparently, "National Leader Dr. Armando Navarro" is an ambitious man
who wants to be the First President of the "Republic Of Aztlan" to be
established in the Southwestern US states. Navarro has already
demonstrated a willingness to lobby Congress for American Foreign
Policies that put the interests of border-violators ahead of the
security of the law-abiding American Population: Navarro lobbied
Congress against the War in Iraq because: "a war may enhance strict
immigration policies that are already making life hard for the Latino
community. "I think there will be an increase in the border
control,' said Emilio Amaya, executive director of the San Bernardino
Community Service Center. "That affects our community,' he
said, "because we are the ones that cross the border.'"
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208%257E12588%257E904303,00.html

"There is no question that illegal immigration is quite harmful to
America and it must end soon if we wish to preserve the special
character of our unique "melting pot" that has kept all races, colors
and national origins united. ... America's illegal immigration
problem was just one more symptom of a political system that is
slowly being taken over by men and women of low character who lack
both the ability and the desire to solve America's problems. [T]his
is exactly what happened in Cuba. Politics became so dirty and so
corrupt that honest men and women refused to participate in the
political process or run for office. And in the vacuum, dangerous
people like Fidel Castro were able to steal the country."
http://www.usbc.org/info/newslet/chrmn2.htm

Apparently, Navarro, inspiring and identifying with the "Zapatista"
Rebels, is not morally opposed to the use of Military (Guerilla)
violence to accomplish his Mexican Nationalist ambitions:


http://www.aztlan.net/zapamarch.htm

"Violence Continues [in Mexico]: Today descendents of the Maya, and
other indigenous groups throughout the Americas are still
fighting ... The most famous of these groups is the "Zapatistas" in
the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, who have taken their name
after one of the Mexican revolution's leaders, Emiliano Zapata.
Zapata, in his time, fought against the federal government ...."
http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/violencetext.html

ARMANDO NAVARRO - SEDITIONIST
http://ccir.net/REFERENCE/ArmandoNavarro.html

Navarro told Hispanic Americans: "When you look at the demographic
studies when you listened to Dr. Bautista yesterday, we are clearly
going to be the majority in the Southwest in the next fifty - sixty
years and especially here in California, by the year 2015 we're going
to be more than fifty percent of the population. Ladies and
gentlemen, what this means is a transfer of power, it means control,
it means whose going to influence. And it is the young people, the
people who are now moving to develop an agenda for the twenty first
century. They are really going to be in a position to really make the
promise of what the Chicano movement was all about in terms of self-
determination, in terms of empowerment, and even in the terms of the
idea of an Aztlan! "
http://www.americanpatrol.com/RECONQUISTA/NAVARO.html

Professor Armando Navarro's Biography:
http://ethnicstudies.ucr.edu/navarro.html

The Reconquistas "consistently questions the validity of our existing
border with Mexico," Sutherland wrote." It also makes it very clear
that with the continuing influx of Latinos into the Southwest along
with their high birthrate, these so-called 'natives' will realize
their power to control Aztlan once again. ... Latinos are now
realizing that the power to control Aztlan may once again be in their
hands."
http://www.americanpatrol.com/MECHA/AZTLAN.html

In the furtherance of the Reconquest of the American Southwest,
Navarro's Humanitarian Front organization, the "National Alliance for
Human Rights is calling on the University of California Board of
Regents to name a Latino chancellor for UC Riverside when it replaces
Raymond Orbach. ... The alliance wants a Latino named to the post
because the state's Latino population is approaching 35
percent. ... It's a strategically critical moment in the decision-
making process, said Navarro, because, in addition to the possible
chancellor post, a position is slated to open March 1 on the Board of
Regents when Chairman Sue Johnson's term expires. " This kind of
take-over of American educational institutions would naturally give
the Mexican Nationalists more control over the minds of many young
people who will be taught "tolleration" of the violation of American
Immigration Laws, and to submit to the correction of the supposed
injustices of History. This would simply extend the efforts of local
Mexican Nationalists to establish "schools" for the indoctrination of
Latino children to rebel against Anglo-American authority over them:

