Mexican soldiers are crossing our southern border.

Mexican soldiers enter Arizona, hold agent briefly

By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN – 

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Four Mexican soldiers crossed into Arizona and held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint before realizing where they were and returning to Mexico, federal authorities said Wednesday.

The confrontation occurred early Sunday on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, about 85 miles southwest of Tucson, in an area fenced only with barbed wire, said Dove Crawford, a spokeswoman for the Border Patrol.

The soldiers, outfitted in desert camouflage, pointed their rifles at the agent and shouted at him not to move, Crawford said. They lowered their weapons after about four minutes when the agent convinced them of who he was and where they were, she said. The soldiers then retreated into Mexico.

The Mexican government has sent soldiers north along sections of the border in efforts to tamp down drug-related violence.

State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos in Washington said the encounter "stemmed from a momentary misunderstanding as to the exact location of the U.S.-Mexican border."

Portions of the Tohono O'odham reservation's 75-mile border with Mexico have been reinforced with vehicle barriers or other fencing to keep out illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. But other areas on the reservation and other stretches of border either have only barbed wire or no markers at all, making it hard to distinguish the boundary.

"There are places where there are no markers, at least not easily found," said Lloyd Easterling, a Border Patrol spokesman in Washington. "There's no line painted in the sand or anything like that."

He added: "We're working with the Mexican government to make sure that this doesn't happen again. This can't be happening."

Mexican Embassy spokesman Ricardo Alday in Washington said in a statement that both countries are investigating.

"It seems that there are dissimilar versions of what happened, and both countries are trying to clarify it together," Alday said.

"Law enforcement operations have led, from time to time, to innocent incursions by both U.S. and Mexican law enforcement personnel and military units into the territory of both nations, and in particular along the non-demarcated areas of our border," he said.

T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, the union for Border Patrol agents, said the incursions have created a disturbing pattern.

Bonner said there have been at least a half-dozen situations in recent years in which Mexican soldiers have entered U.S. territory and shot at Border Patrol agents.

"It's a minor miracle that none of our agents have been killed or seriously injured," he said.

"It's inexcusable to not know where the border is" when military units have global positioning capabilities, Bonner said.

The instances in which the Border Patrol strays into Mexico are few and far between, Bonner said.

And "we have no incursions with Canada," he added. "Absolutely none."

Mexican Invasion - Not A Conspiracy Story - It’s Real

• Did you know that Mexico has a law that requires employers to verify the legal status of employees; like the United States; but the question is do they not enforce it like our present administration?

According to Dr. Know writes in NewsVine, January 20^th, 2008 …

… The buzz has been that most of the illegal immigrants in Arizona are going to leave. They either will go to a more friendly and tolerant state or return to Mexico.
Mexico now says it does not want the illegals Mexican immigrants in Arizona back in Mexico. The Mexican government says they will be too big a burden on their government for services like food, housing, education and medical care. If, as many claim, these people contribute a lot to the US will they not make the same contribution in Mexico?
Every one of Mexico’s 31 states requires foreign residents to hold a valid visa in order to get a Mexican drivers license. … The Mexican government stops immigrants from Central America in a very vigorous way.
From the Reglamento de lay Ley General de Poblacion (General Law on Population) in Spanish dated Abril 14 de 2000 Capitulo Quinto – Migration Seccion 1:
Mexico welcomes only foreigners who will be useful to Mexican society; Foreigners are admitted into Mexico ‘according to their possibilities of contributing to national progress’.
Immigration officials must “ensure” that “immigrants will be useful elements for the country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance” and for their dependents.
Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the equilibrium of the national demographics,” when foreigners are deemed detrimental to “economic or national interests,” when they do not behave like good citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican laws, and when “they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy.”
The Secretary of Governance may “suspend or prohibit the admission of foreigners when he determines it to be in the national interest.”
Mexican authorities must keep track of every single person in the country:
Federal, local and municipal police must cooperate with federal immigration authorities upon request to assist in the arrests of illegal immigrants.
A National Population Registry keeps track of “every single individual who comprises the population of the country,” and verified each individual’s identity. A national Catalog of Foreigners tracks foreign tourists and immigrants and assigns each individual with a unique tracking number.
Foreigners with fake papers, or who enter the country under false pretenses, may be Imprisoned. Foreigners with fake immigration papers may be fined or imprisoned.
Foreigners who sign government documents “with a signature that is false or different is subject to fine and imprisonment.
Foreigners who fail to obey the rules will be fined, deported, and/or imprisoned as Felons. Foreigners who fail to obey a deportation order are to be punished.
Foreigners who are deported from Mexico and attempt to re-enter the country without authorization can be imprisoned for up to 10 years.
Foreigners who violate the terms of their visa may be sentenced up to six years in prison. Foreigners who misrepresent the terms of their visa while in Mexico – such as working without a permit – can also be imprisoned.
Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony. The General Law on Population States …
“A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to five thousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally.”
The Mexican government has protested the passage and enforcement of the same laws in the USA. Is this ethically right? Is this not a bit hypocritical?

We need to take a hard look at the candidates who are running for the presidency in the US – and do this at the primary voting. We need to only vote for those who are strong on immigration law enforcement, setting up a program to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, fine heavily for each illegal worker the employer who employs them and stop the cities of various states that are sheltering illegal immigrants – creating a safe haven. My guess that the Arizona Mexican illegal immigrants will not be going back to Mexico, instead they will find new places in America to live and work.

