The BBC tried to weigh in on the increased violence in Mexico. They incorrectly implied one thing. In actuality, the surge in army deployments didn’t cause the upswing in killings; their deployment was a result of the upswing in killings.
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BBC on Border Violence: Killings Up In Spite of Mexican Army
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Border Invaded Again and Again? Say It Ain’t So!
Saturday, January 12th, 2008Michelle Malkin notes a recent recent Judicial Watch FOIA request on the number of Mexican military and police incursions into the US.
Noted. Still, it’s a fact that Mexican organized criminal enterprises routinely adopt the uniforms, weapons and vehicles of federal, state and local enforcement entities (including the Mexican military, which has an internal security role and targets drug traffickers). I doubt all of these incursions were by military or law enforcement members. The notorious Hudspeth County, TX, incident in 2006, which was widely reported, was likely such a situation, as corrupt Mexican soldiers are really a bit more sophisticated (yes, sophisticated) and wouldn’t so easily allow themselves to be so exposed. Some other incursions were by mistake — losing one’s bearings happens more than you might think along remote parts of the Southwest Border, and US law enforcement entities have done it as well (though certainly not as often as Mexican LE). The rest of the incursions? That’s the problem not sufficiently addressed by either the US or the government of Mexico.
Here’s the incursion report, courtesy of Judicial Watch.
Malkin notes that this candidate has a lot to say on immigration, little of it good or, well, even consistent. You might say it’s enough to make you cry. And that guacamole reference? Please, patronize Latinos some more, will ya?
One Malkin commenter argues for the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to patrol the border. That’s a slow interagency process, held up by the public servants at the FAA. If Katrina can’t make the FAA move faster, what makes you think a little thing like national sovereignty will?
Border security is serious business, and government policies on immigration are complex, convoluted and sometimes out-of-date (think citizenship by birth), which is why this satire, and this one, hit home.
Black Alliance for Just Immigration Just Rode Into Town; Excuse Me While I Whip This (Post) Out
Sunday, April 29th, 2007It should be easy to spot the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) when they arrive on the border soon to “investigate the human rights violations against documented and undocumented immigrants crossing the border into the United States as well as the violations against U.S. citizens.”
I like that last bit. Gotta throw that in to be PC.
Why is it easy to spot African-Americans on the border? Because not many live here. El Paso County, for example, is 3.1% black.
None of the African-American invaders, who have stolen native land alongside the white devils, have said to date, as BAJI reps state, “”We are appalled by the increasing militarization of the border areas and the reports of rising migrant deaths, detentions of immigrants without due process, and violence against people attempting to cross the Mexican desert into the United States.” So said Phil Lawson, co-founder of BAJI said.
For those who don’t know, BAJI is a progressive, Berkeley-based organization of, by and for African Americans and Black immigrants (whatever that latter means). It’s been around since April 2006, and Berkeley isn’t big enough for its aspirations.
I’d have hoped BAJI would agitate, as we all know the NAACP does, for more conservative, white migrants to Berkeley, Alameda County and the East Bay. But so it goes.
Welcome to the Southwest Border, BAJI friends, I guess. It’s a big place — there’s room for us, and you and all the koo-koo leftist donkeys you rode in on.
Will be interesting to see the outcome of this visit. The IntarWebs doesn’t give an agenda, which suggests BAJI hasn’t got enough clout to have scheduled one. Maybe it’s a big secret. Maybe it’s play as you go. Maybe it’s pay as you go.
Now, hold your nose and read this statement by an outfit calling itself the national network for immigrant and refugee rights [sic]. That’s right, they are too shy to capitalize their name. NNIRR is in bed with BAJI.
And here’s a puff piece on BAJI. Most interesting is BAJI’s stated aim to forge relationships with immigrant groups. Meaning those immigrant groups who’d rather not face the letter of the law.
Hey, avoiding the law in Mexico works just fine. Why not adapt that here?
BAJI would no doubt agree, as those East Bay crime rates unfairly target Blacks.
Over at the loathsome IndyMedia, BAJI “Gestapo” turned up denouncing “Gestapo” dententions of illegal aliens in the Bay Area. Gestapo. SS. What’s the dif, to a group for whom the Constitution is now an emotional issue rather than a guiding light and an ideal for personal behavior?
For what amounts to yet another shitbird Berkeley activist group, BAJI sure gets a lot of publicity. Maybe everyone’s afraid to call a rock a rock, on account of the rock being black African-American a nappy-headed ho stupid yet politically-correct.
Stupid this:
Mexico: Addressing Illegal Migration at Last
Friday, March 2nd, 2007Mexico is going to crack down on migrants crossing the border, create a guest worker program and improve conditions for migrants on the move. Sounds like a Minuteman’s dream, right? Except it’s happening on Mexico’s southern border.
For some time, Mexico has engaged in a remarkable political hypocrisy — it complains about the US stance on illegal immigration, yet it is a felony to be in Mexico without papers, punishable by two years in prison. Now that’s a hard stance. Mexicans are upset about Central Americans taking their jobs (!), and those migrants are treated quite poorly while in Mexico.
When you think about it, it’s no wonder Central Americans are trying to get to the US — illegals get better treatment here than they do from brutish Mexican policies and Mexican attitudes.
Calderon is smarter than Fox, and he knows that he can’t make any headway with the US over the border fence or new immigration policies while his own house is not in order.
EFF: Trouble Entering or Leaving the US?
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Something’s afoot at Electronic Frontier Foundation. They want to hear from folks who have had trouble entering or leaving the US. Given EFF’s litigous nature and expanding-to-ACLU-like-proportions, methinks a legal action is in the works. But the action may not be that well-grounded, since EFF are trolling for personal experiences.
Hell, ask the robbed, beaten, raped, starved, dehydrated, chilled, scorched illegals who stream north across the Southwest Border about “trouble.” Somehow, I don’t think EFF is focused on them. I also don’t think EFF is focused on why illegal immigration is bad for all involved. [Hat Tip: Boing Boing, even though they didn't link to anything useful.]