http://centrocso.org/fightthepower.html

Affilliating with Navarro's Humanitarian Front organization, "In its
early years,[http://www.centrocso.org] organized around immigrant
rights and against police brutality. CSO also conducted leadership
training and worked to increase voter participation. ... Its success
in this period can be measured by the ability to incorporate new
members and prepare new leaders to fight for the democratic rights of
all poor, working [Latinos in America]. ... CSO opposed
Propositions 184, 187, 209 and 21."

"Most national borders all over the world have come about as the
result of war. Mexicans obviously have no thought of [immediately]
invading the Southwest with troops, so their hope is reconquista by
migration, both legal and illegal. According to Mario Obledo,
founder of the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education
Fund, "California is going to be a Hispanic state and anyone who
doesn't like it should leave." Vicente Fox presented Mexico's
Congress with a five-year development plan to eliminate the U.S.-
Mexican border. He said he plans to serve "the 100 million Mexicans
who now live in Mexico and the more than 18 million who live abroad,"
and to "strengthen our ability to protect and defend the rights of
all Mexicans abroad." ... On ABC's Nightline on June 7, he
boasted: "We are betting that the Mexican-American population in the
United States ... will think Mexico first." Fox's plan calls for
building a larger consular presence in the United States, and this is
already in operation. In U.S. areas with large Hispanic (including
illegal) populations, the Mexican consul donates to the local public
schools the same textbooks that are used in every elementary school
in Mexico, grades 1 through 6. The books, written in Spanish and
including all academic subjects, teach that America "stole" the
southwest from Mexico and that Mexico is entitled to take it back.
The Mexican government considers these textbooks a symbol of Mexican
national pride, guarantees a set to every Mexican child, and makes it
a crime for anyone to sell them. The only reason we learned about
this Mexican plan is that one school in Santa Ana, California,
decided to sell the books at a book fair and the local Hispanics
kicked up a fuss about it. The school apologized to the Hispanics for
selling the books, but should have apologized to the students for
accepting the books in the first place. The question we should ask
our Mexican immigrant friends is, are you assimilating or invading? "
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/usa/invade.htm

A Hispanic American living in California speaks up against "Mexican
Subversion":
"Americans must realize when representatives of the Mexican Consul,
La Raza, or MEChA demand "social benefits" or "rights" for illegal
aliens in the U.S. that this is an attack on America's sovereignty by
enemy agents of Mexico. They claim to be fighting for all Hispanics
or Latinos, but they are not. They represent only one ethnic group or
nationality, Mexican or Chicano. Simply put, they are socialist
Mexican nationalists, or representatives of the "National Socialist
Party of Mexico", Mexican Nazis, and they are the enemy of all
Americans."
http://www.vdare.com/letters/tl_041103.htm

See also:
INVASION OF AMERICA BY ILLEGAL ALIENS:
http://www.poliedu.net/PCVol5Is017SeeseBorderIllegals.shtml

"AZTLAN": A WARPED VISION OF HISTORY
& DISLOYALTY TO THE U.S.A. : LATINO SEPARATISM IN THE AMERICAN
SOUTHWEST
http://www.poliedu.net/PCVol5Is002WardAztlan.shtml


Message: 6
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003
From: Joe Liberty <joseph@p...>
Subject: Civilian Border Patrols Challenged

