America’s Security Priorities Must Come First

Posted by Tina

Immigration reform legislation (path to citizenship/amnesty) is wending its way through the legislative process but many believe it hasn’t a chance of passing in the bitterly divided Congress. That may be a good thing for America because of dire safety and security risks that transnational criminal businesses pose, according to a letter distributed by the chairman of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers, a group representing agents from U.S., Canada, Southwest and U.S./Mexico border chapters:

“We must never lose sight of the fact that the United States is the market place for the bulk of transnational criminal businesses engaged in human trafficking and the smuggling, distribution and sale of illegal drugs. …

…Most heroin, cocaine, meth, and marijuana marketed in the United States is produced outside of our country, and then smuggled into the United States,” the letter stated. “The placement of trusted foreign employees inside the United States is imperative to insure success in continuing to supply the demand, and returning the profits to the foreign organization.”

“Members of these vicious transnational crime syndicates are already well established in more than 2,000 American cities and their numbers are increasing as networks expand and demands accelerate,” the letter stated. “These transnational criminals present a real and present danger to all Americans, and they live among us.”

The organization stated in the letter that “sanctuary cities” that allow criminal illegal aliens to live and work with impunity are partly to blame for the U.S. criminal network and urged Congress not to grant amnesty to the estimated 11 million people who are in the country illegally.

The unintended consequences that could result if this legislation is passed must be considered, particularly in light of the governments utter incompetence:

The Homeland Security Department has lost track of more than 1 million people who it knows arrived in the U.S. but who it cannot prove left the country, according to an audit Tuesday that also found the department probably won’t meet its own goals for deploying an entry-exit system.

The findings were revealed as Congress debates an immigration bill, and the Government Accountability Office’s report could throw up another hurdle because lawmakers in the House and Senate have said that any final deal must include a workable system to track entries and exits and cut down on so-called visa overstays.

Is it just me or has our nation taken on a rotten stench?