Author’s note: the issue of immigration is complex and does not fit into nice little sound bites. This article is necessarily long so that the reader can gain a clearer understanding of what is going on at the southern border today. Rather than break it up into smaller articles, I have decided to publish it… Read More What Is Going On At The Border?
When I first created the poster, Donald Trump’s Deportation Force in 2015 many individuals criticized it as an exaggeration. Although some saw Trump’s hatred of immigrants worrisome they nonetheless felt that America would push back. To equate the Border Patrol as a Deportation Force they argued was too much. Fast forward to today and the… Read More Border Patrol Has Evolved Into Trump’s Shock Troops
Ronald Reagan had the answer to the border crisis. It was simple and effective. In today’s podcast I explain Ronald Reagan’s border vision and why it would immediately solve the border crisis and protect America. Listen to the podcast:
I am a legal immigrant and I fear ICE. In today’s episode I discuss why abolishing ICE is the wrong debate. Instead, America should return to the three agencies it had before 9/11 – Immigration and Naturalization, Customs and Border Patrol. This would eliminate the call to abolish ICE and focus the debate on the… Read More Border Mic – Episode 8 – I Am a Legal Immigrant and I Fear ICE
You speak English! I will never forget the face my date made as soon as she realized that I was not an American. Worse, I am a Mexican citizen. Check out my latest podcast on the politics of the border. In episode 6 I talk about assimilation from the point of view of a Fronterizo,… Read More Border Mic – Episode 6 – You Speak English!
There is something very important that everyone is missing in the debate over The Wall aka the border fence in El Paso. I’m actually pretty surprised that no one else has thought about this. It clearly ends the debate over walls keeping America safe from drugs. When Donald Trump argued that the border fence (The… Read More What Everyone Has Wrong About the El Paso Border Fence
The notion that the border is dangerous is used to rally the troops into a frenzy for border security. Interesting is that the United States has two land borders and two oceans, not to mention air corridors. Actual attacks against the United States have come from land, sea and air. Of those, only a small… Read More A Dangerous Border
In yesterday’s post we looked at Marco Antonio de la Garza who worked as a Border Patrol Agent while being an undocumented immigrant. His case demonstrates how broken the immigration process is in America. But, what about the other Border Patrol agents? If the system allowed an undocumented immigrant to work deporting other undocumented immigrants… Read More Criminal Border Patrol Agents
The history of Border Patrol agents going to jail demonstrates a broken system where those enforcing the law are criminals themselves. There are many instances of criminal Border Patrol agents. However, the most poignant is an undocumented Border Patrol agent arresting those for committing the exact same crime the agent, himself, is going to jail… Read More Border Patrol Agent Goes to Jail
In yesterday’s article (link) we looked at how the news is evolving. We looked at how professional news providers are changing and adapting to what the future news will look like. The question which remains is whether the news will be delivered through Facebook or some other social media channel or will broadcast media, like… Read More The News Platform of the Future
Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi won the Democratic nomination for Speaker even though there was talk that she may not be supported by incoming Democrat and some reelected representatives. Pelosi must still be elected by the whole body in January, where the rebellion to her leadership are hoping to block her. Although the vote was secret, we… Read More Veronica Escobar Puts Nancy Pelosi Before Immigrants and Border Issues
Shortly before the Midterms, Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to the border in response to the “invaders” heading to America. Many, including some Republicans, have called the military deployment a “stunt”. The so-called “invaders” – migrants in a caravan trekking through México – didn’t make it to the border until after the Midterms. Even… Read More U.S. Border Military Deployments
Donald Trump’s threat to build a wall on the México-U.S. border is missing one key ingredient – that the border is not owned by the United States alone. The border is a shared resource. The economies of the United States and México are intertwined together so tightly that the border is now a shared thing… Read More The Border is a Shared Resource
There appears to be some confusion about the various topics that I choose to write about on my blog. Some readers have been taken aback by my missives about Donald Trump while the new readers are confused about my writings about the corruption in El Paso. The long-time readers know that the reason for my… Read More El Paso – the Microcosm of US-Mexico
Notwithstanding the political grandstanding by the Texas Republicans about the need to deploy troops to the US-Mexico border to protect the country, the fact remains that the border is not the security problems the US currently faces. As a matter of fact, the US-Mexico border has not been a source of terrorism in the United… Read More US Security Issues Are Not On The US-Mexico Border
The problem with letting politics dictate public policy is that eventually the reality forces the political rhetoric aside. Last week Rick Perry traveled to Europe in an attempt to foster his foreign policy credentials for an upcoming attempt to run for president in 2016. What he got instead was a dose of political reality. Rick Perry… Read More Rick Perry Scurries Back to Texas
The fear mongers that want the US border closed to the rest of the world relish every time a new worldwide crisis emerges. The fear mongers use social media and traditional news sources to spread fear in order to mobilize the electorate to the closed border mentality. No matter how remote the danger is to… Read More Ebola Fear Mongering
While xenophobic politicians and political operatives continue to mischaracterize the US-Mexico border as a terrorist magnet the real danger to the US homeland is within its own borders far from the US-Mexico region. Immigrants have always been the scapegoats for politicians who are intent on politicking instead of governing. Normally this is not a problem,… Read More ISIS in the US
The continuing debate about whether there are jihadist terrorists on the US-Mexico border preparing to attack the US continues to focus on sensational headlines rather than on the facts. Is it possible that jihadist terrorists could use the US-Mexico border to mount an attack on the US? The answer is yes. However, is it probable?… Read More Muslims in Mexico
While Rick Perry mobilizes his weekend warriors to “protect” the border from terrorism and Barack Obama plays immigration politics, the real danger is materializing in the middle of the US heartland. Fringe extremists and politicians looking for votes love to pontificate about the dangers of the porous US-Mexico border while the real problem lies within… Read More The Facts: the US-Mexico Border and Terrorists