PHOENIX - A delegation representing human rights groups from
across the country plans to confront civilian border watchdog
organizations today over what the civil rights advocates call the use
of excessive force to stop illegal immigrants.
The tactics employed by the watchdog groups are "illegal, unjust
and violent," said Armando Navarro, who heads the National Alliance
for Human Rights and the delegation that traveled to Arizona from
California on Thursday.
The civilian watchdog groups, which include American Border
Patrol, Civil Homeland Defense and Ranch Rescue, began appearing in
Arizona in recent years as the state has become the preferred
crossing point for thousands of illegal immigrants.
The current delegation includes representatives of groups from
California, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois and Mexico.
Border crossers began shifting to Arizona in large numbers as
immigration officials cracked down on entry points in Texas and
California. Some of the civilian groups have rounded up illegal
immigrants while others report border crossers to U.S. authorities.
Chris Simcox, founder of Civil Homeland Defense, a volunteer
group that patrols the border, said he had not heard from the
delegation but would be glad to meet with them.
Simcox called the characterization of his group as a violent
militia "slanderous."
Glenn Spencer, head of the Sierra Vista-based American Border
Patrol, said his group isn't a militia. He also said he hadn't heard
from the rights delegation.
"I'm standing on a ramp in Fort Stockton, Texas, right now
refueling my airplane to visit a rancher who has huge problems with
illegal immigrants," Spencer said. "(The delegation has) never made
any attempt to contact us, so we of course have no plans to meet with
them."
Navarro called it "convenient" that Spencer was out of town. He
said the delegation will travel to Sierra Vista today to try to meet
with other members of the patrol.
"If he has any semblance of an organization, we're going to be
looking for them," Navarro said. "They say, 'Join the hunt.' Well,
the hunt is on them now. We are the hunters of the militias."
Navarro, a political scientist from the University of California-
Riverside, said he hopes to establish a larger network of human
rights groups to work against the civilian patrols.
Ruben Beltran, Mexican general consul in Phoenix, said he doesn't
want vigilantes enforcing immigration laws.

http://www.abqjournal.com/paperboy/text/news/40975news05-23-03.htm

"The groups began appearing in Arizona in response to complaints from
residents who said they were being overrun by immigrants."
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0524border24.h
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Illegals Trespass in AZ, like ATVs Trespass in NY

[Note the Reply of Arizona Sheriff Larry Dever (below)]

As a NY Landowner who must repeatedly confront and arrest gangs
of ATV-trespassers riding ATVs on POSTED private land in Rensselaer
County, NY (See "The ATV-Trespass Problem" at
http://billstclair.com/ferran ) I have complete empathy and
understanding for the situation of the Arizona Landowners who must
confront and arrest swarms of trespassing illegal immigrants.
Similar to the Arizona Landowners' experience combating the AZCLU's
socialist views and contempt for their property rights, I have found
the NYCLU to be utterly indifferent to invasions of the property
rights of NY landowners. The Trespass Problem in Arizona is similar
to the ATV and Hunter trespass problem in certain parts of upstate
NY, and both sets of landowners are dissatisfied with the protection
provided by the local constables, and have realized the need to
resort to self-defense of premises and citizens' arrest.

The following article recently appeared in the Albany, NY paper
(Times Union), discussing the problem of ATV-trespass in the
Rensselaer County, NY, where my family owns 600 acres.
Putting the brakes on ATVs Troy-- Proposed Rensselaer County law
would fine owners of all-terrain vehicles for improper use

By MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON (mbolton@t...), Staff writer First
published: Thursday, December 26, 2002

