March 3, 2006

The border is an impediment to trade

Posted by D.A. King at 12:49 am - Email the author   Print This Post Print This Post  

Having been to the Arizona border several times and seen the result of the federal government’s refusal to secure that border, I know people who are forced to deal with the consequences every day.

This from CNN:

U.S. agents: Mexican gangs terrorize border

The Border Patrol has intercepted more than 400,000 illegal immigrants trying to cross the border in the first two months of this year, compared with around 100,000 a month — 1.2 million — last year. About 10 percent of those caught had criminal records.

Larry Dever, sheriff of Arizona’s Cochise County, said Mexican smugglers now came armed with high capacity assault weapons and orders to protect their cargoes at all costs.

But don’t worry…allowing illegal immigration into Georgia will never have the same consequences here.

Right?