In related news by Sheryl Kornman, Tucson Citizen, January 16^th 2008 …
 

A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to say Arizona’s new employer sanctions law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state. … The law, which took effect Jan. 1, punishes employers who knowingly hire individuals who don’t have valid legal documents to work in the United States. Penalties include suspension or loss of a business license. Its intent is to eliminate or curtail the top draw for immigrants to this country – jobs. …
“How can they pass a law like this?” asked Mexican Rep. Leticia Amparano Gamez, who represents Nogales. “There is not one person living in Sonora who does not have a friend or relative working in Arizona,” she said in Spanish. “Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems” it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and sending money to their families return to hometowns in Sonora without jobs, she said. …

Now we can see why this is one sided. Mexico is reaping the profits of illegal immigrants coming to America and sending home US dollars. They do not want to have the burden of those unemployed Mexican citizens, but don’t mind that many of them are illegally collecting social benefits here in the United States. What kind of neighboring nation is Mexico anyway? The answer can be found during the course of its history. In World War II, Nazi German operatives worked and operated from Mexico. Today, the FBI has found that terrorist organizers that want to set up or join cells in America come through Mexico. There have been border incidents concerning uniformed Mexicans firing on Americans.

• And check out this story:

Invading Mexicans Run Over, Kill BP Agent: Where Are the Marines? By John W. Lillpop In one of the most blatant and outrageous acts in the undeclared war that Mexico is waging against America, Mexican invaders ran down and killed a brave Border Patrol agent who was simply doing his job at the Yuma Sector. Repeat: Mexican invaders ran down and killed a BP agent and then raced back across the border into Mexico. Under better times, American could count on the president to respond immediately against the offending nation with a formal protest, and perhaps even military action.   Unfortunately, these are not good times when it comes to America's homeland security. That is so because we are encumbered with a retarded alcoholic in the Oval Office, a president who will spend as much as $2 trillion fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but who will do next to nothing to secure our own borders. If our president were not on the payroll of the Mexican government, he would have immediately sent the U.S. Marines to seal off the border. The Pentagon would have been ordered to develop plans for invading Mexico City and taking control of the Mexican government. The clear objective would have been to end the unlawful invasion of America by driving the Mexican border southward. Within ten feet of Guatemala would have been the goal. So what did Dubya do in response to the latest deadly attack on the U.S. Border patrol by Mexico? He sent in Michael Chertoff, alleged to be Director of Homeland Security. Chertoff made the following comment, in part: "Earlier today the Border Patrol lost a brave agent assigned to the Yuma Sector in a heinous act of violence. The agent was struck and killed while attempting to stop two vehicles believed to have illegally entered the country and were absconding back into Mexico. "I am outraged by this tragic loss. I have spoken to the Mexican ambassador who gives me both his condolences and deep assurance that their government will be resolute in tracking down the perpetrators, and bringing them to swift justice. "I'm insisting that the full force of the law be used in this investigation. Our Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are already on scene assisting the Border Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in this effort." And on and on and on and on, Chertoff followed the PC script written to coddle the outlaw renegades who run the Mexican government. If America had a responsible, sane, and intelligent commander-in-chief, that leader would have issued a statement something like this: "Earlier today, Mexico continued its assault on America when a brave Border Patrol agent was run down and killed by invading criminals from Mexico. "I have just finished speaking on the telephone with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and have advised him that we regard this latest incident as an act of war against the sovereign nation of America. "I further advised President Calderon that Mexico has 24 hours in which to apprehend the killers and return them to America for prosecution. In the event that Mexico fails to meet this deadline, American special forces will be sent into Mexico to search down and arrest the criminals. "President Calderon has also been informed that unless his government takes immediate action to prevent Mexican citizens from invading America, I shall reassign 75,000 troops from the middle east to the U.S.-Mexico border. These forces shall be ordered to use whatever force, including lethal, necessary to stop Mexican criminals from invading America. "Finally, I warned the president that if Mexico is ultimately unable to control its population, American forces may, at my discretion, be sent into Mexico to take control of the Mexican government. "I urge all Americans to remain calm and rest assured that your government is doing all we can to protect America from foreign invasion. That is our constitutional responsibility and we shall fulfill that obligation, with military force if need be. Good night and God Bless America, and to hell with Mexico!" Wonder what the odds are of Dubya uttering those words?   John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal San Jose, California

Well, if the Border Patrol officer had stopped the vehicles and had used his firearm – he probably would have been sitting in federal prison along with Ramos and Compean. We don’t put up with this crap in Iraq and Afghanistan – why should we in our homeland?

While Mr. Lillpop is a bit extreme in his comments, he certainly has the correct attitude that our government should be taking. This certainly is not the first incident, although this may be the first time in a long time that a Border Patrol officer was killed.

Now tell me this isn’t an invasion? Tell me that the Mexican government hasn’t for at least ten years encouraging their people to come here illegally? And tell me why this isn’t a big issue on the presidential candidate debates – border security, building a fence, ridding America of uninvited ‘guests’ and either Border Patrol officers getting killed/injured or put in jail for doing their job – because the Mexican government complains. Tell me that something is not wrong when our President discusses with the Mexican president things like whether or not we should build a fence and other matters pertaining to our homeland security. Tell me that I have been overreacting when I claim that America is being invaded and infiltrated – not just by religious fanatic, terrorist, Islamic fascists; but invaded by Mexico