"A fresh blanket of snow on miles-long stretches of open fields and
power lines is all it takes to warm the hearts and rev the motors of
the state's 250,000 all-terrain vehicle owners. And while many of
those operators are licensed and otherwise comply with the law -- and
the good graces of private property owners -- a growing number don't,
said lawmaker Ed Swartz. The Schodack Republican is proposing
legislation to implement a county fine for improper use of an ATV and
for operating an unregistered vehicle. Increasing registration fees
could help fund enforcement efforts, he said. Swartz said he has
been researching the potential legislation for about four months
after receiving a number of complaints from residents in his rural
district who claim ATV operators are riding rampant through privately-
owned fields and yards. Many of those concerns have come from fellow
Schodackians, he acknowledged. "More and more residents are upset
because of disruptions or damage to their property," Swartz
said. "It's clear something needs to be done to protect property
owners." Some reports have indicated that more than 50 riders at a
time, in some instances, have come from out of town to take advantage
of the wide, open spaces, he said. Few, if any, have permission to
traverse the routes that they do. The frustration is shared by
residents and police as the number of ATVs has increased in recent
years, he said. Carefully regulating usage may be the only way to
protect everyone's rights, he said. New York state has more than 75
organized ATV clubs, but many users prefer to ride on their own.
Owners are required to register their equipment with the Division of
Motor Vehicles, paying a $15 annual fee, Rensselaer County Clerk
Frank Merola said. And while most vehicles are registered, the
inherent problem occurs when they are ridden on private property,
Merola added: "You're not going to catch them unless you're chasing
them on an ATV yourself." Incoming legislator Keith Hammond said ATV
riders from North Greenbush and East Greenbush regularly maneuver
their machines through a huge gravel pit near his 100-acre
Poestenkill farm and then indiscriminately cross property lines. "I
have some thought about this," he said, of Swartz' proposition, which
he said he also backed a number of years ago. "These people ride your
property like they own it." Poestenkill has already implemented an
ATV registration process that requires riders to not only buy
licenses, but carry written permission at all times while on private
property. "If they don't have it they can't be there," said
Hammond. Swartz said he has asked the Legislature's lawyers to
review his ideas. He also said he knows it first may require action
from the state before the county can implement any independent
policies. "ATVs are great for recreational purposes when properly
and safely used," he said. "And the vast majority of riders are
respectful and courteous. However, there is a small minority of
riders that have little respect for other people's property."

On January 1, 2002, the Albany Times Union noted again that
Renssealer County Landowners "want action on ATV drivers using
private property without obtaining permission. Elected officials are
grasping for solutions after landowners with guns ran off trespassing
all terrain vehicles twice in the last 18 months." TU 01/01/2002

New York and Arizona Landowners have essentially the same legal
rights under state laws to use force (e.g., guns) in defense of their
premises. See, e.g., "Rights of NY Landowners to Use Force (Display
Guns) to Stop, Expel and Arrest Defiant Trespassers (or Terrorists)
at http://billstclair.com/ferran .

And, on January 3, 2003, Albany TU columnist Fred LaBrun stated that
in Rensselaer County, "these instruments from hell" are running amok
and "cops make an all-too-infrequent stop of some yahoo churning up
the landscape on somebody else's private property. ... There have
been a number of testy confrontations recently in the rural parts of
the county between ATV riders operating illegally and property
owners. Something very bad is going to happen if this persists.
Private property is, after all, private property. Owners get edgy
about that."

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?
storyID=88794&category=REGION&newsdate=1/3/2003

The Albany TU already reported, in November of 2002, that: "A
teenager [seated on a parked ATV] was shot in the ankle by a
[landowner] deer hunter as they scuffled during an argument that was
sparked by the boy allegedly trespassing on private land, police
said." [The ATV-rider had refused to leave the land, threatened and
punched the 69-year old landowner who was holding a deer rifle,
causing the older man to fall down and causing the rifle to
accidentally discharge, striking the trespasser in the ankle. The
local police falsely arrested and charged the landowner
for "recklessly endangering" the trespasser, as if the landowner was
supposed to expect to be punched and knocked down while holding a
rifle, and to protect the trespasser from that risk.]

The local District Attorney, who reputedly rides ATVs, has announced
plans to practically abolish private property rights in the County in
order to make private land completely "safe" for ATV-trespassers.
See http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/dear_fellow_property.htm

Meanwhile, the same things are happening in Arizona:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Dec-23-Mon-
2002/opinion/20323952.html
Monday, December 23, 2002
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

EDITORIAL: Run for the border

Private citizens perform service in rounding up illegal border
crossers

A number of activist groups, including the Arizona Civil Liberties
Union and the Border Action Network, are asking Arizona Gov.-elect
Janet Napolitano to step in and stop private property owners along
the Mexican border from engaging in "vigilantism."
At least three such property rights groups are now patrolling the
Arizona-Mexico border, endeavoring to round up smugglers and other
illegal alien invaders, whereupon they turn them over to local and
federal police. The property owners targeted in this protest are not
known to have committed any illegal violence.

This is apparently too much for Pamela K. Sutherland, legal director
of the Arizona CLU, to bear.

"We are a government of law," Ms. Sutherland asserts. "The
vigilantism and lawlessness they represent cannot be tolerated and we
won't let their behavior go unchecked."

Jennifer Allen, co-director of the Tucson-based Border Action Network
adds that the illegal aliens "have civil rights and human rights that
take precedence over defending the country."

Let's stop and consider this assertion for a moment. Which is the
more vital human right -- the one most deserving of defense? The
right to work hard, save your earnings, and buy a piece of land,
whereupon you then "own" that piece of real estate as your "private
property" ... or the right to bypass proper legal procedures in order
to enter someone else's country, then further to trespass on someone
else's private property in the country you've entered illegally,
camping there without his or her permission?

Here's a hint: The first principle -- private property rights -- was
the one on which this nation was based, and which helped make it the
most peaceful, free and wealth-generating society the world has ever
known.

The solution is for the land owners to merely call the police or the
INS, the activists say. But police and the INS admit that they're
spread too thin, left to resemble small children trying to catch
moths with teaspoons. And on the rare occasion when they do apprehend
illegal border crossers, what is their recourse? To dump them back
across the border and watch them try again tomorrow night, of course.

In fact, the property rights groups are performing a valuable public
service -- and as long as they do not engage in any illegal activity
while protecting their own lands, they should be encouraged to
continue their patrols.

------ END OF ARTICLE -----

Similar to the Arizona Landowners' experience combating the AZCLU's
socialist views and contempt for their property rights, I have found
the NYCLU to be utterly indifferent to invasions of the property
rights of NY landowners. The Rensselaer County District Attorney,
who reputedly rides ATVs, seems to be instigating offenses against
land-owners in Rensselaer County by maintaining prosecution policies
that protect only ATV-riders and other trespassers, at the expense of
the landowners whose tax dollars pay his salary. The DA advertises
on his website that he wants to make private property in Rensselaer
County perfectly "safe" for ATV-trespassers, including
whole "families" of law-breakers.

Note: Adolf Hitler took the same approach to acquiring and
concentrating his Political Power:

"WHAT we [National Socialists] need if we are to have a real People's
State is a land reform.... And land [Grund und Boden], we must
insist, cannot be private property. Further, there must be a reform
in our law. Our present law regards only the rights of the
individual. It does not regard the protection of the race, the
protection of the community of the people. ... A law which is so far
removed from the conception of the community of the people is in need
of reform." - Adolf Hitler, MUNICH, SPEECH OF APRIL 27, 1923

http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/dear_fellow_property.htm

Please choose to assist landowners to preserve their legal rights
under the Law and in the Courts of Public Opinion. There is no need
to change the Law in New York or Arizona, only a need to promote
respect for it, and to enforce it. Some landowners are far ahead of
the curve in this respect.

Mark R. Ferran BSEE scl JD mcl

http://billstclair.com/ferran

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----- Original Message -----
From: Dever, Larry
To: Mark Ferran
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: Illegals Trespass in AZ, like ATVs Trespass in NY


Sir,
I very much appreciate your perspective and comparisons regarding
the trespass issue. You are absolutely correct and I can assure you
my defense of privacy and property rights of the citizens of Cochise
County is beyond reproach. Sadly, a recent portrayal by an
uninformed, moronic and myopic individual suggests otherwise. He
knows not of what he speaks. Good luck with your legal and lawful
pursuit of assuring the freedoms we cherish retain their value.
Sheriff Larry A. Dever
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